Snow shattered and spilled down the slope. Within seconds, the avalanche was the size of more than a thousand cars barreling down the mountain and weighed millions of pounds. Moving about 7o miles per hour, it crashed through the sturdy old-growth trees, snapping their limbs and shredding bark from their trunks.
Calico (in British usage, 1505, AmE muslin) is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but it is still very cheap owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance.alico originated in Kozhikode (also known as Calicut, from which the name of the textile came) in southwestern India during the 11th century. The cloth was known as cÄliyan to the natives.
For long, calamine lotion has been used as a simple and inexpensive yet effective remedy to relief insect bites. It contains zinc oxide as the active ingredient which helps to get rid of chigger bites itch. It comes with a pleasant smell and will not cause stinging at the point of the bite.