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Subject: hOW WAS ICE MADE DURING A RAIN STORM IN THE DESERT?

Date: Fri Jan 16 01:15:06 2009
Posted by wayne page
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Dubai State/Province: Dubai Country: United Arab Emirates
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1232093706.Ch
Message:

i HAVE A WAREHOUSE IN DUBAI. WE HAD ELECTRICAL RAIN STORM. THE WAREHOUSE 
LEAKED AND WATER FLOODED INTO MANY AREAS. YESTERDAY MORNING I DISCOVERED SOME 
STORAGE BOXES SATURATED AND FULL OF ICE . ON A SHELF SOME OF OUR EMPTY BUCKETS 
AND WHEELBARROWS WERE ALSO FULL OF ICE CHILLED WATER AND SOME ALSO FULL OF 
ICE. THE ICE REMAINED ALL DAY LONG. OUR TEMPERATURES DO NOT DROP BELOW 23 C 
DURING THE DAY. WE ARE A LANDSCAPE BUSINESS AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TRACES OF 
FERTILIZER DUST IN THE BUCKETS OR BOXES. TWO BUCKETS WERE FULL OF ICE EACH 
CRYSTAL ABOUT 2MM ROUND, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS HAPPENED. THANKX


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