Comments on: Las Vegas Gets Buried In Snow

By: L

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:10:53 +0000

awesome summer weather down here in Auckland, NZ! i have actually never experienced a winter Xmas before lol

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:56:00 +0000

Well, here in Australia, its currently 35 degrees celcius (about 95 F).. Can’t get any better than a beach BBQ on Xmas day!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:24:27 +0000

I;m here in Allentown, PA where we are awaiting the same storm that dropped snow on CA and Vegas. I couldn’t believe those pictures! Here a couple inches of snow just means you need to get up earlier for work but I can’t imagine what people who aren ‘t used to it must be thinking! I wish I were there it would have been like home for a little bit! lol… I hope the good people of SoCal and Vegas who woke up to snow knew how to use shovels!

By: Emm

Emm — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:36:41 +0000

I am in NYC and it’s 38 degrees for me right now. It’s gonna snow tomorrow idk exactly how much we are getting, but i am guessing anywhere from 2-5 inches.

By: Katers

Katers — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:16:42 +0000

well northern ireland is oddly a lot colder than what it normally is at this time of year…but damp and wet nothing new there! i wouldnt mind some of your snow though, few extra days off work would go down a treat! take care everyone :)

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:10:19 +0000

It was the weirdest thing to see snow here in Vegas yesterday. I’m originally from the Midwest (Go Wisco!), and it was funny to see everyone freaking out. Especially those who have never seen snow. All the kiddies were playing it.

Although, I did not enjoy the drivers. It seems not many people out here know how to drive in it.

And get this, schools were cancelled today! It was really insane. I think they thought it was going to freeze because the roads were just fine when I went into work.

By: apples

apples — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:04:39 +0000

Atlanta, a week ago, felt like 35 degrees outside.

Today it’s about 70. I wore a short-sleeved shirt- very odd.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:01:38 +0000

Kind of makes me happy since the last 5 days were like 20 below zero here in good old Montana. It’s finally above zero but not above freezing…

By: Mish

Mish — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:55:33 +0000

Oh the irony…I’m in Charleston, SC and we hit 78 degrees the past two days and are supposed to get to at least 80 tomorrow.
Granted Sunday it’s supposed to be 45ish which is more typical for this time of year…

By: Pop

Pop — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:13:28 +0000

I’m from Argentina and we are at 95/96 here hahahahaha. It’s been like this since November, you get a week and a half of this incredible heat then a couple of days of rain and maybe the temperature drops and then again with the hotness. Last thursday it was 109! And I take the subway to work yay! it’l like 120 down there hahahaha.
Last July it snowed here in Buenos Aires for the first time after 90 years. People were out in the streets playing with snow (we only get snow in the south part of the country) all happy and amazed, I was more worried than anything else. We have a glaciar in the south (perito moreno), people come from all over the world to watch it crack it’s an amazing thing but it usually does it every 4 years, this time it only took it two to start breaking and falling.
Though it worries me I agree that the weather has always been changing throught the history of our planet, but I’m not sure if it was this fast.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:02:20 +0000

I guess what (rarely) happens in Vegas, stays (on the ground) in Vegas. tee hee hee.
I think it’s time to stop saying “global warming” and only say “climate change” – the latter is maybe more accurate, while the former creates unfair expectations in the middle of December!

By: Laynie

Laynie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:50:14 +0000

just a quick ice storm later tonight to add to our snow already
midwest weather sucksss

By: M3

M3 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:24:22 +0000

Ugh, the weather better not pull this stunt when I’m in Vegas for New Years! Well, the bright side is my champagne will stay chilled :o)

By: christine

christine — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:23:18 +0000

it’s pretty cool to see vegas covered in snow.

By: Gay Power Living

Gay Power Living — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:02:28 +0000

WOW! Never in a million would I have ever expected to see these pictures. This is so weird and disconcerting….

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:30 +0000

So I guess it was global warming in 1979. Of course back then they thought we were headed for a mini ice age.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:57:04 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, obviously the recession and global warming are an issue but I just think that people are overlooking the fact that we have faced both before, in the past, and that these kinds of things are more than likely to cease and then reoccur again in the future.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:55:35 +0000

Meh. People forget that cycles in weather are very common, much like in the economy. This isn’t the first time it’s snowed in Vegas and it’s also not the first time the economy has gone under. Cycles are a normal part of the way the earth and society runs, I dunno why people are freaking out so much about either. Yes, global warming is an issue but I don’t think current weather conditions are a sign that the world is ending.

By: Devon

Devon — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:48:36 +0000

I’m up in the 509 where we are at about 25 inches of snow on the ground and yes, there is more to come. Its insane! Our entire city is shut down!

By: kerri ann

kerri ann — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:30:54 +0000

i’m from vegas and just recently moved… and we got snow a little bit the last two years but nothing that would stick… from what i hear the snow they just got is crazy from some friends i’m getting ready to see for myself

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:54:09 +0000

@Mrs. Shermender — UGH! that is so news I don’t want to hear … I’m flying back home next Monday night

By: Mrs. Shermender

Mrs. Shermender — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:43:03 +0000

Here in the “D” it’s been in the teens for weeks & winter hasn’t even started! It’s freaking misery, at least now some of the rest of the country knows what it’s like to live in these parts! It freaking SUCKS!

By: Margie

Margie — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:38:22 +0000

Summer – It was just plain weird and I’m glad no one freaked out over it. We just marveled over it and enjoyed it since it had been years since it snowed and probably will be years again for the next snowfal. Hm, scratch that, maybe sooner rather than later.

BTW, I’m in West Houston and it was really coming down.

By: CB

CB — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:05:47 +0000

That is so scary! On Tuesday in N TX it got down to the low 20′s with wind chill in the teens and tomorrow it’s going to be 75. Everyone is getting sick.

By: Summer

Summer — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:04:08 +0000

Margie that’s what I thought too! It just weird!
I’m from Houston too and I post on our forum that we got snow and I go the same reaction.
People saying that’s nothing come up here!
No what I am saying is…it is RARE to see it and to the EAST of Houston it was A LOT!

Awesome pics of Las Vegas!!!!!!