Christmas Miracle Who: CJ (Narrative) but for Everyone What: A Christmas Miracle Where: Clark County When: Friday 25th December Ratings/Warnings: One F-bomb
As the clock ticked closer to midnight the throbbing inside CJ's skull increased, each small movement seemingly aggravated it and he knew that things would only get worse. It was unusual for him to get headaches like this, especially without a known cause such as dehydration or exhaustion but he was still prepared. Finding the packet of Excedrin Migraine in the back of the medication container in the kitchen, he took two with a large glass of water and went to bed, hoping that the combination of drugs and sleep would get rid of it without having to resort to anything stronger, or worse - a trip to the hospital.
Just after 1am the clouds started rolling in over Clark County and it was closer to 2am when small white flakes started falling. For those working that night it was a bit of a shock but not totally unexpected, Las Vegas did get snow from time to time but this wasn't on any of the forecasts and it was falling on Christmas morning.
It was like a scene from It's a Wonderful Life.
As dawn broke the sky was grey with clouds and in some areas flakes were still falling. Around the city itself about an inch and a half to 2 lay on the ground, the amount increasing the further out where there wasn't the same amount of concrete and large buildings. The surrounding hills and mountains got the best falls, some receiving 5 or 6 inches so far from this weather event.
CJ was still a bit bleary-eyed as he walked to the kitchen, thankfully the headache had gone but it wasn't until he was filling the kettle that he looked out the window and saw the snow falling. "...Oh fuck."
The snow itself stops falling around 8am, a bit over 2 and a half inches around the Strip, 3-4 elsewhere in the outskirts of Vegas as well as in Henderson, Boulder City and Searchlight and 6-7 in the mountains. There are patches of black ice in higher elevations but not a lot. The snow starts melting soon after dawn but there are still patches in places well into the afternoon.