Conspiracy theorist are at it again! Their latest claim is that last week's winter storm that caused havoc across much of the United States, including most of Texas to lose electricity, was a hoax. Many videos have popped up of people claiming the snow that fell was not snow at all and that it is fake snow placed by the government. They convince others of this misinformation by taking the fallen slow, compacting it to make a snow ball and then taking a lighter in an attempt to melt it, only to have the snowball stay intact with only some charring. However the truth isn't quite a dramatic as the conspiracy theorist hoped for. Snow doesn't drip when exposed to a flame and here's why. When snow melts, the water is absorbed by the remaining packed snow. It's the same principle when colored sugar water is added to chipped ice. If the heat sourced remained for a prolonged time, the snow would indeed drip as the snow would reach capacity of holding liquid water. As for the charred marks on the snowball, it's the remnants of the burning fuel inside the lighter. Just as your fireplace has black marks around the hearth.