The Koch Snowflake is a neat fractal shape that you can also make in your kitchen. This project makes iterated fractals out of edible dough: marzipan and rolled fondant. Neither dough is particularly easy to work with in this level of detail, but the result may well be worth the effort. Koch Cupcakes are the ultimate in geek chow.
While the Koch Snowflake is a beautiful shape, it’s not necessarily obvious how to construct it physically. The first thing to notice is that the fractal consists of three identical Koch curves placed around a triangular core. This provides a simplification: we can first make the Koch curve by iteration, and then cut it into thirds and place it around the core.
Time-lapse video shows the storm’s progress from midnight EST to 10:30 am EST in Long Island, New York. When the video starts, there are already several inches of snow on the ground. By the following morning, there was more than a foot of snow.
A foot of snow on top of a half-inch of ice made our driveway unpassable for a few days. The heavy ice coat caused about two dozen trees to lean or fall and block the driveway.
A massive ice storm has hit the state of Kentucky. We missed the brunt of the storm and received only about 1/2” of ice covered by about a foot of snow. This was enough to coat all the trees and cause some damage, but nowhere near as bad as in the western part of the state.
Temperatures throughout the world ranged from -65 degrees Fahrenheit in Alaska to 105 degrees in Sydney, Australia this week. Rain and high winds lashed Washington state as cold temperatures and snow blanketed Europe. The Sacramento Bee has assembled a collection of 22 extreme weather photos from around the world.
In this photo, a canopy of trees hangs heavy with snow on Friday, January 2, 2009 in Spokane, Washington. Spokane finished December with 61.5 inches of snow, far eclipsing the previous one-month record of 56.9 inches set in January 1950.
