(I hope this is the right place to put this.)

Does anyone want to talk to me about what it's like to live in the cold and snow?

For instance, I need to know: if a house gets snowed in, does the interior get colder than usual or stay warmer because of the compaction of snow around its exterior?

I have other questions... but my head hurts too much to remember them right now. I'd love it if someone would help me. I've tried to find books at the library, research online, etc... but I'm coming up pretty empty.

(If you can't tell, I've never lived in the snow... but I'm writing about it. :p)

If you're not used to snow every day, all day, then it can get slightly disorienting.

Other than that, I wouldn't know. Texas doesn't get snow.

I have the experience from a semester school up in the north which has snow as part of its climate. It was pretty heated, so Idk.

It did when we lived there for a year. We had six inches and awesome drifts. And when we moved to Ireland they said they only have snow rarely, but we've had it every single year for the entire six years we've been here. Not to mention record freezing and flooding (and that stray tornado that came up). I believe we do something to the weather.

Snow does insulate well. It would be pretty dangerous when it comes to the weight crushing the house, though, so the people might not want to stay in a snow buried house anyway, even if it was warm enough. It would have to be built sturdily.

I've not lived in a place that gets a lot of snow since I was pretty small, but I remember some things (and I'm also pretty good with google), so I can try to answer any questions you have.

(I hope your head is feeling better now. * tilts head * )

Edit: Link to something about snow insulating houses.

Oh! I hadn't thought about the roofs. Good point! I'll have to make sure the roofs are slanted too.

Thank you for the link! I enjoyed reading that article. Gave me ideas at any rate.

And thanks, my head feels better today. Took a couple of days, but I'm good now.

Next question is really odd: does snow really crunch when you walk on it right after it's fallen? Does it depend on how large the flakes are? I've only walked on old snow, and yes my boots caused a "crunching" noise, but I wasn't sure if that was due to be impacted or...?

(*Tries not to feel completely silly* )

Don't feel silly. It's a good question. Snow really does crunch if it is cold enough and dry enough. In other words, when the temperature is well below freezing. If the temp is in the 30s, the snow will not crunch, if the temp is below 30, it most likely will. The size of the flake does not matter, it is more the temperature that matters.

Bonus answer to a question you haven't asked yet: snow doesn't pack together (for snowballs and such) unless it is warm enough, like in the 30s. Where I live, last year we didn't get to make snowmen or snowballs until the weather started to warm up as Spring finally approached because it was so cold (-40 at least 4 times and many more below 0 days).

Cool.

I'm glad.

Yep, that's been my experience.

I don't quite remember, but I believe some snow doesn't crunch even when it is cold enough -- sometimes cold snow is very powdery, and it doesn't stick to itself at all, it just sloughs around.

Snow is powdery, but it still crunches when you walk on it. We don't get much snow over here in the UK, so it may be different if it's much thicker than the layer we get when it snows here; but I would say it does crunch when you walk on it.

I just realized that I didn't thank you all! You all were so helpful!

I just hope, I pulled off the snowy town well in my novel.

I love this topic, actually. Its been snowing here today!



I am glad you found the comments helpful, Rebekah.