At least it wasn't -38 celsius this morning like it was in The Pas, Manitoba, Canada. It is still -33 celsius now. Brrrr Terry Beckingham RPT At 09:33 AM 12/18/2008 -0800, you wrote: ><<OFF TOPIC>> > >Hi All, > >As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, yesterday was one of the most >bizarre days in history for Las Vegas. It began snowing mid morning, >nothing serious just light flurries. Gradually it got heavier through the >day as temperatures fell. By about 2:30 it was sticking to the ground, >and by about 9:00 last night we had 8" of snow in our yard! I'm not even >close to kidding, Las Vegas looked like a mid west winter. Most of the >city got a minimum of 3", but the south side had 8" or more. They >actually closed the airport, no inbound flights were allowed to take off, >and some airlines canceled flights altogether. As you might have guessed, >the Las Vegas airport has no snow removal equipment! There hasn't been a >snow storm like this here since 1971. > >Traffic was a mess. As the roads became slushy the accidents >emerged. The street I live on parallels the freeway and many people >thought that it would be a good way to avoid the freeway. Instead there >was a string of cars not moving at all and I got home just in time to pull >in before the cars lined up. People sat out there for hours. I-15, the >highway to Orange County/LA, was shut down entirely and I was planning a >trip down there this morning. It's still closed so I guess I'll be going >tomorrow instead. > >The fun side is that our dogs and little girls thought it was the greatest >thing in the world. The cat was just confused. The green tomatos in our >garden will never ripen now. I guess you haven't lived until you witness >8" of snow bending over palm trees! All the tourist who left the cold >parts of the country to enjoy the normally warm winter here found >themselves in the same kind of place as what they left. > >Rob Goodale, RPT >Las Vegas, NV >
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