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Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« on: January 25, 2009, 10:51:07 AM »
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Locals say snow so rare local dialect has no word for it



 For the first time in the desert country's history, snow blanketed the peak of Jais Mountain in the northern United Arab Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Sunday.

So rare was the snowfall that a lifelong resident of the area said the local dialect does not even have a word for 'snow,' the UAE daily The National reported.

“Twenty years ago we had lots of hail [but] last night was like this. At four in the morning we came out and the ground was white,” the paper quoted lifelong resident of the area Aisha al Hebsy, 50, as saying.

Sunday's snowfall was only the second time in recorded history that it has snowed in the emirate, with temperatures dropping two degrees below zero as 20 cm (eight inches) of snow accumulated in some places.

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I feel so sorry for desert dwellers suffering from this alarming progression in global warming.
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2009, 11:28:51 AM »
Sorry, but anyone who still believes in man-made global warming is completely eaten up with the dumbass.
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2009, 11:35:23 AM »
Calls to AlGore were not returned... :-)
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2009, 11:36:24 AM »
It's all the fault of the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSS!

(Someone had to say it, and I figured that it'd be me.)
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2009, 11:55:31 AM »
Maybe God is trying to tell them something... :-)
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2009, 05:17:29 PM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on January 25, 2009, 11:55:31 AM
Maybe God is trying to tell them something... :-)
Yeah, but the barbarians always think its a green light to kill. 
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2009, 06:54:40 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on January 25, 2009, 05:17:29 PM
Yeah, but the barbarians always think its a green light to kill. 

UAE is one of the more moderate middle eastern countries. I was there during Desert Shield. One could have a drink or more if they so chose. I won't even get into how the locals acted. (Definitely not as traditional Muslims would act!!)
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2009, 07:05:37 AM »
How...

...inconvenient.
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2009, 08:04:31 AM »

I didn't know that al gore was in the middle east this week.
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2009, 09:00:32 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on January 26, 2009, 08:04:31 AM
I didn't know that al gore was in the middle east this week.

Isn't he running a special on carbon credits?
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Re: Snow covers UAE mountain, first time in history
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2009, 09:08:49 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on January 26, 2009, 07:05:37 AM
How...

...inconvenient.

Ain't that the truth....... :rotf:
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