{"id":130,"date":"2013-12-19T02:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T08:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vickiscloud.com\/9\/?p=130"},"modified":"2013-12-19T02:33:02","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T08:33:02","slug":"snow-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vickiscloud.com\/9\/snow-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story was able to sneak under the radar and managed not to get posted last week when it happened. In any case, without a doubt it&#8217;s a sight worth seeing, something mom would get a kick out of, and definitely a story worth sharing. Mom was always a fan of &#8220;firsts&#8221;, whether that be first buds of flowers pushing through the snow, or the first fireflies of summer&#8211;well, here we have the first snow to hit Cairo in 112 years!!!<\/p>\n<p>Think about that number for a minute&#8230; 112 years. 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