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Windsock

Storm Emma brings worst blizzard to Ireland since 1982

Claire Healy and Harry Manning
The Irish Sun
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:50 UTC
storm emma ireland
Ireland has battened down the hatches as Storm Emma blows in - as parts of Ireland could see ONE METRE of snow.

Met Eireann has issued two Irish red weather warnings as members of the public are told to remain indoors from 4pm.

And Met Eireann's Evelyn Cusack said we could see a METRE of snow as wind speeds of 110kph are predicted.

She said: "Today has been an ice day because nowhere in Ireland saw the temperature rise above zero."


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Windsock

Extreme wind has many passengers vomiting during turbulent descent at Dulles airport, US

Sophia Barnes
NBC
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:38 UTC
Flights full of vomiting passengers have been landing in Washington DC, while the powerful winds meant some planes weren't able to land at all (pictured, a plane was swaying so violently, the pilot decided to pull out of the landing)
© Andrew CleggFlights full of vomiting passengers have been landing in Washington DC, while the powerful winds meant some planes weren't able to land at all (pictured, a plane was swaying so violently, the pilot decided to pull out of the landing)
Passengers on planes landing in Virginia on Friday coped with stomach-turning turbulence amid powerful winds. "I've never experienced anything like that," one passenger said. "I felt like I was just going to throw up all over the place," another said. News4's Mark Segraves reports.

Passengers and pilots on a United Airlines flight bound for Washington Dulles International Airport were in for a sickening surprise Friday, when a windstorm caused severe turbulence.

Nearly everyone on the flight vomited, according to an urgent report filed with the National Weather Service's aviation center.

"Very bumpy on descent. Pretty much everyone on the plane threw up," the report said.

The pilots themselves were not spared.

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Snowflake

Seven feet of snow follows Northern California's drought

Chris White
Daily Caller
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:56 UTC
Seven feet of Snow follows Northern California's drought
© Heavenly Mountain Resort via APIn this photo provided by the Heavenly Mountain Resort, fresh snow covers most of a table and chairs Friday, March 2, 2018, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of the Sierra Nevada, where snow was piling up and travel was difficult due to repeated highway closures and the need for chains in many places. The snow will help the Sierra snowpack, which is vital to the state's water supply and has only been about a quarter of its normal depth for this time of winter. It's also a boon for skiers and snowboarders.
A massive snowstorm Friday in Northern California could bring the state's lengthy drought to end while leaving two feet of snow in the mountains near Los Angeles.

The Sierra Nevada Mountains has seen two feet of snow and winds gusting over 100 miles per hour. Forecasters are expecting seven feet of snow in some areas of the mountain range. Meanwhile, more than 22,000 Montecito residents evacuated their homes as rain continued to pound the area - California's weather comes as a nor'easter clobbers parts of the East Coast.

"The worst of the storm has passed, and we are cautiously optimistic that due to a significant amount of pre-storm preparation we have come through this with minimal impact," Rob Lewin, director of the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, said in a statement.

Comment: The droughts in California tend to be followed by devastating flooding:

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Snowflake

Record snowfall on Calgary, Alberta - month's worth of snow in 40 hours

Dave Dormer
CBC News
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:09 UTC
Calgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
© Scott Dippel/CBCCalgarians can expect to be doing a lot of this over the weekend.
A 72-hour snow route parking ban will begin Sunday at 10 a.m. after a massive storm swept over the province, dumping a record amount of snow on Calgary.

This is the third parking ban the city has called in recent weeks. Affected streets are marked by a blue sign with a snowflake.

Environment Canada issued snow warnings for a large swath of the province Saturday morning, running from Edmonton in the north to the Crowsnest Pass and Pincher Creek in the southwest.

The warnings were lifted for southern Alberta later in the morning but remained in the northern part of the province.

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Attention

Signs and Portents: Strange newborn calf in East Java, Indonesia has face resembling Persian cat

Bridie Pearson-jones and Victoria Bell
Daily Mail
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 19:26 UTC
This bizarre footage shows a newborn calf in Indonesia with a rare deformity that makes his face resemble that of a Persian cat
This bizarre footage shows a newborn calf in Indonesia with a rare deformity that makes his face resemble that of a Persian cat
This bizarre footage shows a newborn calf in Indonesia with a rare deformity that makes his face resemble that of a Persian cat.

The video, which was posted last week, shows baffled locals in the village of Pendil in the Probolinggo district, gathering around and bottle feeding the newborn.

