Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:45:40 PM
How about … Las Vegas?
Four inches in Vegas proper — where they won’t have snowplows at
the ready — is a disaster. Ice makes it even worse, and indicates that
the temperatures dropped dramatically as the precipitation fell.
How badly does this impact Vegas? Snow has only fallen in December
there on four occasions in the past 70 years, which means they have no
infrastructure to handle it. McCarran Airport, the main entry and exit
point for the city’s vital tourist business, has no equipment to clear
snow from the runways. They’re having to improvise, and the delays are
damaging the city’s business at a time when they can ill afford it.
Snow in the desert. Record colds. Vegas paralyzed by ice, snow,
and resultant power outages. That global warming sure looks
interesting now.
Update: A Cox and Forkum classic, courtesy of Newton in the comments:
