Where is the Global Warming? January 30, 2008
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A rare snowstorm swept the Middle East on Wednesday, blanketing parts of the Holy Land in white, shutting schools and sending excited children into the streets for snowball fights. The weather in Jerusalem was the lead story on local newscasts, eclipsing a government report on Israel’s 2006 war in Lebanon. Men in long Arab robes pelted each other with snowballs in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and the West Bank city of Ramallah, seat of the Palestinian government, came to a standstill.”I am just astonished with the snow. When I saw the snow this morning, I felt happy, my heart was laughing,” said Mary Zabaro, 17. In Amman, where a foot of snow fell, children used inflatable tubes as sleds. Some roads were temporarily closed. Snow covered most mountain villages and blocked roads in Lebanon. The storm disrupted power supplies in most Lebanese towns and villages, exacerbating existing power cuts. Parts of the Beirut-Damascus highway were closed. Temperatures in Syria dipped below freezing and snow blanketed the hills overlooking the capital, Damascus.
Girls were throwing snowballs in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem today as Jerusalem and its holy sites were covered in a blanket of snow on Wednesday. Up to 8 inches of snow fell in parts of Jerusalem, closing schools and many shops.
