Talk:Snow cannon

Changes[edit]

Removed infomation regarding home made snowmaking due to inaccuratenesss and added graph so people understand under what conditions snow can be made.

Temperature[edit]

I find this wording confusing:

If the surrounding air temperature is near or below freezing, the droplets of water tend to evaporate and rapidly cool. This method only works when the ambient air is at 0 °C (32 °F) or lower.

It sounds to me as tho in one case you don't get snow and in other you do, but both cases include below 0 °C temperatures. --Tysto 23:35, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think there is a need for more mention of the role that relative humidity plays in snow making--Grimesy

Why is artificial less accurate?[edit]

I'm an experienced snowmaker from Whistler BC, artificial snow would be made from a substance other than water. The product we are producing these days is very similar to the one mother nature produces. From the article:

The term artificial snow is mistakenly used for the produced snow; a more accurate term would be man-made snow.

I don't see why man-made snow would be more accurate. Man-made and artificial are synonyms. (Webster's Dictionary gives man-made as the first definition of artificial.) Especially if a woman is operating the snow cannon… —Caesura^(t) 21:36, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can say that to me the term artificial snow means that fluffy bagged crap you buy at a department store and stick inside your house as decoration. 128.208.35.197 01:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about this: synthesized snow 71.168.108.66 20:59, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure there are some reputable sources out there that have already dealt with this issue. --Gbleem 13:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Back in the day they stored ice from lakes and shipped it all over the world. Why don't we call the ice from our home freezer artificial ice? --Gbleem 03:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How is it even snow? I doubt that the machine can replicate the intricacy of a snowflake right? So I would call it ice fluff :). 20:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC) m0u5y —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.228.52.221 (talk)

rename article: Snow machine[edit]

I took pictures of three different kinds of snow machines. I think the article should be renamed snow machine and then have the three kinds in the article. --Gbleem 13:36, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article should be renamed Snow making and encompass the whole procedure, not just cannons themselves. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MadMaxDog (talk • contribs) 11:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

~~My bad, exists. Should it be merged in this case? Probably not.~~ MadMaxDog 11:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should be switched with the other name, which is a redirect back here anyway. MadMaxDog 11:09, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I'll wait a few days for comments though. --Gbleem 03:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Three kinds of machines.[edit]

I saw three different kinds of machines. What should they be called? I'm afraid that despite the "no original research" rule wikipedia has become the source for the taxonomy of many things. --Gbleem 03:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

site[edit]

If anyone wants to expand this article, here is a good site [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.30.68.49 (talk) 01:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]