And if you want to convert centimeters into millimeters just take the number in centimeters and multiply by 10.
100cm = 1000mm = 1 meter.
Posted on 12/12/2013 7:27:17 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
JERUSALEM (EJP)---The heaviest winter snowstorm in December since 1953 hit Israel, including Jerusalem, Wednesday night and Thursday, prompting school closures and blocking access routes to the Israeli capital.
The stormy weather was expected to persist into the weekend, with snow reaching elevated areas as far south as the Negev Desert on Friday.
Snow began falling on Mount Hermon in the north. Snow is expected later in the week in areas of northern Israel and the Galilee, as well as in high elevations in central Israel.
The Jerusalem municipality sent out an alert that school studies in the capital were canceled. Courses at the Hebrew University campus on Mount Scopus were also called off for the day.
“Snow in Jerusalem is a cause for celebration for Jerusalemites and the many visitors who come to see the world’s most beautiful city painted white,” said Jerusalem's Mayor Nir Barkat.“We hope the snow won’t disappoint, especially for Jerusalem’s excited children, who are looking forward to it.”
Several major traffic arteries were closed throughout the country on Thursday morning, including parts of the tunnel road between Jerusalem and Hebron, and stretches of the Dead Sea road.
The Jerusalem-bound lanes on Route 1 were intermittently closed between Latrun and Jerusalem.
Temperatures are expected to be several degrees colder than usual for the rest of the week and dropping each day.
High winds have prevented flights from leaving the Sde Dov airport in Tel Aviv and slowed air traffic at Ben Gurion International Airport.
In Tel Aviv, parts of the city’s boardwalk were under water due to heavy amounts of rain. Authorities threatened to close the major Ayalon Highway as the Ayalon River continues to rise.
As a result of the snowstorm, US Secretary of State John Kerry's scheduled meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Brenjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday was postponed.
Wow!! Looks like thousands of centimeters to me. Whatever that is. LOL.
Centimeters are French metric inches. It takes two and a half of the silly things to make an ordinary, regular inch; conversely, if you need this many fingers to do arithmetic, the French metric system has an advantage.
By definition an inch is exactly 2.54 cm, not “about”.
When you talk to those who aren’t mathematically or scientifically inclined you need to throw in a fudge factor or two. LOL!
EXACTLY puts so much pressure on people these days. You throw in an “around” or an “about” into the mix and people can start to relax a little.
We have grammar and spelling Nazis on this website. Do we really need the math and science Nazis, too? LOL!
Sorry - I’m a scientist. And since my grammar sucks and I can’t spell, I need to cling to something...
Thank you! I didn’t expect a reply, and really wanted to know. That was even more than I’m snowed in with here.
Looks like a giant in a car lot.
The reverse of “about” are the people who label containers. “1 pound or 453.59 g” as if the coffee in a jar is going to be measured to the nearest 0.01 grams. Or “We had 8 inches of snow or 20.3 cm.”
Thanks Jack Hydrazine.
I was stationed in Spain from 68-72...I had leave Christmas 69, so several of us decided to go to Rome..That year it snowed (lightly) in Rome for the first time in almost 100 years. I vividly recall seeing tens of thousands of Italians everywhere standing outside, looking up childlike at the sky..and attempting to taste the snowflakes as they fell..
“That year it snowed (lightly) in Rome for the first time in almost 100 years.”
Take a look at this story.
Israel blanketed with snow after heavy falls as rain floods Gaza Strip
http://www.news.com.au/world/israel-blanketed-with-snow-after-heavy-falls-as-rain-floods-gaza-strip/story-fndir2ev-1226783373342
The snow follows similar flurries across Egypt, where snow fell in Cairo for the first time in 112 years.
Israel blanketed with snow after heavy falls as rain floods Gaza Strip
http://www.news.com.au/world/israel-blanketed-with-snow-after-heavy-falls-as-rain-floods-gaza-strip/story-fndir2ev-1226783373342
Jerusalem-based meteorologist Boaz Nechemia told AFP that between 45 and 60cm of snow had accumulated in the Holy City by Saturday.
“We haven’t had such a snowfall in some 70 years,” he said, noting that a metre of snow fell on Jerusalem in 1920.
Snow: A Sign from the Heavens
http://shiratdevorah.blogspot.com/2013/12/snow-sign-from-heavens.html
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