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It's been well over 48 hours now since the last flakes of snow have fallen on Israel, yet not surprisingly, given our experience with this type of thing, large areas of Jerusalem and the north are still not quite back to full functionality. Classes at The Hebrew University were cancelled today, many main roads still haven't completely reopened yet and thousands are still without power in their homes.

As easy as it is to poke fun at the general hysteria and overreactions by the public and the government to what amounted to a few inches of snow in Jerusalem, and slightly more elsewhere in the country, I'll try and refrain from doing so. It can be hard though not to have an honest laugh after seeing scores of armed IDF soldiers in APCs sent to help in the effort against the storm. Truthfully, if it wasn't for them, things could've been a lot worse, and I think it's important to note that all members who devoted their time to emergency relief deserve a big thank you.

So, we may have been unprepared and most certainly overreacted to its severity, at the end of the day though, when the biggest winter storm to hit the Middle East in years leaves its mark, it's easy to see how it will be a hard one to forget.

Here are some last few pics from a memorable weekend.

Jerusalem. Times of Israel.

Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. Ynet

IDF soldiers contribute to helping fight the biggest winter storm in years.