# Weird white stuff from the sky **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392 "2015-07-17T06:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/1 "2015-07-17T06:08:57Z")
Uh, could we get a little help here? Anyone know anything about [this stuff](http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2013/06/25/1226669/760209-0f6a65e6-dd69-11e2-a2a7-ba3b27a8768f.jpg)? Is it dangerous? Should we maybe not touch it? Anything fun you can do with it? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/2 "2015-07-17T06:23:48Z")
You have heard about self-defrosting freezers? That frost has to go somewhere, and I guess now it’s your turn. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/3 "2015-07-17T06:36:26Z")
I think the usual response warmlanders have to snow is to freak out, empty the grocery stores of all essential provisions, and drive like all of those Max Max films were documentaries about the Australian highway system. Don’t forget that because ice makes things slippery, you must now drive like sedated cattle and steer like moving the wheel a tenth of a centimeter too far will cause you to spin out and ram a coolibah tree or fall into a billabong or crush a digeridoo. Maybe you should ask a Floridian for advice. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/4 "2015-07-17T08:15:49Z")
Snowball fight. I don’t think it’s enough for sledding or anything, maybe snow angels? If it’s still coming, tilt your head back, open your mouth and stick your tongue out. If you’re a dude, write in it. Don’t try to lick it off a metal pole! It’s fun to watch dogs play in it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/5 "2015-07-17T08:58:45Z")
Well so much for GW! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/6 "2015-07-17T09:02:05Z")
It’s solid DHMO. Be careful of it. It can inflict burns and cause motor vehicles to go out of control, for a start. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/7 "2015-07-17T10:43:05Z")
Dogs love the stuff. They run around in it and scoop it up in their mouths. They love to roll around in it and catch snowballs. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/8 "2015-07-17T12:42:20Z")
A cousin in law that lives near Christchurch was complaining about the same thing a few weeks ago. They have been having drought conditions as of late and will take the moisture in any available form. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/9 "2015-07-17T13:18:01Z")
They’re [Albino BRAIN CHIGGERS!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_bQi6luDTc) Run! ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/10 "2015-07-17T13:19:18Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > Well so much for GW! 😉 Oh, are people still blaming everything on Bush? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/11 "2015-07-17T13:48:52Z")
DO NOT TOUCH IT! It is frozen dihydrogen monoxide, a dangerous, often lethal substance. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/12 "2015-07-17T13:54:40Z")
Looks like it’s attacking your car. Better put your car in the garage. Y’all have garages, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/13 "2015-07-17T15:37:28Z")
We get that here in the winters. I think it’s ash from a nearby volcano. I wouldn’t touch if if I were you. You’re in Australia, where everything is dangerous, right? It could be drop bear semen. :: shrug :: ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/14 "2015-07-17T15:41:30Z")
Are you in [Portland](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762391&highlight=portland+dildos) at the moment? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/15 "2015-07-17T15:52:24Z")
I think it means you are supposed to start a long journey through the desert. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/16 "2015-07-17T16:08:20Z")
On a horse with no name. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/17 "2015-07-17T16:53:07Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > Oh, are people still blaming everything on Bush? :rolleyes: No. GW = Global Warming It was 2am and I could remember how to spell global.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/18 "2015-07-17T19:45:30Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I think it means you are supposed to start a long journey through the desert. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > On a horse with no name. Been through there. It felt good to get out of the rain, regardless of form. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/19 "2015-07-17T20:02:54Z")
Don’t touch it! It could harbour snow snakes! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392/20 "2015-07-17T20:59:56Z")
Here in Atlanta, we use a form of sympathetic magic: Since the Weird Stuff That Falls From the Sky is white, we all go to the grocery store and buy Things That Are White (like milk and toilet paper) in order to appease the Weather Gods so things will go back to being normal (kind of chilly and with normal rain). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-white-stuff-from-the-sky/725392.md?page=2)