In Moscow, the enterprise of scraping the snow off the streets and pavements, forming it into snow hillocks, carting it off in 6, 000-odd snow vehicles for dumping or melting, and finally zapping it with chemicals to speed the thaw is vast and costly (which helps to explain why Yuri Luzhkov, the city's mayor, threatened last year to fine meteorologists who make wrong forecasts).
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It can snow in April here and roof-rattling hail sprays out of July thunderstorms.
Yes, the weather report said it would snow this evening, but where exactly are those clouds and flakes right now?
He likened it to Southerners rushing out to stock up on bread and milk when they hear it might snow.
George Osborne blames it on snow and the royal wedding, Alex Salmond on the Olympics - they are two peas in a pod.
The A39 in Exmoor has been particularly problematic, but the highways team managed to re-open the road by early afternoon after clearing it from snow, the county council said.
The bird had surgery to remove sand from its stomach - which it is thought to have eaten thinking it was snow - before being released with a tracking device.
He had surgery to remove 3kg (6.6lb) of sand from his stomach, which he is thought to have eaten thinking it was snow, before being released with a tracking device.
And, if you don't fancy carrying it around, you could always wear it as a scarf that tells you if it might snow or a belt that gives you the news headlines instead.
"They just say that it might snow and the whole city shuts down, " said Sheri Sable, who was out walking her two dogs in light rain and marveled at how even the dog park she frequents failed to open at 7 a.m.
It is not just the snow, it is the age of the people who live up here.
"It shows the snow was not what the press drummed it up to be, " he said.
Quebec's Mont Sutton ski resort argued in court that it qualified for the break because it "manufactured" artificial snow and leased it to skiers.
The bright sunlight comes out and it reflect off the snow and ice, and it means that you're wearing sunglasses almost all day long and that gives you a headache after a while.
The airport reported it had 21.8 inches of snow, making it the 6th biggest blizzard in the last 100 years.
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Standing on the cornice at the top, the wind was so strong, it drove the snow horizontally.
Late in the afternoon, it began to snow in Belgrade - unseasonable weather, but somehow reflecting the mood.
He is thought to have eaten the sand, having mistaken it for the snow penguins swallow to stay hydrated.
When sea ice melts, the newly exposed dark water absorbs radiation rather than reflecting it, as snow or ice would.
The bird is thought to have eaten the sand, having mistaken it for the snow penguins swallow to stay hydrated.
The only fresh thing about it is the snow-blown local color.
Still, as much as Anchorage residents can revel in being standouts when it comes to snow in their country, they hardly merit top billing in their own state.
Meanwhile the temperature kept dropping and it looked like snow.
In North Yorkshire, a driver escaped uninjured after his car was hit by a train when it skidded on snow and onto rail tracks at a level crossing near Selby.
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