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Students tired of waiting for snow, build own snow machines at Tate's Middle School

The students used supplies they found at home improvement stores and on campus.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Students at Tate's Middle School were tired of waiting for snow this winter, so they decided to make their own.

They built snow machines out of supplies they found at home improvement stores and in the school including air compressors, pressure washers, camps, metal poles as well as various other items. 

The machines can blow snow up to 20 feet and they used it to create a 200-foot snowy slide on campus for everyone to enjoy.

"I think that it's, it's good for the younger kids to see us doing something so big that's almost impossible to them right now but knowing they can get to that goal one day," said student Bella Patterson. 

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