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Thought I would share some pics of the snow we're currently getting in Vegas!
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Do people go nuts there when it snows like they do in the South?
Does everything come to a grinding halt?
Do the stores run out of milk and bread?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Does everything come to a grinding halt?
Do the stores run out of milk and bread?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
I'm up by Lone Mountain in Summerlin, and I'm having a blast in this! Call me evil, but I am having a blast at the expense of the locals here who don't know how to drive in rain, let alone the snow. It's come down thick over the past day, and doesn't show any sign of letting up.
My to-be mother-in-law can't make it home to Kingman, AZ, because every possible route to get there is closed. Highway 93 to Phoenix is closed at Railroad Pass (Boulder City). Highway 95 is closed at Searchlight, and I-15 is closed at the Nevada/California state line.
What's funnier is that I haven't seen a shovel sold here in almost 10 years, and they don't have any emergency snow routes, nor snow crews to handle this. The closest snow equipment is at Mt. Charleston, some 35 miles northwest and 5000ft higher.
BL.
My to-be mother-in-law can't make it home to Kingman, AZ, because every possible route to get there is closed. Highway 93 to Phoenix is closed at Railroad Pass (Boulder City). Highway 95 is closed at Searchlight, and I-15 is closed at the Nevada/California state line.
What's funnier is that I haven't seen a shovel sold here in almost 10 years, and they don't have any emergency snow routes, nor snow crews to handle this. The closest snow equipment is at Mt. Charleston, some 35 miles northwest and 5000ft higher.
BL.
Do people go nuts there when it snows like they do in the South?
Does everything come to a grinding halt?
Do the stores run out of milk and bread?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
If it is anything like so. cal. they do.
Retards! It rains and OMGWTFBBQ all over the stupid freeways!
I moved to Vegas in January of 1998, to escape the cold and snow of Nebraska. Even more so, I took the southern route to get around a snow storm coming through Colorado. Drove down to Oklahoma City, then took I-40 all the way to Kingman, then US Highway 93 north into the city. Told myself that I'll be okay now, as it won't snow in Vegas.....
Next day, it snows. Luckily, it was only about 40F (4C) so I was out in a t-shirt and shorts. and of course, I got the funny looks because anything below 70F is cold to people in Vegas.
BL.
Next day, it snows. Luckily, it was only about 40F (4C) so I was out in a t-shirt and shorts. and of course, I got the funny looks because anything below 70F is cold to people in Vegas.
BL.
I'm from Pueblo originally so this isn't odd in and of itself, but having it in Vegas is very memorable. I'm glad they let me out of work early enough to get home and take a few pictures!
Do people go nuts there when it snows like they do in the South?
Does everything come to a grinding halt?
Do the stores run out of milk and bread?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Ugh I know! I happened to be going to the grocery store the day before a big storm was supposed to move through the region and it was insane. Drives me nuts.
Video attached. Sorry for the .wmv, but I'm traveling without my Mac and all I have is this PC.
I'm from Texas but in Las Vegas for business this week - I thought it was funny when my wife told me it was snowing back home a couple of days ago. This, I guess, is karma.
I'm from Texas but in Las Vegas for business this week - I thought it was funny when my wife told me it was snowing back home a couple of days ago. This, I guess, is karma.
Bah, that's not winter!
In Thunder Bay it was around -35C before windchill for like this whole week. That's winter.
Around here we've been topping off around 49-50 degrees the past few days (it's 36ºF as I type this) and we're all complaining about how cold it is. We coastal Californians are wusses when it comes to cold weather.
Well that's interesting. Anyways, time to get reading for snowmageddon, that's what there calling it by me lol. Should have about 50cm (19.7in) by the end of the weekend. Got about 2in of snow yesterday.
Doubt we will be having that but it's been -22C with the windchill so far by me. Still waiting on -30C but hey, thats winter in Canada lol.
Bah, that's not winter!
In Thunder Bay it was around -35C before windchill for like this whole week. That's winter.
Doubt we will be having that but it's been -22C with the windchill so far by me. Still waiting on -30C but hey, thats winter in Canada lol.
LOL so true though, it's amazing what happens when places that don't get snow get like an inch or so. I'm awaiting the 20 or so inches were supposed to get over the weekend.
