Manhattan was besieged by a fusillade of ice pellets this morning. Weather like this always makes me think of home.
Meteorologists at the Mount Washington Weather Observatory are known for the weather-related antics they devise to entertain themselves during eight-day winter shifts at the Obs. Now, thanks to YouTube, their pranks are available for public consumption.
Here, Ryan Knapp and John Salge make use of the World's Worst Weather (Temp: -22F, Winchill: -68F) to turn boiling water into snow--before the water even hits the ground.
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It must be easy to make slushies there.
Nice vid, thanks for sharing!
-- jolt
Sarah, in that wind, I don't think water is likely to hit the ground until it's in the next county at least.
My next thought was, how does one keep a warm beverage warm up there? (Obvious answer: stay inside...)
Parker:
A Thermos, dude. Normal waterbottles you have to carry upside down, or the mouth freezes over in about ten minutes.
Water, water, everywhere...