It’s Snowing In Cairo For The First Time In 112 Years

[warrior1]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/its-snowing-in-cairo-for-the-first-time-in-112-years



http://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/its-snowing-in-cairo-for-the-first-time-in-112-years

[Laelth]

1. Interesting. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[geek tragedy]

2. Photos from Israel/Palestine/etc

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-wn-snow-middle-east-pictures,0,508696.photogallery#axzz2nN1ZhAOh

[pscot]

3. Jerusalem too

[whttevrr]

4. So much for Global Warming, eh?

Apparently we need some more greenhouse gasses. I do not like the cold. I think if we warm the planet up a little we won't need as much energy to heat our homes...

Duh...

Energy Crisis Solved!

[Jesus Malverde]

7. "Global warming" is passé...the correct term du jour is "climate change".

Assuming weather changed in a consistent pattern, as you imply, there would be winners and losers.

What I didn't know is they have ski resorts in Iran...

Ostrich at the resort...

[whttevrr]

10. Whoa...

Are you sure that's not a Dinosaur Chicken?

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/12/surpise-well-studied-dinosaur-actually-had-a-cocks-comb/

[Jesus Malverde]

17. I had to look it up wondering how it got there.

Ostriches are not native to Iran.

From your link, what a cutie pie. Until it smiles.

[maxsolomon]

14. Yeah, the Shah built it

I have a former co-worker who grew up skiing there. It looks awesome. It's not that far from Sochi.

[struggle4progress]

16. Changing the mean temperature of the planet will modify global circulation patterns, so the change

will not be uniform: some places get warmer and some colder

[dipsydoodle]

5. Christmas is coming

[MineralMan]

6. Global Climate Change is a Reality! nt

[hlthe2b]

8. Get a photographer out to Giza to capture snow on the pyramids!

[SheilaT]

9. The truly scary thing about climate change

(formerly known as global warming) is how rapidly and unexpectedly things could change.

I've read some stuff in recent years that indicates even in the past climate change was rarely slow. We'd slide from "normal" weather to an ice age inside of a couple of decades.

Here's the thing I worry about: that something would disrupt the Gulf Stream which keeps Western Europe from experiencing the kind of cold it otherwise would. There are other major ocean currents that affect climate. I'm sure they, too are subject to change or stopping altogether. Any of those would give us a world we might not recognize, and very quickly.

[mnhtnbb]

11. I have a friend living in Cairo.

Have sent her an e-mail asking if she has photos!

[geek tragedy]

12. Winter is coming. nt

[maxsolomon]

13. It is tough to link a specific event to Climate Change.

And snow in Cairo has precedent - 112 years ago per the headline, so it is within the outer range of weather extremes there.

Snow in the higher elevations of Israel, Syria, Lebanon is infrequent, but fairly normal. This is only a few hundred miles south, if that far. Texas & Florida on on the 30th parallel like Cairo, it snows there more often than every 112 years.

If there's an unprecedented event, say a 2' deep blizzard in Cairo, and then another, then another, we can assign that to Climate Change. Till then, my advice is to enjoy it.

[bullwinkle428]

15. Fox News now has something to distract them from the "War on Christmas!"