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Ice Cube

Watch the moment enormous sheets of ice in Texas CRUSH a Jaguar after falling off a building


The Daily Mail,UK
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:16 UTC
A Jaguar has been destroyed and several others seriously damaged following a spate of ice sheets thawing and falling from sloped buildings in Plano, Texas

Authorities closed streets as maintenance crews worked to push the ice from buildings to prevent any accidents

The ice storm that hit the area this week left over 250,000 residents and businesses without power and caused over 1000 flight delays


Shocked bystanders watched aghast as huge sheets of ice slipped off the top of a building in Texas and onto cars below, completely crushing them.

Plano, in north Texas, has been hit hard with snow and ice since the weekend, but thawing temperatures have started to melt the large quantities of snow and ice that have built up.

The affect has caused major damage to vehicles parked in the streets.

In one case, which was caught on video, a Jaguar was crushed in Plano, after its roof collapsed and windows smashed under the weight of the falling freeze.

The sheets also damaged a Corvette and several other vehicles.
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Nuke

What is happening to Alaska? Is Fukushima responsible for the mass animal deaths?

Michael T. Snyder
The Truth
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:37 UTC
Dead Animals
© The Truth
Why are huge numbers of dead birds dropping dead and washing up along the coastlines of Alaska? It is being reported that many of the carcases of the dead birds are "broken open and bleeding". The photo of some of these dead birds at the top of this article was originally posted by Alaska native David Akeya on Facebook. You can find more photos of these dead birds right here. And of course it isn't just birds that are dying. As you will see below, something is causing mass death events among various populations of fish as well. In addition, it has been reported that large numbers of polar bears, seals and walruses in Alaska are being affected by hair loss and "oozing sores". So precisely what is causing all of this? Could Fukushima be responsible? Authorities are claiming that all of this is being caused by "disease" or "harsh weather", but are they actually telling us the truth? Evaluate the evidence that I have shared below and decide for yourself...

#1 Something is causing large numbers of dead birds to wash up on shores all over Alaska. The following is a report from Alaska Public Media about just one of these incidents...
Hundreds of dead birds washed up on the shores of St. Lawrence Island towards the end of November. And though the cause of the die off isn't yet known, the quick response demonstrates a mounting capacity for dealing with unexpected environmental events in the region.
Scientists do not know why this is happening. Some of them are blaming "harsh weather".

Comment: A key suspect was left off the list... the Pacific Ring of Fire is super-active these days.

Volcanic eruptions rage in Alaska: Geologist, "for some reason we can't explain, activity picked up"

Volcanic eruptions, rising CO2, boiling oceans, and why man-made global warming is not even wrong

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Snowflake Cold

Lebanon takes action ahead of snowstorm Alexa


The Daily Star
Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:07 UTC
sidon residents
© The Daily Star/Mohammed Zaatari Sidon residents buy essentials to prepare for Alexa.
Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Diab announced Tuesday the closure of public and private schools as municipalities across Lebanon began taking precautionary measures in anticipation of a brutal snowstorm.

"Because Lebanon is subject to the harsh snowstorm, 'Alexa,' which has already caused a sharp decline in temperatures, and rainwater is expected to increase and block traffic, to avoid the risks caused by the storm and its impact on school students ... public and private schools will be closed and classes will not be held Wednesday," the statement from the Education Ministry said.
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Windsock

Israel braces for five-day winter storm

Gavriel Fiske
The Times of Israel
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:54 UTC
Jerusalem rain
© Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
High winds, rain and low temperatures to begin Tuesday evening and last through the weekend; snow likely in Jerusalem Thursday

A major winter storm was expected to hit the region Tuesday evening and to last throughout the weekend, bringing rain, high winds and high-altitude snow. Emergency services across the country were put on high alert ahead of the storm's arrival.

Tuesday started clear or partly cloudy and unseasonably cold, but high winds and rain were set to begin along the coast in the evening, followed by showers, thunderstorms, high winds and snow on Mount Hermon, the Israel Meteorological Service reported Tuesday morning.
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Snowflake

Istanbul, Turkey, left suffering from effects of heavy snowfall


Hurriyet Daily News
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:44 UTC
Istanbul snow
© AA photoSnow began falling on Istanbul’s outskirts in the afternoon and intensified in the late hours of the evening in the center of the city.
The first snow of winter started to fall in Istanbul tonight as the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality took tight measures to prevent disruptions to traffic and public transport.

