Snow forecast

On the streets, on the bus and tram, I hear sheleg, snow.

Snow is forecast for Jerusalem late Wednesday, if the temperature dips to freezing at just the right altitude. The municipality published helpful information, including a warning to stock up on food and water, and felt it necessary to say, " If there is a risk of freezing, allow the warm water tap to drip to prevent water freezing in the solar [water heater] pipes (freezing water causes pipes to crack). " Note the revelation in parentheses. Jerusalemites are not used to freezing temperatures

They've just announced the closing of the main route from the west into Jerusalem four hours before the first possible flake might fall.

It is a hilly city, and I wouldn't want to drive that highway in the snow. Pipes aren't insulated. People don't have snow shovels. But most relevant is the trouble the mayor got into for not being well enough prepared for the last snowstorm, 13 months ago. Wasn't it Jane Byrne who got elected mayor of Chicago when her predecessor was blamed for snow problems? And Chicago is flat.

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