ذا ظننا أن الأمطار والغبار الذي جاء قبل أيام أغلق الكثير من الطرق والشوارع ،

فلنحمد الله أننا لسنا في روسيا.

قال ايش قال الرياض وجده

If u think yesterday was bad look below

Norilsk, Russia, The World Capital of Snow
Vicious winter blizzards in Norislk, Siberia , bring an inordinate - even obscene - amount of snow...
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There is a car here, somewhere -
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Norilsk climate is impressive not only in winter - here is a brooding storm over the city, spring 2009:
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(image credit: Alexander Grishin)

Norilsk citizen's pasttime (and a popular extreme sport) - they call it "Buildering":
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Snow being cleared from the Trans-Labrador Highway in northeastern Canada :
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Similar "snow walled-in" road situation, this time in Japan :
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These pictures are from Italy :
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To dig (this car out), or not to dig?
Most of the time the answer is: yes, you'll have to dig!
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Buses are encrusted in ice and snow in the Omaha , Nebraska suburb of Elkhorn , where a fire was being fought.
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Archeological strata - cultural remains and natural sediments, buried over time...
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Digging out a BMW E-series car in Canada :
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The climate inside sometimes is not much better:
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Some drivers fight back and make in their garage something entirely different:
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Bizarre and Terror-inducing Icicles

Here is an impressive ice formation - Hard Rime Ice, most often seen atop mountains in winter -
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Might as well head out and frolic in the snow:



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But if you want to catch a ski lift, you might be out of luck:
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Somewhere in Switzerland :
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