Istijlál (Majesty), 7 Masa’il (Questions), 165 BE – Thursday, December 18, 2008 about 4:30 AM Pacific Time
It snowed in Las Vegas yesterday and snow is still on the ground this morning. I'm not sure how much snow the Las Vegas Valley received, but it shut the Airport down. There was even talk about a Snow Day at the schools, I'm not sure if the schools are shut down today.
The snow didn't shut the city down. It takes more then just one day of snow to shut Vegas down, but it cut the visibility down to one or two blocks. Driving on city streets was dangerous, more so because we're not used to snow here.
McCarran Airport doesn't have equipment to clear snow off the runways. Tourist were stuck at the airport last night. I don't know if there will be any flights out today or not. That depends on how long it takes the snow to melt.
As I look out my window this morning, I see snow on the ground. It isn't like the snow covered ground in Oklahoma. Here you can see patches of rock, grass and dirt around the patches of snow, but there is enough snow to cover large sections of the desert floor.
The flakes that fell yesterday were huge white beautiful fluffy flakes. The snow melted at first and there was some rain mixed with the snow, but eventually the snow accumulated. Eventually the snow fell without rain and the temperatures got below freezing. Soon the oak tree next door will begin to change color and its leaves fall. Autumn is finally here and the first day of winter is on Sunday.
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