Thursday, December 18, 2008

Snow in Las Vegas?

We live in the desert! We don't usually have much if any snow, but yesterday broke records. Some parts of town had 8-10 inches. We just had 1-2 inches. These pictures were taken in the afternoon, when it was just getting started. It snowed until about midnight and then started raining, so by morning it was almost gone. It was fun to watch though. It is funny how such a little bit can stop a city this big. The airport cancelled all flights last night due to not having de-icing machinery and snow plows to clear the runways. School was cancelled today for a snow day. It was the first time in 30 years that had happened! We picked Leslie up from work last night and it took us an hour and 15 minutes to get home due to street lights not working!


Our backyard


This was taken this morning looking out our back windows. This is Sunrise Mountain which hardly ever gets snow because it is not very high. It sure looked pretty. It is all melted tonight the temps were in the 40's this afternoon.









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