Light
Jerusalem's street light are close together and bright. This morning at 4, I looked out on bright snow. Reflection surely cannot increase lumens, but wow it was light outside.
Something heavy has driven along our street. The tracks are deep. I'd say we had more than six inches on the ground, but for all the constant weather reports, I've heard no number for the accumulation.
No bus service, and no one with any sense will be driving for a while. I actually have seen no cars, though our street is never busy. It looks as if there was only the one truck. Most streets are too narrow for a plow, there is anyway no place to push the snow to, and it should be melted away in two days. The radio says the trains are running between Jerusalem and Bet Shemesh. From the Jerusalem train station to anything else in Jerusalem (except the zoo) is quite a climb, though.
A sound change in the language has made the word for hills into a homonym for the word for cities. This makes reports and forecasts a bit unclear. Is it the cities of the Galil or its hills which can expect more snow? Both, of course, but I wonder which is in the forecast. Have to look it up online.
The heating system can only get the apartment up to 66 degrees F, trying for 68. Not bad, really.
Israelis are always told to conserve water. Almost always. Yesterday the warning went out, "Leave a tap running overnight to prevent, the pipes from freezing."
Copyright 2015 Jane S. Fox
Something heavy has driven along our street. The tracks are deep. I'd say we had more than six inches on the ground, but for all the constant weather reports, I've heard no number for the accumulation.
No bus service, and no one with any sense will be driving for a while. I actually have seen no cars, though our street is never busy. It looks as if there was only the one truck. Most streets are too narrow for a plow, there is anyway no place to push the snow to, and it should be melted away in two days. The radio says the trains are running between Jerusalem and Bet Shemesh. From the Jerusalem train station to anything else in Jerusalem (except the zoo) is quite a climb, though.
A sound change in the language has made the word for hills into a homonym for the word for cities. This makes reports and forecasts a bit unclear. Is it the cities of the Galil or its hills which can expect more snow? Both, of course, but I wonder which is in the forecast. Have to look it up online.
The heating system can only get the apartment up to 66 degrees F, trying for 68. Not bad, really.
Israelis are always told to conserve water. Almost always. Yesterday the warning went out, "Leave a tap running overnight to prevent, the pipes from freezing."
Copyright 2015 Jane S. Fox
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