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…the extreme weather meant…
I’m throwing fiction to the elements this week. We had our extreme weather about a week before most of you.
So near and yet so different
In Tel-Aviv, the extreme weather meant flooding, road closures and terrible traffic jams.
In Modi’in, a shopping centre was flooded, giving rise to the picture of a restaurant, the diners with their feet in water, that appeared on Facebook. Another interesting picture compared the shopping mall to Venice. They did look rather similar.
In Jerusalem, the extreme weather meant a traffic shutdown, a welcome holiday, snowmen, snowballs and beautiful, silent whiteness. What a difference a few kilometres and a few hundred metres make!
A week later, we sat lazing on the grass in warm sunshine, not a trace of extreme weather in sight.
Frozen pond
January 21, 2013 at 10:12 pm
That was pretty interesting to read. It really intriguing the difference a few meters can make
January 23, 2013 at 8:41 am
Thanks and yes
January 22, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Really interesting read. It is fascinating how different the weather can be in places that are quite close.
January 23, 2013 at 8:43 am
Often, when it’s cold in Jerusalem, we can drive down to the Dead Sea to enjoy a beautiful day.
January 22, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Great to see a non-fiction piece about this – and really interesting to see the huge difference in weather (and attitudes towards it) in a relatively small area.
January 23, 2013 at 8:46 am
Some people in Tel-Aviv try to get to Jerusalem to see the snow, but transport is limited.
January 22, 2013 at 8:24 pm
Great contrasts. Aren;t we lucky to have a range of weathers. I remember a sketch from the fast show where everywhere was, “SCORCHIO!” lol no chance of that around here
January 23, 2013 at 8:47 am
January 22, 2013 at 10:48 pm
I was so jealous of your snow. Thank goodness I now have some of my own!
January 23, 2013 at 10:16 pm
Glad it reached you
January 23, 2013 at 1:10 am
Is that snow in your picture? See you say Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem and I think of hot weather!
January 23, 2013 at 8:39 am
But we have winters, too, and Jerusalem is high enough to get snow.
January 25, 2013 at 2:25 am
It all depends on where you are! Good description of the contrast between two places that aren’t very far apart.
January 25, 2013 at 9:58 am
Thank you
January 27, 2013 at 11:07 pm
Very good descriptions!
January 27, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Thank you!