Sometimes It Snows - Even in Iraq

Iraq snow sunset

As unlikely as it may seem for a place that spends its days at 120F+ for the majority of the year, sometimes it snows. For the first time I will spend an Iraqi winter in central Iraq. I don't think it snows here but it does in the North. Either way, just as it cools down, the weather turns from desert heat to wet, slushy, mud up to your knees. Most places in Iraq don't have sand as you would expect. People generally hear sand and they think of the type you find at the beach, oh how nice that would be. Instead, in Iraq the ground is covered with a powder like dirt & dust that gets everywhere and turns to sticky mud at the first signs of moisture. Once it's wet you can grow an extra foot from just walking 10 ft. as the mud builds up on your boots until you can barely lift your feet.

THANK YOU! to Mrs. Greyhawk of Mudville Gazette -Dawn Patrol for the link!