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Best of the Web: Storm dumps 4 FEET of snow in parts of Wyoming - Cheyenne sets record low of -19

Jimmy Orr
Cowboy State Daily
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:40 UTC
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The latest Arctic front to blast Wyoming put to rest any thoughts of an early spring as multiple feet of snow fell in at least three counties and sub-zero temperatures broke at least one record in the state on Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Carbon County was the gold medal winner for snowfall on Wednesday as 48 inches of snow was recorded at Battle Lake while campgrounds along Jack Creek and Sugar Loaf each received 42 inches.

Locations in Yellowstone National Park and Teton and Lincoln counties all received snow in excess of two feet.

The most snow in Cheyenne was in the northern areas with only 5 inches, but a 129-year record was broken when the temperature hit 19 degrees below zero early Thursday. The old record was set in 1894 at minus 13.

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Doberman

Two-year-old girl dies after attacked by 3-4 dogs in Gujarat, India

Biplob Ghosal
Times Now
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:02 UTC
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In a shocking incident a two-year-old girl lost her life after bitten by three to four dogs in Gujarat's Surat. The toddler received 30 to 40 dog bites.

The deceased girl was the daughter of daily wage labourers. The incident happened on February 19 when the couple were out for work. The father said he rushed to his home after getting the information that his daughter was attacked by 3-4 dogs.

The girl was admitted to a government hospital by her father. The girl's family stay in labour colony near Diamond Bourse in Khajod area.

A doctor said that the girl had 30-40 dog bite marks all over her body. The doctors of the government hospital had carried out a minor operation, however, after three days of treatment, she succumbed.
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Sherlock

When I covered climate change for Reuters I thought CO2 was certainly to blame for rising temperatures. I was wrong

Neil Winton
The Daily Sceptic
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:31 UTC
Reuters
The BBC and the mainstream media regularly frighten everyone with the latest climate disaster news with pictures of floods, fires and hurricanes, always followed by scary predictions that things will only get worse unless mankind mends its irresponsible ways.

My alma mater Reuters, the global news agency, used to be above all this hysteria and would relentlessly apply its traditional standards of fairness and balance, but even this mainstream outfit seems to have sold out to the hysterics and axe grinders.

The trouble is, many if not all of these disaster stories, far from being another step in a worsening scenario, are often nothing of the kind. In a recent book Unsettled. What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, And Why It Matters, Steven Koonin uses the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change data to show that if reporters took the trouble to do a minimum amount of checking, most of these incidents would appear to be natural disasters, yes, but not part of some ever worsening syndrome.

Comment: The myth that CO2 is the main culprit for "global warming" is nonsense. The PTB practically "owns" all major media and news agencies in the world and they are using them to spread fake news and propaganda according to their agenda.

Climate change is real and it is a natural cycle. Humans have almost zero influence on it.
If we look a real science and real data, we can see that our planet is actually cooling, not warming.

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Seismograph

6.3 magnitude earthquake off Maluku Utara, Indonesia


Earthquake Track
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:29 UTC
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6.3 magnitude earthquake 177 km from Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia

UTC time: Thursday, February 23, 2023 20:02 PM
Your time: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 8:02 PM GMT
Magnitude Type: mww
USGS page: M 6.3 - 177 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people
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Snowflake

Rare snow falling over Southern California as powerful winter storm is expected


FOX Weather
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:55 UTC
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FOX 5 San Diego reporter Heather Lake is in Pine Valley, California where they are getting something rather unusual: snow. They have gotten 2-4 inches thus far.

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Cloud Precipitation

Ecuador - Fatalities after flooding in 5 provinces

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:25 UTC
Flood damage in Pallatanga Canton in Chimborazo province, Ecuador, February 2023.
© SNGRFlood damage in Pallatanga Canton in Chimborazo province, Ecuador, February 2023.
Disaster authorities in Ecuador report that at least 6 people have died in recent flooding after a spate of severe weather in recent days. Eleven people have now died as a result of flooding and landslides in the country since the start of the year.

The Risk Management Secretariat (Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgos or SNGR) reported 35 incidents of flooding and over 20 landslides across the country from 18 to 21 February 2023.

Four people lost their lives after floods swept through areas of Pallatanga Canton in Chimborazo province. SNGR said the floods damaged houses, roads and vehicles. Teams from the Ministry of Public Works have been deployed to assist with clean-up operations and clear roads of debris.

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Cloud Precipitation

Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Madagascar, leaving destruction in its wake - 4 killed, 11,000 displaced


Guardian
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:12 UTC
NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)
Cyclone Freddy made landfall in south-eastern Madagascar on Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and destruction in its path, as winds of up to 112 mph lashed the island nation. Waves of nearly 8 metres brought flooding to parts of the country, with the storm forcing more than 11,000 people to flee their homes.

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Snowflake Cold

Massive winter storm moving across US, dumping record snow


Bloomberg News
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:49 UTC
Cathy Morgan-Mace cleans snow and ice off her family's car during a snowstorm in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
© KRISTIN MURPHYCathy Morgan-Mace cleans snow and ice off her family's car during a snowstorm in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.
A vast winter storm is pummeling the central US on the way to New England, dumping record amounts of snow, canceling hundreds of flights and coating roads with ice — but the same system is bringing record warmth to the South.

Storm warnings and advisories stretch across almost the entire northern US, with blizzard warnings in place in Minnesota and the Dakotas, which will get the brunt of the storm on Wednesday. The southern edge of the system will deliver sleet and freezing rain, leaving roads treacherous.

"We are looking at the potential for hazardous to impossible travel conditions," said Frank Pereira, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "The bottom line is don't travel unless you absolutely have to."

Ice-storm warnings stretch from northern Iowa to Michigan, with the potential to down trees and power lines and knock out electricity.

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Arrow Down

Three killed in avalanche in Cascade Mountains, Washington as heavy snow blocks rescuers from recovering bodies


The Independent (UK)
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:39 UTC
File - Rescue crews work to recover bodies after an avalanche
File - Rescue crews work to recover bodies after an avalanche
Heavy snowfall and high winds on Tuesday kept searchers away from a remote, jagged peak in Washington's Cascade Mountains, where an avalanche killed three climbers from the northeastern US over the weekend.

The slide struck Sunday as a group of six climbers were ascending a steep, snow-packed gulley on the 8,705-foot (2,653 meters) Colchuck Peak, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Seattle in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Chelan County sheriff's Sgt. Jason Reinfeld said Tuesday.

Four of the climbers were swept about 500 feet (152 meters) down the slope. One of the four survived, a 56-year-old man from New York, and despite some injuries he was able to confirm that the other three were killed before working his way back to their base camp at Colchuck Lake, Mr Reinfeld said.

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More than 461,000 without power after storm dumps ice, snow on Michigan

Charles E. Ramirez, Mark Hicks
The Detroit News
Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:50 UTC
Ice forms on a string of light at a home on Grosse Ile, Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
© ANDY MORRISON, THE DETROIT NEWSIce forms on a string of light at a home on Grosse Ile, Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents were without power Thursday morning after an ice and snowstorm moved through the state, sparking thunder, downing thousands of ice-coated power lines and forcing school districts to cancel classes for a second day.

DTE Energy had more than 262,000 customers in the dark as of 8 a.m., mainly in Wayne and Washtenaw counties. Consumers Energy, meanwhile, reported more than 199,000 customers affected by power outages as of 8 a.m. Thursday, a large jump after ice and rain continued into the night. Many were clustered between Kalamazoo and Jackson.

"For a lot of Metro Detroit, it has been several years since they've seen any type of icing of this magnitude," said Steve Considine, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service station in White Lake Township.

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