So do their parents. This happens when there is so much snow that schools and even offices and stores are closed.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Bob Doughty and Faith Lapidus tell about some of the winning American athletes on and off the ice and snow.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

When melting snow crystals or raindrops fall through very cold air, they freeze to form small particles of ice,called sleet.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

It was not possible to travel straight through because of the Rocky Mountains and the deep snow that fell in winter.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

In warmer climates, snow is known to fall in areas over four thousand nine hundred meters above sea level.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

So now we were walking slowly through the falling snow to the employment office for the Dodge auto company.

VOA: special.2011.02.24

Warmer than average temperatures and lack of snow have been major concerns in the weeks leading up to the games.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Two thousand eight hundred ninety-five centimeters of snow fell at the Mount Baker Ski area in the northwestern state of Washington.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Nothing unusual there. But instead of being sad or tense about the snow, they write a song about it.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

Still,the National Snow and Ice Data Center says the most recent September measurement was the third lowest since nineteen seventy-nine.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

When there is fresh snow on the ground, the surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs,sound waves.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Maybe even lots of snow. If you do not have to drive in it or remove it, snow can be very beautiful.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

The scientists work for the American space agency and the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder,Colorado.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

This gives them their color. However,when light travels from air to snow, some light is sent back,or reflected.

VOA: special.2010.01.05