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Cognitive Dissonance - CBS News blames global warming for freezing cold

Warner Todd Huston
Breitbart
Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:00 UTC
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During the February 13 broadcast of CBS This Morning, host Charlie Rose and his guest turned to the topic of this year's harsh winter, calling the extreme cold an example of global warming.

Guest Michio Kaku, a physics professor from New York City College--not a climatologist, but a physicist--claimed that the "wacky weather" could get "even wackier" and its all because of global warming. "What we're seeing is that the jet stream and the polar vortex are becoming unstable. Instability of historic proportions. We think it's because of the gradual heating up of the North Pole. The North Pole is melting," professor Kaku said.

"That excess heat generated by all this warm water is destabilizing this gigantic bucket of cold air... So that's the irony, that heating could cause gigantic storms of historic proportions," the prof explained.

This was all because of global warming, Rose insisted.

Kaku went on to say that the weather "instabilities" we are seeing are because of the "erratic nature of the jet stream" and the "polar vortex."

Comment:
Ice Age cometh: Global cooling consensus is heating up - cooling over the next one to three decades
Ice age cometh: No warming left to deny... Global cooling takes over... CET annual mean temperature plunges 1°C since 2000

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Cloud Lightning

Hundreds of seabirds washed ashore in South West UK


BBC
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:34 UTC
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Animal charities are caring from some of the hundreds of guillemots, razorbills and puffins that have washed up in Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall in the past week
Hundreds of seabirds - some dead and others covered in oil - have been washed ashore in south-west England.

The RSPB believes most of the deaths were a "sad but natural occurrence" after the recent stormy weather.

In Devon, about 40 puffins, guillemots and razorbills were found at Thurlstone, while others have been reported from Hampshire to Cornwall.

Some of the "pitiful" oiled birds are being cared for at the South Devon Seabird Trust in Teignmouth.

The trust's founder, Jean Bradford, told BBC News: "It's a catastrophe and I think with everything else that's going on with people, the birds and other animals have been overlooked a little bit."

Mrs Bradford said the oiled and storm-blown birds that had been rescued were in a "pitiful state".

"Even if these birds get to shore, very often it's the case that they're washed back out to sea by the enormous waves that are coming in.

"By the time they reach another beach, perhaps at low tide, many of them are too ill to be saved."

A number of birds were rescued from Chesil Beach in Dorset earlier in the week and taken to the RSPCA West Hatch animal centre in Taunton.
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Roses

Beautiful baby girl mauled to death by her mother's own dog: UK couple arrested

Jaya Narain and Rosie Taylor and James Tozer
The Daily Mail
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:09 UTC
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Beautiful: Friends and relatives described Ava-Jayne as an 'angel' as they expressed their grief.
A baby girl was mauled to death by a dog that neighbours had allegedly warned was dangerous.

Ava-Jayne Corless, who was just 11 months old, suffered horrific injuries when the American pitbull terrier attacked her while she slept.

Her mother, Chloe King, 20, and boyfriend Lee Wright, 26, heard the commotion and rushed upstairs to rescue her from the jaws of the beast.

Paramedics were called and took Ava-Jayne to hospital where doctors were unable to save her life.

Miss King and Mr Wright were questioned on suspicion of manslaughter and child neglect, and were today released on bail.

Lancashire Police said: 'The two people arrested in connection with the death of Ava-Jayne Corless at Blackburn have both been released on bail pending further inquiries.'

A police spokesman said last night that the animal was banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991.
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Alarm Clock

USGS: Magnitude 6.5 - 170km NNE of Bathsheba, Barbados


United States Geological Survey
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 04:59 UTC
Barbados earthquake
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Event Time
2014-02-18 09:27:13 UTC
2014-02-18 05:27:13 UTC-04:00 at epicenter
2014-02-18 10:27:13 UTC+01:00 system time

Location
14.651°N 58.948°W depth=16.9km (10.5mi)

Nearby Cities
170km (106mi) NNE of Bathsheba, Barbados
186km (116mi) NNE of Bridgetown, Barbados
210km (130mi) E of Le Francois, Martinique
211km (131mi) E of Riviere-Pilote, Martinique
214km (133mi) E of Le Robert, Martinique

Scientific Data
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Yet another UK sinkhole opens up in Yorkshire, three houses evacuated


The Guardian
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:51 UTC
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© UnknownCracks appeared in the ground causing serious damage to at least one house on Magdalens Close in Ripon on Monday evening
Three houses have been evacuated amid fears they could collapse after a 7-metres-wide (25ft) sinkhole opened up in a street.

