<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have not seen the ones you are mentioning but it is possible for the wind to make weird tubes out of the snow as well as snowballs.  My brother-in-law sent us pictures on them a few years ago that showed up in the lawn at his workplace.  I have them somewhere. If I find them I'll pass a few on.<br>Dave Crotty<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>> To: geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>> From: jochapple@earthlink.net<br>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:52:12 -0700<br>> Subject: [Geysers] Mysterious snow shapes<br>> <br>> Can anyone explain the several fairly large snowballs or flattened <br>> cylinders that appear on the OFG webcam these days? I've only noticed <br>> them in recent days and wonder how they got there or what the mechanism <br>> is that made them (like, humans or ??).<br>> <br>> Janet Chapple<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Geysers mailing list<br>> Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu<br>> <a target="_blank" href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br><br><br><SPAN style="width:100%;height:2px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(212,208,200); border-top:1px solid rgb(128,128,128);background-color:black;overflow:hidden; margin:8px 0px;"></SPAN>In a rush? <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008">Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger.</a></div><br></div></div><br> <hr size=1><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47519/*http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text1.com ">No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access</a> now. Sweet deal for Yahoo! users and friends.</body></html>