[pianotech] OFF TOPIC>> Snow in Las Vegas

[Farrell]

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
>