1.   As the snow falls, it covers the leaves, offering yet another insulating blanket.

2.   So are the vast amounts of snow that fall on the higher slopes of Rainier each year.

3.   They think a lot of snow falls in Washington.

4.   Thus, no one ever knows exactly how much snow falls.

5.   Thus, the success of the rainy season can be judged by how much snow falls in the mountains.

6.   Thus, the success of the rainy season is judged by how much snow falls in the mountains.

7.   While snow frequently falls in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains surrounding the city, snow is not common in Seattle.

8.   Eighteen people have been killed in avalanches this month following record snow falls in the mountain regions of eastern France.

9.   Officials described the unseasonal snow falls as the heaviest recorded in November for more than five years.

10.   Twenty people were killed in avalanches in February following record snow falls in the French Alps and other mountainous regions in eastern France.