Snow... In Baghdad!!

[Nicholas]

When snow falls in Baghdad ...

Well it did! Iraqi capital wakes up to first snowfall in memory

BAGHDAD - After weathering nearly five years of war, Baghdad residents thought they'd pretty much seen it all. But Friday morning, as muezzins were calling the faithful to prayer, the people here awoke to something certifiably new.

For the first time in memory, snow fell across Baghdad.

Although the white flakes quickly dissolved into gray puddles, they brought an emotion rarely expressed in this desert capital snarled by army checkpoints, divided by concrete walls and ravaged by sectarian killings — delight.

Source and more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22608593/

This is... well, interesting.

[Teallaura]

The sky is falling....

[NeilUnreal]

"The snow was falling down, it was just like Christmas time."

--The Pretenders

[nickcopernicus]

Nick:

It's 26F and below 0C here in northern Iraq.
It mostly rains during the winter. But we've had it pretty dry this winter. Last winter saw more rain.

Cheers,

Nick

[Teallaura]

Cold is evil.
Snow is evil.
Iraq is evil.

Canada is really evil.

[decoski]

Snow in Baghdad? It must be global warming!