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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Snow in Baghdad, Iraq 11 Feb 2020 heaviest in 100+ years | |
| 2020-02-12 | |
| A rare winter storm coated Baghdad in snow Tuesday morning for only the second time in the Iraqi capital in the past century. Though snow is common in the mountainous northern region of Iraq, it's very rare in Baghdad. The last time the city saw snow was in 2008, but that was a quick, slushy snow. Tuesday's snow was the first that stuck since 1914. Baghdad is at about 33 degrees latitude or about the same latitude as Dallas, TX. However, Baghdad is protected from cold weather by mountains to the north and west so that is why snow is so rare
Residents of Baghdad rushed to have snowball fights or take photographs as the Iraqi capital woke carpeted in white by only its second snowfall in a century [PUBLISH.TWITTER] I blame global warming. | |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #9 Talking to someone who would know, I brought up that video. Person had seen it too. "No way that's real." says I. "Oh no, totally believable." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-02-12 18:55 |
| #8 Yup, pretty much. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-02-12 18:31 |
| #7 You mean like these Afghans, Mullah Richard? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-02-12 18:24 |
| #6 So this is good. Shoveling snow will give them a chance to develop some upper body strength. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-02-12 15:51 |
| #5 Our family Marine did note that these were the most uncoordinated folks he had ever encountered, except for playing soccer. Trying to teach calisthenics to most of their military was a joke. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-02-12 15:40 |
| #4 in much of the world kids play soccer instead of football it reduces upper body strength sadly, this appears to be happening in the USA also |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-02-12 10:40 |
| #3 Funny foto: dudes throw like girls. No wonder that poor country is so screwed up. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-12 09:34 |
| #2 Dammit, Wart. Stop stealing my material. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-12 09:13 |
| #1 Was Al Gore visiting? |
| Posted by: Warthog 2020-02-12 05:57 |