The snow and rain tutorials are probably some of the fasted paced ones on the site. So a bit of work is required to go through them. 90% of the stuff here is slower paced but then everything is going to require a pause every now and then while you sit there scratching your head. If your new to Maya.
Hey if it was easy everyone would be great at it 
Dave
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