Boy do you have a bunch of reading to catch up on <G> Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: "Rob & Helen Goodale" <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu>; <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] OFF TOPIC>> Snow in Las Vegas > The tourists should have come to Tampa - 85 degrees yesterday - no snow! > > Have fun making a snowman! > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob & Helen Goodale" <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu> > > > 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. > > > > 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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