Guess when this snow pile in Somerville will melt and you could win a $25 Union Square Donuts gift certificate:
The pile is trapezoidal in shape, with the front side coming in at 11’9″, the back about 18′ and the two other sides at 27′. And it’s 7’8″ tall. That means it contains 3,113 cubic feet of snow and weighs in at 15,563 pounds or about seven metric tons.
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April 15th
By FredQuimby
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:32am
Assuming a "mild" March.
Entering Contest
By Somerville Beat
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:36am
Please enter your guesses on this post to be officially entered in the contest: http://somervillebeat.com/features/13974/contest-g...
Good luck!
Labor Day 2015
By BullDetector
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:34am
If we are lucky.
I appreciate
By Michael
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 12:08pm
You specifying 2015. That way it won't interfere with my guess.
April 21
By J
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:56am
April 21
What if there's a car under
By anon
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:56am
What if there's a car under that pile? Do we have to predict when that will melt too?
March 25 , 2015
By WS
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 12:03pm
March 25 , 2015
Make it fair
By Bill Tarkulich
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 12:10pm
Let's make it fair. Don't pile any more on top of it. Somehow I don't think that will happen :(
Hmm...
By The Ducciano
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 12:13pm
How will the contest determine when the snow has "melted" - is this the day there is absolutely no trace indication of precipitation in that entire spot? I could see how when the snow pile is reduced to a puddle, one could claim that the snow has melted while another claims that until the puddle has evaporated, the snow hasn't really melted at all.
Click on the link in the original post
By adamg
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 1:05pm
There's a definition of when the pile is "melted."
This is nicer than my
By tape
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 1:41pm
This is nicer than my response, which is "why don't you read the rules instead of asking others to do it for you?"
What Adam said
By roadman
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 1:52pm
Plus, when snow melts, it becomes water. So the argument that the snow hasn't melted is ludicrous.
Hmm...
By The Ducciano
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 4:51pm
Is it?
I'm sorry, but I'm trying to figure out what is meant by "snow has melted." If there is still water, yes, the snow has melted - but water remains, which is a component of snow, right? I kinda just want the contest to say: "Give us the date that the snow pile has become a complete puddle of water" otherwise, there is an opportunity for nitwits like me to wonder when snow has completely melted.
Oy
By adamg
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 5:08pm
Vey
By The Ducciano
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 7:05pm
Sorry!
Never...
By anon
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 3:40pm
...this winter will blend right into the next one. I'm moving to the sun.
June 1
By Ami
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 5:18pm
Probably a bit on the outside, but I have other bets going for other snow piles, and I want to spread the option of winning one of them.
When it hits the Harvard
By jmeltzer
Fri, 02/20/2015 - 7:20pm
When it hits the Harvard Bridge.
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