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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Sat Apr 19, 2014, 12:16 AM Apr 2014

Cimate change... they had a hail storm that also closed the [View all]

highway between Mexico City and Toluca two days ago

No, the photo is not that impressive, but think of this for MILES... and the highest accumulation in this case was 15 cm, but so many miles that they closed it to traffic for safety reasons. Mexico does not have the removal gear. I guess they'll have to think of investing in it. Removing this the old fashioned way is SLOW.

For the record this is not normal weather for this time of year.

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Cimate change... they had a hail storm that also closed the [View all] nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 OP

The highway was open the next day, yesterday Brother Buzz Apr 2014 #1

Yup. It was four feet deep in Texas in 2012. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #2

I said how deep it was reported by local media when I was in mexico city, what in 2011 I think? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #4

Same as it's ever been, Nadin. Our elders hold the knowledge. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #5

Me too. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2014 #6

There's a difference between "normal" and "happened in the past". cherokeeprogressive Apr 2014 #3