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Igloo

Green Folly: Berlin city's e-buses ground to halt due cold weather

P. Gosselin
No Tricks Zone
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:44 UTC
Germany's capital Berlin was forced to replace some of its electric buses with diesel buses due to range problems associated with the cold weather.

Berlin's E-bus
© Robert Radke, CC BY-SA 4.0Berlin. Germany’s fleet of e-buses had a hard time coping with the recent cold weather as dozens had to be replaced by diesel powered buses.
The cold weather worldwide is exposing the weakness of green energies and transportation systems based on them. For example Texas has seen millions of people impacted by rolling blackouts due to solar panels being covered by snow and wind turbines being frozen still.

The extremely cold weather has also led to transport disruptions all over Germany. One example is Berlin, Germany's fleet of electric city buses.
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Igloo

'Use glowsticks for lighting' says Texas hotel to guest as statewide power failure causes mayhem

Anthony Watts
Watts Up with That?
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:29 UTC
Frozen Texas
© Lola GomezShrubbery around the city was covered in ice as a winter storm brings snow and freezing temperatures to North Texas on Monday, February 15, 2021, in Dallas.
As we previously reported on the ice-storm Texas frozen wind power - outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour I have friends in Texas that are reporting dire conditions thanks to the "green energy" grid failing to produce enough power. One friend and her husband are trapped in Austin, TX and have received this letter from the hotel they are staying at - it's mind-blowing. She says in a Facebook post:
"Our hotel is out of food, electricity, water and is giving us glow sticks for light. We're here until the weekend in below freezing weather."
Letter to Occupants
© Hampton Inn & Suites AustinLarger Image
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Snowflake Cold

Best of the Web: Heavy snowfall hits Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt


The Independent (UK)
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:19 UTC
Snow Syria
© APSnow Syria
Snow blanketed parts of Syria Lebanon and Israel on Wednesday, blocking roads disrupting traffic and postponing exams at some universities.

Large parts of Syria were covered, including the capital Damascus which is witnessing this winter's first snowfall. Snow was as high as 15 cm (6 inches) in the mountains of Sweida province, according to the official state news agency SANA.

Roads in some provinces were blocked. In the central province of Hama, bulldozers shoveled snow to open roads while vehicles skidded on ice, further causing traffic disruption.

The University of Damascus called off mid-term exams scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in all its branches around Syria because of the extreme weather conditions. The country's ports remained open.


Comment: More film of the countries hit:

Heavy snowfall, gales as winter storm hits Middle East , 16_17 feb 2021

Snow is blanketing parts of Syria, Lebanon and Israel, JORDAN, NORTH SAUDI ARABIA AND SAINT CATHERINE,EGYPT ,blocking roads, disrupting traffic and even delaying exams at some universities
00:00​ JORDAN SNOWFALL
05:09​ SYRIA , SNOWFALL
06:36​ LEBANON , SNOWFALL
07:57​ ISRAEL , SNOWFALL
08:40​ Palestine , SNOWFALL
09:42​ SAUDI ARABIA, TABUK , SNOWFALL
10:23​ EGYPT, SAINT CATHERINE , SNOWFALL
Snowfall in Saint Catherin, Egypt:


Saudi Arabia:



Related: Snow falls in Libya for the first time in 15 years

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Snowflake

Snow falls in Libya for the first time in 15 years

Kizzi Asala with AFP
AfricaNews
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:22 UTC
snow
The Green Mountain in northeastern Libya was veiled white this week as snow fell in the area for the first time in 15 years.

The rare flurry began on Monday and is expected to continue for at least two more days.

Families from the Sidi Mohamed Al-Hamri area dressed warmly and headed outside for fun-filled snowball fights, to build snowmen, and enjoy the wintry scenery.

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Snowflake Cold

Polar vortex 2021: Startling numbers reveal the rarity of the frigid temperatures across much of the US

Brandon Miller
CNN
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
A historic cold outbreak has led in the coldest air in decades across the United States, reaching all the way to the Rio Grande and bringing record amounts of snow and ice to the Deep South.
snow in Oklahoma
© Sue Ogrocki/APSnowplows works to clear the road in Oklahoma City on Sunday, February 14.
Here are some of the records that have been broken across the United States by the cold weather as well as some of the more interesting statistics recorded due to the extreme temperatures.

Extreme cold yet a record high

There was a 130-degree spread in temperatures across the US yesterday, from 90 degrees in Florida to 40 below zero in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Comment: See also:

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Snowflake Cold

Ice Age Farmer Report: Texas Goes Dark - 45% US Wheat Damaged - Grand Solar Minimum


Ice Age Farmer
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:33 UTC
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45% of the US Winter Wheat crop is estimated to have been damaged as the polar vortex (also known as meridional jetstream flows associated with Grand Solar Minima) brings Texas' power grid down.


Sources

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Blue Planet

Unusual algae blooms turn Antarctic snow red and green


Strange Sounds
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:00 UTC
antarctic algae bloom green red
Red and green snow spotted in Antarctica near the Ukrainian base. Picture via Facebook
The snow turned blood red and green at the Ukrainian Antarctic base "Akademik Vernadsky," on Galindez Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

The same phenomenon occurred last year. You remember?

Comment: As per the text above, it appears that not only is this a relatively unusual phenomenon, but the researchers do appear to link it to the shift occurring on our planet. However, it's clear that this is not due to the global warming, the Antarctic as just one examples is seeing much colder summers, such that it's disrupting wildlife. And elsewhere on the globe, whilst the seasons are increasingly erratic, overall the planet appears to be cooling.

See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Attention

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: New clues why there are power outages and earth cracks


Adapt 2030
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:34 UTC
Outer gas giants
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
The extremes you are seeing across the globe signal the amplification beginning of a new magnetic field forming in the outer solar system as our Sun decreases its output in this new Eddy Grand Solar Minimum. Did you notice the Level up in lock down with a 1750 Pound quarantine tax for entering the UK. This effectively shuts down global travel if implements across other nations. Another fingerprint f the Grand Solar Minimum fulfilled marching toward 2024.


Comment: See also:

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Snowflake Cold

Heavy snowfall leaves parts of Russia blanketed in snow


Euronews
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:54 UTC
snow
Heavy snowfall left various regions in Russia and in Crimea blanketed in snow.

Roads at the border with Georgia were blocked due to a risk of avalanche.

Moscow was blanketed with snow on Saturday after a record-breaking blizzard in central areas of Russia.

About 13,000 snow blower vehicles are taking part in clearing snowdrifts in Moscow, according to the Russian Emergency Ministry.

The average temperature in Moscow and the region is about -13 degrees Celsius but by the end of the week, the temperature could drop to -30 degrees Celsius, according to the Russian Meteorological Service.

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Arrow Down

Skier killed by avalanche on Mont Tabor, France


Pistehors.com
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:47 UTC
RESCUE
The body of a skier was recovered from the slopes of Mont Tabor (2389 meters), near Grenoble, this morning.

He had left on his own for a ski tour on Saturday. His family gave the alert on Sunday when he failed to contact them.

His car was found late on Sunday and a full search began early this morning. An avalanche was spotted in the Couloir de Chamoissière and the man's body was found under 30cm of snow using the signal from his avalanche beacon.

The man had been carried 400 meters down slope by the slide. The couloir is a steep, east facing slope of around 45° and is accessed directly from the summit.
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