A Christmas card come to life: Jerusalem hit by worst snowstorm for TWENTY YEARS(8 inches)

Dailymail (uk) ^ | UPDATED: 14:12 EST, 10 January 2013 | Steve Robson

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The Holy City of Jerusalem has been covered in a brilliant white blanket after the worst snowstorm in 20 years.

Schools and highways have been closed as up to eight inches of snow piled up in the city centre by this afternoon.

Israel and much of the surrounding region has been hit by five days of rain, wind and snow as temperatures have dipped below freezing.

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[Jack Hydrazine]

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Quote from article: “ It has risen 124 centimeters so far this rainy season, and there is a good chance that the Degania Dam, which allows the lake to flow into the Jordan River to the Dead Sea, will be opened, when the water level in the lake reaches its optimal level.”

[P.O.E.]

My kids used to put Hershey’s kisses on the flat cars, and promoted one to be the engineer. I miss those days.

[Jack Hydrazine]

When was the last time water was released from Degania Dam? 1994?

[Marine_Uncle]

I’ll bet the kids did not waste any time in figuring out how to assemble snow man figures.

[jimsin]

THE gospel according to the apostle AL....

[SeminoleCounty]

Global Warming NutJobs will blame this storm on Israel not letting Palestine kill all Middle East Jews...and thus caused the Global Warming that led to the Snowstorm...or something like that

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Excellence]

Priceless!

[beethovenfan]

I didn’t know Al Gore visited there.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Global warming is unfalsifiable. All observations confirm it at the 100% level.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I think we’ll be seeing more snow events like this in Yerushalayim in the coming years.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ernest, 8 whole inches, gosh, that’s almost time to call the snowplow weather around here. ;’)

[TheOldLady]

We had over a foot last week, but the January thaw has started, and will be here for a week.

Slush! My not favorite!

[Rocky]

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
2 Sam 23:20 (KJV)

[Lurking Libertarian]

he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 2 Sam 23:20 (KJV)

One Israeli once told me that, of the all the verses in the Bible, that's the only one we can be sure is true, because if anyone was going to make up a story, they would never include such an unbelievable detail as snow in Israel.