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Old 12-17-2008 | 10:55 PM
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SNOW: in vegas????

yeah, so we got snow....lots of snow, in some places close to a whole foot (very top of anthem/7hills area)

Summer tires do not work in the snow...i got stuck on a huge hill for an hour until i got some help from some people to push me out, sorry for the crappy photos, old cell phone....but you get the idea.

some of the photos are from eary in the afternoon (around 3pm ish) and the two night pictures are from about 6 pm ish.






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Old 12-17-2008 | 11:06 PM
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wow, we got that much last night all the way up here too....but i guess we are slightly more used to it. haha. be careful out there. people around here drive like idiots when it snows, and we see it all the time. lol

Greg

Edit: i just realized this. how do you clear off your cars? i mean, i drive around with a snow brush/ice scraper in my car for 6 months of the year...but im sure you guys are pretty screwed right now.

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Old 12-17-2008 | 11:16 PM
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Does vegas even have Snow Plows?
Old 12-17-2008 | 11:16 PM
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i had to use my hand...which had frost bite on it like no other lol. yeah its pretty bad, there are about a hundred million accidents in my area and my car can bearly drive with my 245 summer streched tires. it was rediculous that i got stuck on a hill for an hour...also very scary lol. not to mention i was wearing a short sleeve shirt.....

Originally Posted by lilring
Does vegas even have Snow Plows?
no, thats why our streets are so fucked up, it was just crazy trying to get down the roads

my car did get on a local news website tho
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008...it-heavy-snow/

scroll down to the photo slide show and my car is in it. there is a caption in there too
Old 12-17-2008 | 11:19 PM
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haha is this like the first snow you've ever seen in Vegas?

and that ain't just a dusting! i can't imagine people driving around in that with summer tires :X
Old 12-17-2008 | 11:19 PM
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it because of global warming :P
Old 12-17-2008 | 11:40 PM
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Old 12-17-2008 | 11:41 PM
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Man you should go out and build a snowman and have snowball fights!!
Old 12-17-2008 | 11:51 PM
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maybe tomorrow....they just announced las vegas's first snow day in the past 15 years i have lived here. woo! i wonder if it is vegas's first snow day...
Old 12-18-2008 | 12:42 AM
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Dude its snowing lol Not the first time its snowed in Vegas but the first time its snowed this bad!
Old 12-18-2008 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ivory8
my car did get on a local news website tho
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008...it-heavy-snow/

scroll down to the photo slide show and my car is in it. there is a caption in there too
"i <3 my car"

i'm going to vegas in a couple of weeks. i want snow while i'm there..but not for the drive
Old 12-18-2008 | 02:42 AM
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HA! i was ok w/ my tires... bring on the snow!






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Old 12-18-2008 | 02:52 AM
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Old 12-18-2008 | 03:39 AM
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i did not know it ever snowed in vegas.
Old 12-18-2008 | 03:49 AM
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ha..zumn just jacked the thread
Old 12-18-2008 | 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by photo chick
ha..zumn just jacked the thread
I was hoping the snow had covered those wheels by now
Old 12-18-2008 | 04:55 AM
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wow your 8 is famous now!!! first rx8 posted on an article in vegas covered in snow.
Old 12-18-2008 | 06:14 AM
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Old 12-18-2008 | 07:49 AM
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Old 12-18-2008 | 07:53 AM
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Snow?? That's a dusting! Come talk when you have 1ft plus.
Old 12-18-2008 | 08:45 AM
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Snow?? That's a dusting! Come talk when you have 1ft plus.
that might be here tomorrow
Old 12-18-2008 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ivory8
i had to use my hand...which had frost bite on it like no other lol. yeah its pretty bad, there are about a hundred million accidents in my area and my car can bearly drive with my 245 summer streched tires. it was rediculous that i got stuck on a hill for an hour...also very scary lol. not to mention i was wearing a short sleeve shirt.....



no, thats why our streets are so fucked up, it was just crazy trying to get down the roads

my car did get on a local news website tho
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008...it-heavy-snow/

scroll down to the photo slide show and my car is in it. there is a caption in there too
LMAO the video of the strip made me laugh. the guy at the end think he is Enimem trying to freestyle?
Old 12-18-2008 | 11:41 AM
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I heard it snowed in Malibu yesterday too.
Old 12-18-2008 | 12:00 PM
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It snows every once in a while. Some time back in the late 60s it snowed so hard here that all the roads were closed for 24 hours. Most of the Mazda peeps here have not be alive long enough to see the extremes.

Snow plows? Why would you want snow plows when the snow only lasts for a few hours. I's too dam warm here for it to stay. Surprise, surprise we really do have them but they have been converted to clean up after a flash flood. Now they have them on Mt. Charleston as it's 11,000 feet and inundated with snow.
Old 12-18-2008 | 01:30 PM
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Well at least you experience what we do... lol. Do you guys even have shovels...LMAO!! Picture what you got 1million times higher...lol!

California got snow also.. Soon the poles will shift and we will be the warmer climate!!!

Isn't Vegas the desert country?

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