Vegas Snow Storm 2008
Before I went to my parents house for the holidays, we had a real, live snow storm in Las Vegas, y'all. I kid you not. They say it hadn't snowed like that since 1979. Even my parents called to say they heard about it on the news in Michigan!
The top of Mount Charleston always gets enough snow to ski, and we might see a flake in the air on the outskirts of town, but full-on snow down here in the valley? It was bizarre. I laughed at my Mexican friends who've never even seen snow before. I moved here for many reasons and one of them was to get rid of that scene; no more six months of gray, no more blizzards from Halloween to Easter. But it was fun to play in, and it was gone within a couple days.
Unfortunately, it also broke half my trees, the wusses. I gathered up some photos from me and my friends, covering the two days before it was all gone (and my poor backyard full of debris.)
The top of Mount Charleston always gets enough snow to ski, and we might see a flake in the air on the outskirts of town, but full-on snow down here in the valley? It was bizarre. I laughed at my Mexican friends who've never even seen snow before. I moved here for many reasons and one of them was to get rid of that scene; no more six months of gray, no more blizzards from Halloween to Easter. But it was fun to play in, and it was gone within a couple days.
Unfortunately, it also broke half my trees, the wusses. I gathered up some photos from me and my friends, covering the two days before it was all gone (and my poor backyard full of debris.)
Hee! Teeny snowman! |
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Jeff's car in the driveway, while it snowed. |
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Oops, left a flip-flop outside. Won't be needing these today! |
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My street in the middle of snowing. Being from Michigan, I was not afraid to drive in a few inches of snow, but they were mostly empty ... cowards! |
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We went to the grocery store that night in case it was crazy the next day. |
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Snowy carts! |
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My upper patio shows a couple inches left the following afternoon. South-facing, it didn't last long in the sun! |
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Snowy patio furniture! We had almost six inches on my house, but my Henderson peeps got EIGHT! |
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Snowy cactii along the roads down south. |
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Snowy palms on my street. |
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If a hummingbird shivers, does it make the same humming sound? |
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Poor peacock, go back in your peacock house, it's too cold out here! |
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Snowman cheers for snowy cactii -- me too! |
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This is the back side of the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign at Las Vegas Blvd and Russell. I love the palm tree arms! |
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Scenic loop of Red Rock is extra scenic this morning! |
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Braving the roads in South Vegas. |
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Hiking in Red Rock |
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Hiking in Red Rock was more like snow plowing in some spots. |
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My hiking group had to get out in Red Rock to play in the snowy desert! |
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Vegas Valley looking west to Red Rock and Charleston. In the center of the valley, you can see the tall buildings of the Strip -- that's the Stratosphere in the right (north). |
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So many tree tops broke, I had to climb and cut the ones I could reach. There shouldn't be any green on this ground - I have a gravel yard! |
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The top 15 feet of one of my trees, broken off from the snow storm. It used to block my neighbors window looking over my patios. :-/ |
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Looking down from my upper patio. That branch fell left on top of my palms. I need to find a way to cut it down, but the break is 15 feet off the ground and I only have a six foot ladder. :-/ |
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Looking up from the bottom patio. That big branch used to stick straight up and provide shade. |
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My yard debris, cut and twined, stacked for pick-up. I kept the thicker branches for campwood! |
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