winters coming

[luckyju]

why do people say you can never get 2 snowflakes the same? how do u know when as soon as you touch them they melt?

[SteveD]

Have a read here:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/ 2001/02/41085

[Count_Emmup]

And, he added, no two have ever been the same, or ever will be.

Given the umpteen billions of snowflakes that have fallen since the dawn of time, I fail to see how anyone can presume to have compared every single one!