[pianotech] OFF TOPIC>> Snow in Las Vegas

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Boy do you have a bunch of reading to catch up on <G>
Joe Goss RPT
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----- 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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