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Snowflake Cold

Sea freezes in parts of UK for first time in over half a century

Charlie Bayliss
Daily Mail
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:46 UTC
UK sea frozen
© Sienna AndersonThe sea frozen over at Bembridge Harbour on the Isle of Wight after sub-zero temperatures
Part of the sea around the UK have frozen over after the 'Beast From The East' continues to batter Britain with snow and sub-zero temperatures.

Boats were trapped on Bembridge Harbour, on the east coast of the Isle of Wight after water temperatures dropped below -2C.

Temperatures on the Isle dipped below -6C overnight and an amber weather warning has been issued for today.

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Ice Cube

UK: 20,000 homes without water as record cold bursts pipes testing ill-prepared infrastructure


Sky News
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:45 UTC
Lots of bottled water was needed in Crowborough
© Grant Melton/Mercury PressLots of bottled water was needed in Crowborough
Many thousands of people say they have been without water for 24 hours, as providers issue a warning about supply.

People across the UK are being urged to use as little water as possible after thawing temperatures caused pipes to burst.

Residents of some parts of London and the South East said they had been without water for more than 24 hours by Sunday night, with little indication of when supplies would return.

Midlands provider Severn Trent said some water had been cut in the Birmingham area due to "unprecedented" leaks.

Comment: The Brits ridicule the fact that their country grinds to a halt at the slight dusting of snow, and although it's famed for its drizzly weather the government regularly implements hose-pipe bans, and so as we enter an era where extreme cold is becoming the norm, thanks to lack of investment or foresight - since the establishment continue to push the global warming scam - they're even less prepared. As well today it was announced Britain would be receiving a delivery of gas from Russia after the harsh cold led to a shortage:

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Seismograph

Shallow magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles Papua New Guinea

Tom Westbrook
The Australian
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:38 UTC
earthquake
Strong aftershocks have rocked Papua New Guinea's remote and rugged highlands, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago, and is expected to rise further.

Three aftershocks of magnitude greater than 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands, about 600km northwest of the capital Port Moresby early on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, including a shallow magnitude 6 quake.

"We haven't slept. It's been shaking all through the night," William Bando, provincial administrator of Hela Province, said by telephone from Tari, about 40km from the site of the shocks.

"What we experienced this morning could have caused more damage, but we don't know ... it almost threw me out of bed."

Comment: See also: Huge earthquake strikes Ring of Fire: Papua New Guinea hit by shallow 7.5 magnitude quake - at least 55 dead (UPDATE)

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Sun

Arctic warming? Scientists alarmed by supposed temperature rises

Jonathan Watts
The Guardian
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:15 UTC
polar bear stradling ice floes
© Ralph Lee Hopkins/National Geographic/Getty Creative/Getty Images‘This is an anomaly among anomalies’: temperatures in parts of the Arctic have recently risen well above average.
Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak occurrence, but experts warn the warming event is unprecedented

An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change.

Although it could yet prove to be a freak event, the primary concern is that global warming is eroding the polar vortex, the powerful winds that once insulated the frozen north.

The north pole gets no sunlight until March, but an influx of warm air has pushed temperatures in Siberia up by as much as 35C above historical averages this month. Greenland has already experienced 61 hours above freezing in 2018 - more than three times as many hours as in any previous year.

Comment: Is this propaganda, or is it actually unusually warm in the Arctic while Europe freezes? Very difficult to say, although the track record for Arctic warming alarmists is very shoddy indeed.

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Arrow Down

Large sinkhole appears on street in Davenport, Iowa


wqad.com
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 12:29 UTC
Sinkhole in the 1100 block of Brown Street in Davenport. 3/2/18
Sinkhole in the 1100 block of Brown Street in Davenport. 3/2/18
A portion of Brown Street in Davenport is closed after a sinkhole opened up on March 2.

It happened near Herington Park. Brown Street is closed now, and will remain closed between 11th Street and 12th Street.

Davenport Public Works is not sure what caused the collapse, but they it could take between one to two weeks to repair.

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Snowflake Cold

Siberian Cold Front and Storm 'Emma' Freeze Waterfalls and Streams Across Ireland

Iain Miller
Uniqueascent.ie
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:46 UTC
Frozen waterfalls Ireland
© Iain Miller
The aftermath of Storm Emma has left many of the streams and waterfalls frozen solid all over Ireland.

