January 20, 2012 – BECHAR, Algeria - Snow fell Tuesday in the Sahara Desert in western Algeria. A 24-hour cold spell brought snow and rain to the region. Strong wind blew the snow across roads and buildings in the province of Bechar. Meteorologists predicted a return of good weather Wednesday. People who live in the region said the snow was good for the palm trees because it killed parasites. Bechar is located in the northern Sahara, about 36 miles south of the Moroccan border. –Nine News
contribution Vicky Grover
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Snow also adds nitrogen …poor mans fertilizer.
Oh, is that right? How interesting. Never heard that before, I was told lightning did that! Perhaps they both do?
I worked in Algeria for two years during the 1970′s.
Bechar is at an altitude of 750metres above sea level – a high plain area – Atlas Mountains.
Snow in the Algerian desert is not unusual.
This again, is part of the problem of why the world will soon be neck deep in Earthchanges before they realize what the problem is. The Earth is composed on many interconnected systems. What’s happening to these systems have be examined holistically as a collective. In the world, every Earth Science division has its own government agency – few, if any, are interconnected.
Snow in Nambian desert sets a record in 2011: http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/june/article/snow-sets-another-record/
Snow in June 2011 in one of driest place on Earth, Chile’s Atacama desert: http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/32-inches-of-snowfall-over-driest-place-on-earth-117463
In a seven-month span of time, three desert regions have seen snow…while places prone to have heavy snowfall have seen none if any, particularly the Sierras Mnts which saw record amounts of snow in the winter of 2010-2011.
China: The Desert Closes In
http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_international/china_deserts/index.html?SITE=AP
i love this the sign of doomsday