Israel blanketed with snow after heavy falls as rain floods Gaza Strip

News.com.au ^ | 15DEC2013 | Staff Writer

[Jack Hydrazine]

The heaviest snowfall in decades has blocked roads across Israel and the West Bank, while torrential rains have flooded areas of the Gaza Strip.

Nationwide, some 30,000 households were without electricity, nearly 9,000 of them in Jerusalem, the Israel Electric Corp said.

The snow follows similar flurries across Egypt, where snow fell in Cairo for the first time in 112 years.

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.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Global warming.

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

Al Gore, Al Sharpton, and Al Roker are on the way!

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

will the infamous catch phrase “You Have Some Esplaining To Do” be the catch phrase of the 2014 Winter season?

[Jack Hydrazine]

Other related headlines...

Heaviest Snowfall in 60 Years Blankets Jerusalem – Photos
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/529731/20131212/snow-storm-blankets-jerusalem.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/rare-heavy-snowstorm-blankets-jerusalem-area-062820941.html
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-snow-israel-egypt-20131213,0,1691393.story#axzz2nMzV6vMp
A “snowstorm of rare intensity” has dumped nearly three feet of snow on Jerusalem since yesterday, choking off the city. In the West Bank, the branches of olive trees groaned under the weight of snow.

Tens of thousands without power as severe storm continues
http://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gurion-airport-shut-down-amid-unprecedented-winter-storm/

Cairo receives first snow in over 100 years, Jerusalem receives most in 50 years
http://www.examiner.com/article/cairo-receives-first-snow-over-100-years-jerusalem-receives-most-50-years

Cyprus – 26 communities cut off due to heavy snowfall
http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/12/11/communities-left-without-power-as-bad-weather-grips-cyprus/
http://www.parikiaki.com/2013/12/snowfall-recorded-all-over-cyprus/

Heavy snow continues to paralyze Turkey – More than 900 roads closed
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/262583—heavy-snow-continues-to-paralyze-turkey

Rare snowstorm near Syria-Lebanon border brings havoc – Syrian refugees dying of cold
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Dec-09/240355-lebanon-gearing-up-for-heavy-snowfall.ashx#ixzz2mytBSPGh
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523132/Syrian-refugees-dying-cold-camps-refused-official-recognition.html
http://rt.com/news/syria-lebanon-snow-refugees-091/

[ExCTCitizen]

Paging Al Gore, get the public panicing about GLOBAL COOLING. Snow in Cario for the first time in 112 years.

Matter of fact Albert, STFU, because you aren't a sciencist, just a Liberal.

[Jack Hydrazine]

LOL!

[molson209]

It’s not called Spring , Summer , Fall and Winter ,it’s called Global Warming/Climate Change don’t you know , LOL

[rdcbn]

All the snow that is missing from Antarctica has migrated to warmer climates for the winter.

[Star Traveler]

Actually, we are going into Global Cooling. The sun’s magnetic field has been waning for several years now and is just a few years away from not being able to produce sunspots. We’re probably in for several decades of Global Cooling - which is a whole lot worse than Global Warming.

Maunder Minimum ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I’m sure the Israelis will be fine, but how are those Low Information Mooselimbs faring in all this?

[Mastador1]

Al Gore, Al Sharpton, and Al Roker are on the way!

Praise be! With that much hot air the snow should be melted in short order.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A Talmudic question: If they make a snowman in Jerusalem, do they have to do a circumcision?

[fella]

Signs and portents in (or from) the sky.

[spokeshave]

>Actually, we are going into Global Cooling. The sun’s magnetic field has been waning for several years now and is just a few years away from not being able to produce sunspots.

We’re probably in for several decades of Global Cooling - which is a whole lot worse than Global Warming.

"This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow,and our planet began to heal.

Welcome King Barack "Canute" Obama the Great.....

...Obama issues an Executive Order to the Sun...

....to increase it's magnetic field....

and make a good crop of sunspots before elections in 2016....

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sunspot formation is triggered by a magnetic field, which scientists say is steadily declining. They predict that by 2016 there may be no remaining sunspots, and the sun may stay spotless for several decades.

The last time the sunspots disappeared altogether was in the 17th and 18th century, and coincided with a lengthy cool period on the planet known as the Little Ice Age....and lasted 400 years.

Good luck surviving with no electricity and GE modified seeds.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news203746768.html#jCp

[Jack Hydrazine]

You better ask the rabbis about that one!

[Jack Hydrazine]

[nascarnation]

That is awesome!

[Jack Hydrazine]

:)

[Jack Hydrazine]

Another Talmudic question?

If they make a snowwoman in Jerusalem does she have to obey the laws of niddah and tzniyut?