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• Snowstorm of October 2012

  … morning hours of Wednesday, October 31. Snow accumulations were highly dependent on … , Randolph, and western Pocahontas Counties had snow accumulations near 40 inches. The … roofs collapsed or damaged from snow. Preliminary damage assessments counted about …

• Snowstorm of January 1978

  … of Mexico near the Florida panhandle. Snow spread rapidly north, reaching southern … Bluefield, and Lewisburg. This reduced the snow accumulations there. However, further west … coast. During that afternoon, the snow diminished from southwest to northeast …

• Jack Rollins

  … ‘‘Here Comes Peter Cottontail’’ and ‘‘Frosty the Snow Man,’’ two of America’s most popular … others. In 1950, Rollins wrote ‘‘Frosty the Snow Man,’’ with Nelson again supplying the tune … Arnold. The song he wrote for Hank Snow, "I Don't Hurt Anymore,& …

• Serviceberry

  … is the preferred name. In pioneer days, circuit-riding preachers would hold early spring funeral services for all people who had died when deep snows prevented travel. These funeral services occurred when the serviceberry was in full bloom.

• Audra State Park

  … thickets":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/75 border the Middle Fork River, which flows through the park. In spring, melting snow and rains feed the river’s boulder-filled channel. Land within the park has been used in various ways. As the …

• Shenandoah River

  … . ‘‘It is the rich fields, and the mountains older than measured time. It is the stillness of the hot noon, or of moonlight, or of snow. It is the calm old houses, where the oak leaves and the doves have time to set up their music in the heart of a child …

• Skiing

  … skiers from all over the East each winter. With relatively high elevations, West Virginia’s mountains get a good deal of natural snow, and they are within driving distance of a large part of the nation’s population. The first to see the full potential …

• Snowshoe Mountain Resort

  … . Improvements include new slopes, increased snowmaking capacity, high-speed ski lifts, an adventure park for snowboarders, a snow tubing hill, and new lodging, condominiums, shops, and restaurant areas at its peak. Today Snowshoe Mountain receives more …

• Canaan Valley Resort State Park

  … on Cabin Mountain. The state park ski slopes were built on the 4,420 foot Weiss Knob, the first major ski development with snow-making equipment in West Virginia, and opened in December 1971. In 1972, an 18-hole golf course, designed by Geoffrey Cornish, …

• The Weather

  … in the average temperature and rain and snow variations within the state. On a daily … go through mild winters without using their snow shovels; however, a "snowstorm on … across much of West Virginia. The heavy snow and strong winds toppled trees and …

• Wheeling Jamboree

  … McAuliffe). Major artists affiliated with the _Jamboree_ for shorter periods include the Bailey Brothers, the Osborne Brothers, Hank Snow, Mac Wiseman, and Grandpa Jones. Popular regional favorites who have appeared on the program at various times include …

• Wildflowers

  … of trailing arbutus, peeking out from under leaves flattened by winter snows. The woods become a fascinating kaleidoscope of colors and a … in very dry rocky soils and will bloom profusely until snows begin to fall. Large pink clusters of joe-pye weeds …

• Climate

  … frequently the wettest and October often the driest. Widespread rains and snows fall from late autumn into early spring. During the … the state. Annual precipitation includes both the rain and melted snow. The least amounts are usually in the ‘‘shadow’’ east …

• Winterplace

  … , the southernmost range of the Allegheny Mountains, and has an annual snowfall average of about 65 inches. The resort has 100 percent snow-making ability with a 50-million-gallon water reservoir. Night skiing is available on almost all of the slopes. The …

• Molly O’Day and Lynn Davis

  … 1946. During the next five years she cut 36 songs for Columbia including ‘‘Matthew Twenty-Four’’ and ‘‘Teardrops Falling in the Snow.’’ In early 1950, Molly and Lynn gave up show business to serve the Lord. They returned to Huntington just before their …

• Otter Creek Wilderness Area

  … , and Norway Spruce trees were once planted in an attempt to replace the harvested timber. The area receives more than 55 inches of precipitation each year, with heavy rains and deep snows not unusual. Frost may occur during any month of the year.

• Personal Rapid Transit System

  … collection in five peak periods per day. It has proven itself on hilly terrain, and in weather ranging from sun to fog to snow and ice. The first transportation system to model itself after the PRT was the Kobe Rapid Transit System in Japan, and there are …

• Plant Lore

  … , naturally encrusted with silicon, were used to clean pots and pans. Skunk cabbage flowers produce heat and can grow through the snow and ice of mountain bogs. Bears coming out of hibernation readily eat the plants which may be the laxative needed after …

• Ramps

  … people in the Southern Appalachian mountains, whose winter diet lacked fresh fruit and vegetables. In the very early spring, often when snow still covered the glens, the deep green leaves of the ramp were sought as a welcome addition to the supper table, …

• Floods

  … into streams and groundwater flow contributing minor amounts. Melting snow may contribute to West Virginia floods from late autumn to … when no other streams flooded. Prolonged precipitation or melting snow provides water at much slower rates and seldom …

• Fauna

  … times, approximately 10,000 B.C. Although glaciers never reached the region that is now West Virginia, there was permanent snow cover over much of the present state during most of the year. Tundra vegetation, and later northern boreal vegetation, …

• Fasnacht

  … the fiddler announces the hour to burn Old Man Winter. The prettiest maiden then mounts the shoulders of the tallest man and cuts down the ghoul. He is dragged out into the snow, roughed up and cursed, then thrown onto the bonfire amid applause.

• Flood of 1937

  … a foot deep.” Yet the Ohio could become a torrent after a heavy rain or sudden thaw. January 1937 was unusually warm. Melting snow and 19 straight days of rain combined to create the right conditions for flooding along the Ohio’s entire 981-mile length …