Although the legs and body are the same as a cows, the face is unique and its nose pronounced inwards giving it a flattened appearance.

In the video, local people gathered to see and film the calf on their mobile phones, and one man is seen feeding it with a bottle of milk.

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Arrow Down

Four skiers killed by avalanche in French Alps with another 2 such deaths in the Pyrenees


The Guardian
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:25 UTC
Skiers have been warned of risks as winter weather bringing snow and freezing temperatures continues in France.
© Regis Duvignau/ReutersSkiers have been warned of risks as winter weather bringing snow and freezing temperatures continues in France.
Four skiers have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps, and their guide has been detained by police over potentially putting the group at risk.

Another person was injured and has been hospitalised, while the guide escaped unharmed from the avalanche in the area around Entraunes in the southern Alps, local authorities in the Alpes-Maritimes department said.

The group was swept away while skiing off-piste near the Mercantour national park, not far from France's border with Italy. It was this winter's deadliest avalanche so far.

The guide was held in police custody on Friday night and an investigation has been opened into possible manslaughter and unintentional harm, Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre said.

Comment: A day later another avalanche claimed the lives of 2 skiers in the French Pyrenees.

See also: Over a meter of snow dumps on the Alps in 72 hours, with another meter forecast over next 3 days

Over a meter (3.5 feet) of snowfall in 3 days for the Pyrenees, France

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Binoculars

North Pole gull brought in by the 'Beast from the East' to Weymouth, UK

Stuart Winter
Express (UK)
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:50 UTC
Ross's gull at Lodmoor RSPB (Dorset)
© Peter CoeRoss's gull at Lodmoor RSPB (Dorset)
Ross's gull measures little more than a blackbird but is adapted to life in some of the most inhospitable seas on Earth, searching for food on the edge of the polar ice cap.

It breeds in Northern Greenland, Canada as well as Siberia and only rare drifts southwards.

Yet over the past few days, the snowy white gull has been delighting twitchers at the RSPB's Lodmoor reserve in Dorset.

For many, Ross's gull is the most beautiful of its family, with its dove-like features, diamond-shaped tail and white plumage suffused with pink.

They only turn up in exceptional circumstances every few years, and the arrival of bird on the South Coast even got mentioned in dispatches from the Met Office this week.

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Attention

Cleveland volcano in Alaska erupts, sending ash cloud miles into the sky


Anchorage Daily News
Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:11 UTC
Cleveland Volcano on July 25, 2016.
© Cindy WernerCleveland Volcano on July 25, 2016.
An active volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted early Friday morning and sent a small ash cloud about 3 miles into the atmosphere, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Sensors on Mount Cleveland volcano, on Chuginadak Island, recorded a small explosion, and an ash cloud was observed heading east-northeast at about 15,000 feet, according to an alert from the observatory.

There were no aviation or other warnings associated with the eruption, but the observatory raised the alert level from yellow to orange.

Explosions from Cleveland typically produce relatively small volcanic ash clouds that dissipate within hours, the observatory said. But bigger ash emissions are possible.

The volcano last erupted in December.

Comment: See also the map below depicting the ever increasing volcanic activity around the planet reported on Sott for the past year:



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Wolf

Rottweiler mauls baby girl to death in Inverell, Australia

Megan Palin
news.com.au
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:22 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A baby girl has been mauled to death by a pet dog in the outback town of Inverell, New South Wales.

The one-year-old child died after being attacked by the family's rottweiler this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to a home on Greaves Street, Inverell, about 2.20pm.

"On arrival officers found the child suffering critical injuries," a NSW Police statement read.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning bolt kills 3 family members in Kenya

Alex Njeru
Daily Nation (Kenya)
Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:00 UTC
The houses where a woman and her two children died after she they struck by lightning in Tharaka Nithi County on Friday.
© Alex NjeruThe houses where a woman and her two children died after she they struck by lightning in Tharaka Nithi County on Friday.
A lightning strike has killed a woman and her two children in Kamujwa village, Tharaka Nithi County, authorities say.

Tunyai Chief Julius Mburio said the woman, her son and her daughter were struck while they were inside their house on Friday at around 8pm.

The boy was a Form Three student while the girl in Standard Eight.

Heavy storms have ripped through many parts of the country in the past few days, leaving a trail of destruction.

Comment: On the same day elsewhere in Kenya a woman was killed by lightning as she was digging a trench, while a day prior in South Africa 3 young football players were struck with one currently fighting for his life.

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