Sentences with phrase «pile of snow on»

This is one of the first years where we didn't have a pile of snow on the ground for Easter!

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Despite the half foot of snow that smothered Chicago on Sunday and the reading and pset sitting in my «to - do» pile, I am very, very happy.
It's sunny and beautiful out and the massive pile of snow is swiftly melting down, the igloo J built has caved in on itself and winter seems to be dissipating for the time being.
Most of his gizmos and gewgaws had a smack - on - the - forehead logic to them: a tongue - and - groove closure for plastic bags, a jar lid that doubled as a coaster and a contraption made of canvas, steel rods and suction cups that prevents snow from piling up on a windshield.
There are half a dozen people on the towline, and, of course, the front skier loses his balance and falls, causing everyone else to flop into a clownish pile in the snow.
Miles mounted a daily watch on the pile of poisoned meat, and twice within two weeks he saw snow cover the carcasses and then melt into the watershed.
These five winter activities are fun and interesting options for you and your teen, no matter how many inches of snow are piling up on your windshield.
In addition to the snow covered roads, residents had to deal with their trash piling up on their curbs since garbage pickup was suspended all of last week.
Snow is accumulating on Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills, but a group of the ski center's supporters wants to see funding pile up as well.
After hours in piles of snow and other vehicles, travelers were bused to Salvatore's Garden Place Hotel on Transit Road in Lancaster to be warmed and taken care of while trying to figure out their next step.
Some Buffalo residents living on the most narrowest of city streets say snow piles are making streets nearly impassable.
That doesn't provide a full picture of snow accumulation, since it doesn't take into account the density of the snow layers that pile on the ice.
People who end up six to 10 feet under are usually caught in slides that drop down into a gully or get stopped abruptly by an obstacle, allowing the snow behind them to pile up on top of them.
The proximity of the avalanche slope to the town, and the fact that people took pictures of the slope as the wind piled up snow on the slope and around buildings also helped provide very useful information, Prokop said.
Mounds of snow pile up on the streets and sidewalks of Brooklyn during a February 2014 snowstorm.
Also, standing in front of this giant pile of ugly leftover snow just makes me even happier that on Friday I leave for Puerto Rico!
I grew up in Massachusetts, with 3 foot snow drifts and mountains of the white stuff piled on the side of the road, perfect for fort building.
It turned into rain at some point and now it is this slushy gray mess outside with snow piles double my height on some of the back roads.
I hate walking on a big pile and inches of snow in going to school every morning.
We hope that everyone on the East Coast and anywhere these crazy winter storms are hitting stays safe and warm and that you aren't somewhere sleeping on an airport bench sans suitcase or digging your front door out from under a pile of snow!
One of my childhood favorite activities was definitely playing in the snow - like making a HUGE snowman, having a snowball fight with my brother and cousins, and simply making my footsteps on the fresh, piled up snow!
Much of the rest of the U.S. envies our lifestyle and weather — especially after the recent nor» easters that have piled snow on the East Coast.
Three hours went by as I sat in gridlock on I - 70, helpless as six inches of snow piled up around me.
A momentary mounting of the snow pile inside turn one kept me out of the running, but Erik rubbed it in by writing «Nice job, Stu» on the rear window of my snow - covered Pontiac.
There's something adolescently awesome about driving a truck with a plow on it, shoving snow into a pile, lifting the blade with a whine of hydraulics, and going back for another pass.
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Snow was piled on his pearl - gray fedora and the shoulders of his dark blue overcoat.
A firefighter was able to cut the bird loose and with his one good wing, the bird was able to safely land on pile of snow of the ground.
The ColdTech system will also remove and paint on snow during the game, if it's snowing over a building or vehicle the snow will start to pile up but if it falls near any type of fire the snow will melt.
The sculptural object or rather objects again become something to look through, changing the perception of surrounding space through its physical presence (Though, as an anecdote, on my visit the few people wandering around the terrace were far more intrigued by slowly melting piles of snow in the corner than they were about Bell's cubes within cubes).
[BTW, it's possible that it was NOT warm when the ice man died... maybe he even died from the cold & there was ice and snow on the ground then... and then layers of snow and ice piled on top of him.]
As sediments form on the floor of the ocean and snow piles up, trapping air bubble into ice, they store information concerning the climate of their day and the factors which affected it.
The snow that falls on the top of snowfields and glaciers does not melt and that does pile up and will collect enough weight to cause the ice to advance into the next cool period.
I'm on the roof with a shovel trying to push piles of snow over the edge while maintaining a grip on the slippery corrugated metal beneath my feet.
Snow is piling up on the Heads of Glaciers and Ice Packs and this will continue for years to come.
Another idea I love is using piled up snow on the roadway «as tracing paper» to identify areas of the roadway that are really not needed and could be turned over to bikers and pedestrians.
Scarcely any sleighing, muddy roads, some fog, only five days... below zero,... and a mean temperature ten degrees warmer than any winter of which I have any record... The almost entire absence of snow has been somewhat detrimental to business generally and has proved a serious drawback to logging... The winter certainly has been a pleasant and comfortable one, making small demands on the fuel pile... While the mean temperature of the month was about the same as February of last year, it was in some respects less pleasant.
Nothing in particular on my mind, Michael — other than the fact that we got a pile of snow last night and it's still coming down.
You must also plan your route accordingly to save on fuel especially if you are driving during the winter months when you can not take your usual routes because of piles of snow possibly blocking the road.
I've been an agent going on 26 years and measured all my listings whether in the midst of a pile of bloodthirsty mosquitoes or when the snow was almost as high as my 6» 1 ″ frame with weather in the negative range almost the equivalent of the Arctic.
All along the branches of the trees the snow was piled like feathers, and it lay in mounds along the top of the rail fence, and stood up in great, white balls on top of the gate - posts.»
Right now, we have a few inches of snow on the ground and we are in the throws of winter, and you should see how many coats are piled on these hooks, and how many scarves are piled into the baskets of this bench!
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