Teachers, chemists and science geeks worldwide know about our instant snow polymer (Insta-Snow®) that turns from a powder to fluffy white snow when you add water. As part of their Olympic coverage, the Today Show featured this product as part of a story on the business of making snow.
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It’s not supposed to snow in Iraq… but that didn’t stop the 34th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army stationed in Iraq. Shelli Markgraf shared these pictures of her husband’s division making a pile of snow in seconds by adding water to our Insta-Snow® powder. By looking at the additional pictures, you might be lead to believe that this was just a fun activity for our soldiers to pass the time… but you would be wrong.
In fact, the eruption of snow was used as a small scale experiment to see what would happen if millions of pounds of Insta-Snow were dropped from helicopters, instantly mixing with water, erupting into massive mountains of snow, with desert winds whipping the snow into a blizzard-like frenzy. Yes, this would confuse the enemy.
After pondering the idea for a few seconds, someone asked, “Where are we going to find the water in the desert to make the reaction work?” It took exactly 1.3 seconds to completely abandon the blizzard idea, and the soldiers resorted to making snow angels on the surface of the sun.
My nephew can’t seem to get enough of the Disney Channel show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. And, when I heard that Mickey and his friends were going to be playing with the Professors “Non-Melting Snow”, I was more than a little interested. I know all about Non-Melting Snow. Our original Insta-Snow powder is an amazing polymer that puffs up when you add water and makes a pile of fake snow in seconds. It’s the time of year when we can barely keep Insta-Snow on the shelves with requests for yard decorations, party decorations and the sad people in Florida that won’t have a white Christmas without a little help. Likewise, as soon as my nephew saw his buddy Mickey Mouse playing in the non-melting snow, he wanted some for his own. Lucky for me, I just happened to have a few hundred pounds on hand, so I’m still his favorite uncle. If your kids are demanding some of Professor Von Drake’s non-melting snow… well, now you know where to go. Just like Mickey, Insta-Snow won’t melt, so you can play in it anytime you want. Trust me, you’ll be
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