Snow began falling on Istanbul's outskirts in the afternoon and intensified in the late hours of the evening in the center of the city. The snowy weather is expected to affect Istanbul until Dec. 12, meteorological officials said.
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Heart - Black

Shocking: Snowy Owls are being shot dead at JFK Airport as a matter of policy

Pei-Sze Cheng
nbcnewyork.com
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:24 UTC

The agency that oversees New York's airports has added snowy owls to its no-fly list, shooting down at least two at Kennedy Airport and issuing an alert to kill any more that are spotted there, an airport source told NBC 4 New York. Marc Santia reports.

The agency that oversees New York's airports shot down at least two snowy owls at Kennedy Airport, but now promises an effort to trap and relocate them.

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey issued the shoot-to-kill order for the birds after one flew into a jet's engine while the plane was on a tarmac at Kennedy last week, an airport source told NBC 4 New York.

After media reports on the hunted owls Monday, the Port Authority said it would implement a program to trap and relocate the birds, which have been migrating to the region this year in unusually high numbers.

"The Port Authority's goal is to strike a balance in humanely controlling bird populations at and around the agency's airports to safeguard passengers on thousands of aircrafts each day," the agency said in a statement.

A total of five planes were hit by snowy owls at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports in recent weeks, the Port Authority told the Associated Press.
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Snowflake Cold

Historic cold across Pacific Northwest‏

Steve Pierce
Albany Tribune
Sun, 08 Dec 2013 14:10 UTC
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Historic December cold descended upon parts of the Pacific Northwest early Sunday morning, as the mercury dipped to as low as -41 degrees below zero in Oregon. Under a thick blanket of snow, several locations set new records.

At Lakeview, Oregon the mercury dropped to -27 degrees below zero, setting a new all-time record for that location. The previous record was -22 degrees below zero set back in February of 1933 and again in January of 1937.

Perhaps even more impressive was on the west side of the Cascade mountains where Eugene, Oregon fell to -10 degrees below zero Sunday morning. Ironically, this is not an all-time record for Eugene. As luck would have it, Eugene's all-time record low is -12 degrees below zero was set on this very day back in 1972, making today the second coldest day in Eugene modern day history. Records date back more than 123 years (to 1890) in Eugene.
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Arrow Down

Birds that were once a common sight in Britain take flight, never to return

Cahal Milmo
The Independent, UK
Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:10 UTC
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© AlamyThe yellow wagtail has disappeared entirely from Wales
The sharp decline in some of Britain's most common bird species is resulting for the first time in their disappearance from some parts of the United Kingdom, conservationists warn today.

An annual stocktake of bird populations by a coalition of nature groups shows that many of the country's 107 most familiar species, such as the starling and grey partridge, are suffering "plummeting" population changes compared with the 1990s.

But as well as losing numbers across the board, The State of the UK's Birds warns that species are vanishing from sections of the country where they once thrived as their geographical range shrinks with their population.

The unique British race of the yellow wagtail, which has a brighter yellow head compared to its European cousins, has declined by 45 per cent since 1995 but its range has also reduced by nearly a third and the species has vanished from large areas of England as well as the entirety of Wales.

The corn bunting, a dumpy farmland bird once abundant across the countryside, is now extinct in Ireland and the cuckoo has disappeared from large parts of South-east England and the Midlands.

Dr Mark Eaton, a conservation scientist with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said: "I think many of us have been shocked by how poorly some of our most familiar species are faring. Many of the birds we're referring to aren't rare and don't occur in remote locations.
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Snowflake Cold

Arctic blast sent subzero chill to Rockies, Plains; Hard freeze for California

Nick Wiltgen and Chris Dolce
The Weather Channel
Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:43 UTC
staying cold
A bitterly cold air mass spread across the western states and into the Plains and Midwest during the first week of December. One of the coldest temperatures recorded happened the morning of Saturday, Dec. 7, when the temperature in Jordan, Montana dropped as low as -42!

In some cities, the frigid air mass has been the coldest seen in years or has broken daily record lows. Here's a few examples:
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Radar

Mysterious Green Surf Appears Off Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S.


Brevard Times
Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:03 UTC

It may be Green Monday today, but it was "Green Sunday" yesterday for beachgoers off Florida's Space Coast. The surf turned to a bright fluorescent green Sunday afternoon as waves broke off Cocoa Beach, Florida. When surfers paddled out through the breaking waves, the water agitation appeared to make the surf even greener.

In recent weeks, Brevard County beaches have accumulated heaps of seaweed due to prevailing easterly winds. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials stated that they will conduct sampling of the waters off Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral to determine whether an algal bloom is the cause of the water discoloration.

Brevard County Environmental Health Director Melissa Brock said in an email that after FWC's test results are in, "a Florida Department of Health response will be based upon if a bloom exists and if the responsible organism produces a toxin that is harmful to health."
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