Snow?

July 4th, 2026| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Temps are spiking all over the world in a roasting heatwave.

Reported the New York Times recently:

On a recent Tuesday, the heat index in Frisco, Texas, spiked above 100 degrees. While asphalt bubbled beneath a scorching sun, Katelin Schebler was relaxing on a bench in a room that looked like a stylish meat locker. Swaddled in a robe, mimosa in hand, she was writing in her journal under a gentle snowfall.”

Yup, that’s right: “a gentle snowfall.” In Frisco, Texas!

Schebler, a co-owner of a high-end spa, said, from her custom indoor igloo:

It’s a nice storm, not a blizzard. Something you’d want to enjoy.”

And that’s how you—if you are ultrarich—get to use your snow room!

The petrochemical billionaire Mukesh Ambani had one installed in Antilia, the skyscraper in Mumbai, India, that his family calls home.

Not just in their houses. Even on their yachts!

The 440-foot superyacht Serene, owned by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia, has one.

Like a sauna, but a snow room is the direct opposite in terms of temperatures: a cave-like space of ice and snow. In some, white flakes descend gently from the ceiling to create the feeling of being inside a snow globe.

Whether this feature sold Bill Gates on the boat is unknown, but he did once fork over a reported $5 million per week to charter the Serene for a family outing.

The Serene’s snow room has since been upgraded by MBS, who reportedly keeps it chilled to 12 degrees Fahrenheit and has it programmed to produce snow showers on computerized cue.

But it’s getting cheaper. Snow rooms have lately made their way into the lives of anyone willing to spend $130,000 or more to create a scene from “Bambi” in their own homes.

Said Tyler Slater, a co-founder of the Spa Butler in Plano, Texas (that created the structure for Katelin Schebler in Frisco):

Scores have already been built or are under construction across the United States. We do them in rock, luxury marble, wood, whatever you can imagine. Basically, we can produce any fantasy you want. Think of it as Disneyland with snow.”

Snow is not a bad thing in the economy of God.

Behold, truth You desire in the inner person,
and in the hidden being You make me know wisdom.
Remove my sin [by sprinkling] with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash my guilt, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:6–7

It’s whiteness is a sign of good things.

So the psalmist praises God for snow! Well, not exactly. He calls upon snow (among other things, animals, people) to praise God for his omnipotence.

Praise Yahweh from the heavens; praise Him in the heights. …
Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all stars of light.
Praise Him, heaven of heavens, and the waters that are above the heavens.
Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for He—He commanded and they were created. …
Praise Yahweh from the earth, sea monsters and all depths;
fire and hail, snow and smoke[-like fog]; stormy wind, doing His word;
mountains and all heights; fruit trees and all cedars;
the animal and all cattle; the creeping thing and winged bird;
kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth;
young men and also virgins; old men with young men.
Let them praise the name of Yahweh for exalted is His name alone;
His splendor is above the earth and the heavens!
Psalm 148:1, 3–5, 7–13

SOURCE: New York Times