Police cleared the properties on Magdalen's Close in Ripon, North Yorkshire, at 5.40pm after receiving reports the huge sinkhole had appeared.

A North Yorkshire police spokesman said: "The affected property and two houses nearby have been evacuated and a cordon has been put in place to protect members of the public. At this stage no injuries have been reported."
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Cloud Precipitation

Second Japan snow storm leaves thousands stranded as toll rises to 23

Elaine Lies
Reuters
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 01:37 UTC
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© Reuters/Japan Ground Self-Defense ForceA Japan Ground Self-Defense Force excavator removes snow covering a bridge at Hinohara village, west of Tokyo.
Snow-choked roads cut off thousands on Tuesday as parts of Japan struggled to dig out from its second storm in a week, with the death toll rising to at least 23.

Train services were suspended in some areas after the Valentine's Day storm dumped more than a meter of snow in parts of central Japan and blanketed the capital with record snow for the second weekend in a row, snarling airline traffic and slowing production at some Japanese automakers.
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Snowflake Cold

India: heavy snowfall in Himachal


Zee News India
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:07 UTC
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© UnknownPeople walking on the snow covered road after heavy snowfall in Shimla on Sunday.
Heavy snowfall in many parts of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday has bring down temperatures and affected the normal life.

The state capital Shimla which experienced the coldest night at minus 2.4 degrees Celsius and key tourist resort of Manali were cut off from rest of the state due to heavy snowfall.

People remained without milk, bread, vegetables and other commodities and there was no supply of newspapers in the morning.
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Cloud Precipitation

South Korea resort roof collapses under heavy snow, 9 dead

Hyung-Jin Kim
Associated Press
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:56 UTC

The roof of a resort auditorium collapsed during a welcoming ceremony for South Korean university freshmen, killing nine and likely trapping about 10, officials said Tuesday.

The dead included seven students and an adult; officials weren't sure yet if the ninth victim was a student. About 80 people were sent to hospitals with minor injuries, according to officials at the state-run National Emergency Management Agency who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media.
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Attention

10 key moments of the UK winter storms

Lucy Rodgers and Mark Bryson
BBC News
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:12 UTC
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The UK has been battered by strong winds and lashed by heavy rain in a series of ferocious storms that have barrelled across the Atlantic.

The storms, which began in October last year, have forced many from their homes and are set to make the 2013-14 winter the wettest on record. More than 5,000 homes and businesses have been flooded and many rivers in southern England have reached their highest ever recorded levels.
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Sinkholes opening up all over Britain at a terrifying five times normal rate

Dr Tony Cooper
The Daily Mail
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:12 UTC
  • Sinkholes seen in Kent, South-East London and Hemel Hempstead
  • One in High Wycombe engulfed a car as it was parked in the driveway
  • Expert believes sinkholes are appearing five times their normal rate
  • Forecast heavy rain could mean more holes appear around the country
On Saturday, a huge sinkhole opened up at the side of a house in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Swallowing up half of the front lawn, it was 35ft wide and 20ft deep.

Last week, a hole as deep as a double-decker bus is high suddenly opened up in the back-garden of a house in South-East London, almost swallowing a child's trampoline as the ground collapsed without warning.

Had the poor owner's daughter been rushing out to play on the trampoline, she could have very easily have been seriously injured or even killed.


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© Press AssociationDangerous: A 50ft-deep hole appeared in the central reservation on a busy section of the M2 in north Kent last week
Two weeks ago, there was a similarly narrow escape for a family living in High Wycombe, when, overnight, a deep hole appeared without warning in the driveway just next to the house.

This time the adult daughter's car did end up buried at the bottom of the hole, thankfully, while there was no one in it.

And in Kent last week, motorists hoping to use the M2 were left fuming by the motorway's temporary closure, after a substantial hole - 15ft deep - suddenly appeared in the central reservation. Again, no one was hurt but had the hole opened up just a few yards away, it is obvious what a different story it could so easily have been.

All of these holes are what the public call sinkholes and now, after weeks of heavy rain, they seem to be appearing with ever greater regularity. Hard statistics are difficult to find - not least because sinkholes that appear on farmland often go unreported - but having studied them for 35 years, I'd estimate that sinkholes are currently appearing at four-to-five times their normal rate.

Comment: The appearance of sinkholes worldwide is has been accelerating for many years now. Truly a sign of the times. Here is just a small sample of stories SOTT has archived:

Sinkholes - A Sign of the Times?
Will the Dead Sea be eaten by sinkholes? Huge chasms are appearing in the region at a rate of one per day
Sinkholes become an item of study
45 sinkholes open up in Kaski, Nepal - 50 families displaced so far

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