Read the following from an online article...
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Santiago Gets First Snow in Eight Years as Temperature Plunges
Snow fell in downtown Santiago for the first time in eight years last night, downing tree branches that knocked out power in parts of the Chilean capital, as a polar wave caused temperatures to plummet.
Schools closed in parts of central Chile, and the pass through the Andes mountains linking the country with Argentina was blocked for a second day. A white blanket of snow covered much of the eastern half of Santiago. The National Meteorological Service says colder weather may be coming.
Temperatures in the eastern suburbs of the capital at the foot of the Andes may fall to 23 degrees Fahrenheit), which would break a record set July 10.
Seven municipalities in Santiago experienced partial electricity shortages because of fallen power lines this morning, Chile's National Emergency Office said today in a statement.
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A balmy 23 degrees F is nothing to the hearty Minnesotan, but to the average Chilean, it's down right cold.A couple of inches of snow isn't cause to shut down everything in MN, but in Chile, it's a different story.
2 comments:
To those living in well heated insulated housed, who drive cars, and have adequate winter clothes, 23F might not seem to cold. To the average Chilean, with uninsulated homes, poor heating, walking to work (catching the bus), without adequate winter clothes, 23F seems very cold. there were many that would have seriously suffered during that cold spell.
just my thoughts.
True enough "anonymous".
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