The day after Storm Emma left Ireland, Iain Miller climbs a near vertical cascade in the Derryveagh Mountains in western Donegal.
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Wolf

Aggressive coyotes attacking people in Westchester County, New York


Eyewitness News
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:04 UTC
Coyote
Police in Westchester County have been searching for aggressive coyotes responsible for attacks that have terrorized neighborhoods this week.

In Yonkers, police said one coyote was shot Thursday in the vicinity of Dunwoodie Golf Course, while another remains at large.

"The coyote did become aggressive with the police officer. Came out of the brush and bit that officer and then was shot at that time," said Kieran O'Leary of the Westchester County Police Department.

Police say around 2 p.m. Thursday, a coyote attacked a woman riding a bicycle on South County Trailway.

It missed her, biting her back tire instead.


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Cloud Precipitation

Heavy rainfall pounds, floods parts of Nairobi, Kenya (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

Emily Kenik
kbc.co.ke
Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:25 UTC
Nairobi’s South C is one of the worst affected by poor drainage
© CFMNairobi’s South C is one of the worst affected by poor drainage
Hundreds of motorists spent their Saturday night along Mombasa Road following a huge traffic jam caused by overlapping and stalled Lorries.

The traffic snarl-up jam that meandered from Makutano area to Athi River junction had been occasioned by an accident between a lorry and a pick up.

According to Police the heavy rains and impatient drivers compounded the situation, making any efforts to clear the jam impossible.

Sunday morning efforts to clear the traffic was still ongoing as some motorist had to search for fuel after ran out on gas. In the city, most roads are flooded with south C area among the most affected following heavy rainfall experienced yesterday and overnight.


Comment: See the following map showing where the large number of flooding events reported on Sott over the past year have occurred:


Also check out this chart for the time period 2010 to the present - notice the steep increase in reports starting in 2014:



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Ice Cube

Norway running out of fire wood during coldest winter in 60 years


Sputnik
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:39 UTC
norway snow
© CC BY-SA 2.0 / Siri Spjelkavik / DSC_6062
The rare weather phenomenon has emptied the Nordic country's wood reserves and has been described as having a "vacuum cleaner-effect" on stores, prompting consumers to travel far and wide to meet their demands.

Suppliers in parts of Norway are completely out of wood amid an unprecedented wave of cold that has swept swaths of Europe, national broadcaster NRK reported.

A strong cold front from Siberia, which is said to have resulted in the coldest winter in the past 60 years, with the quicksilver plummeting below 30 degrees in parts of the country, which generally enjoys a relatively mild winter owing to the Gulf Stream. The onslaught of cold has led to an explosion of photos hashtagged #sibirkulde ("Siberian cold"), but also boosted wood sales to an unparalleled level, resulting in drastic shortages across the nation.


Comment: Great swathes of Europe are spared brutal winters thanks to the gulf stream, except it's shifting course: Ice age on the way: Gulf Stream is slowing down faster than ever, scientists say


Comment: Russia, help! UK runs out of gas amid record cold - Prices skyrocket

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Cloud Precipitation

New rainfall record set for North Texas

Stephen English
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 08:33 UTC
Rain in Texas
© Star-Telegram ArchiveFebruary set a new rainfall record in North Texas.
In sports terms, the last day of February was like a walk-off home run or a Hail Mary touchdown pass for the win.

A whopping 4.72 inches of rainfall at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport on Wednesday pushed the region's official rainfall total from 6.59 inches to 11.31, according to the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth.

The February record was broken "only over the past seven to 10 days or so," said Matt Stalley, a meteorologist with the weather service in Fort Worth. "The first half of the month was fairly dry.

"We've had a really good batch of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and numerous disturbances that have brought a lot of rainfall," Stalley said.

The rain has cleared out of Tarrant County for now but could return to mess with the weekend. There's a 20 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms beginning Saturday night, which increases to 30 percent on Sunday. Monday brings another 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. High temperatures are forecast to stay between 60 and 70 by the NWS.

Even if there hadn't been a drop of rain Wednesday, last month would still have been the third-wettest February in the 120 years since records have been kept, trailing only 1997 (7.40 inches) and 1945 (6.96 inches).

Normally, North Texas averages 2.66 inches of rain in February, according to the weather service.
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