Originally Posted By LVBelle It snowed in Vegas last night! I have little patches of snow in my backyard, yippee! I'll post pictures if I can ever find my blasted camera cord... Any other Las Vegas LPers wake up to a surprise this morning?
Originally Posted By nevadarebel We didn't have snow on the ground but when my husband went to the gym at 4am, the snowflakes were falling but when they landed, they melted. He did have snow on his way to work on the far south end of town. The mountains are so pretty with the white on them!
Originally Posted By LVBelle I put a few pictures on Jake's webpage. I know the little patches are kind of pathetic, but I was SO excited! I've never had snow stick to the ground anywhere that I've lived before! <a href="http://jakey.aboutmybaby.com/photo/1647248" target="_blank">http://jakey.aboutmybaby.com/p hoto/1647248</a>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Take a peek at the video linked to at this site and you'll see there was more than enough to build a good snowman: ;-) <a href="http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=5834057" target="_blank">http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Glo bal/story.asp?S=5834057</a>
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I know that my boss had over 3 inches in his back yard and he even brought some in to me today. There was pictures of kids making snowmen this morning.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice And yep! When Mr. Alice and I were watching the news at about 5 a.m. and saw the coverage for Horizon Ridge (a local neighborhood in Southeast LV), he went to the front window and hollered for me to come see - it was falling steadily - SO pretty! When I left for work, there was just a bit on the ground, but the cars parked along our street were well covered. Our neighborhood wasn't hit as hard as some others - it was similar to LVBelle's.
Originally Posted By LVCajun I was out working in it. For about 20 minutes it looked like a blizzard at NY-NY. I had about an inch on my trees and roof but not much more than that. It was funny, people were complaining to me all night about how they came to Vegas to get away from the weather.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hee hee hee hee... Were these people in shorts and T-shirts by chance, LVCajun? ;-) Nothing funnier (well, maybe there is ;-) than watching news footage of tourists walking the Strip in summer clothes... with snow on the palm trees! *LOL* "I thought it was always 100 degrees or more in Las Vegas!" DOH!
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I agree with you, here I was digging out the heavy coat, hats, gloves, scarves, and boots and there are people wondering around the strip with short sleeves on. I was freezing this morning watching it come down so I went and turned up the heater and covered the kids up. I feel really bad for everyone that has been without power and have had really bad storms. My mom was going back to Pahrump this afternoon but not over the mountain. It amazes me too is that they close the freeway for a snow storm but in other parts of the country, it is everyday life in the same storms.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Yeah, but those people on the Strip are only wearing shorts and T-shirts because they're clueless. *LOL* Tell your mom to take it nice and slow... She'll be fine! I guess it was pretty much socked-in out in BC. With all the wrecks that happen every day in parts of the country that regularly get snow, it might be just as well that they closed the highway to Searchlight this morning. Even areas that are used to it have plenty of goofballs behind the wheel. A friend of mine in Kansas was telling me that truck and SUV drivers regularly do 70 mph in ice and snow because - like the idiots on our roads - they think they're invincible. I'd never make it in snow country and I really don't want to try. ;-)
Originally Posted By RAM1984 You guys made news in CA's central valley. Our ground was white this morning but only with frost. Whenever there are clouds it warms up too much for snow. But the ducks pond was frozen. BBBRRRRRRRRRRR
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Can definitely relate RAM1984... We get so many mornings just like that! It's neat in those rare moments we get snow.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I know that it is still pretty chilly now outside because the clouds have gone away and the wind is blowing. Nice night to make hot chocolate and curl up with the family to watch a nice holiday show.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Definitely! We're going to a friend's house for a little get-together tonight. Always a good time.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 People forget that Veags is high desert. I'll bet the Panamint and Funeral Ranges on either side of Death Valley are covered in white, too!
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess How fun!!! We get about as much snow as you guys (we're in the CA High Desert) but haven't had any yet. We saw a low of 16 a few weeks ago, and our highs this week have only been in the 40's, but not enough precipitation to see the white stuff! I am ENVIOUS!
Originally Posted By gadzuux I just checked - las vegas elevation is 2178 ft / 664 m. So it's not "that" high for desert. And funny thing - this week on 'las vegas' (nbc) was their christmas special, and it snowed. Coincidence?
Originally Posted By EdisYoda <<And funny thing - this week on 'las vegas' (nbc) was their christmas special, and it snowed. Coincidence?>> I think not!
