Late Night Visit To Fire Department Yields Snow

Last Tuesday night we were determined to make snow. We had the snow gun, we had the cold. We had the fire hydrant and the high pressure pump and we had them sheltered. What we didn't have was the proper PEI hose thread to Ontario hose thread coupling. Mel (My boss and comrade) took a trip to the old Charlottetown Fire Department. Winston, a bespeckled and and massive fire-gentlemen greeted us and our confused ramblings about thread and water leakage with the cool look of a man determined to make some Jack Frost magic. He grunted, he prodded, he asked exasperated questions. Two trips later we had our solution. We hooked up that snow gun, fired her up and when the first flakes fell...

Two very, very happy supervisors. And we were all happy. I learned something about fire hoses and visited a fire station, Winston (our hero) saved the day and got a coffee and donut. Allen the "Snow Man" (He runs the snow machine) was happy to see it running and begin crafting snow. By morning there was enough snow to begin work. A week later there is a pile of snow 30 feet high.

let it snow. Some water guy, me, mel, kim and Allen the snowman.