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Coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Elana Shepert
Vancouver Is Awesome
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:31 UTC

While Metro Vancouver saw a great deal of snow this February, the snowfall wasn't the most exceptional component of last month's weather.

In fact, February 2019 was the coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver since the records began in 1937. Not only did the month see some frigid temperatures, but they also persisted throughout the month.

Vancouver Is Awesome spoke to Matt MacDonald, Meteorologist, Environment Canada, who explained just how the chilly the month was.

"We typically see around seven days in the double digits during the month of February," he described. "We didn't have a single day above 10 degrees this month."

Snowfall in February averaged 22.5 inches across Iowa, a new record

O. Kay Henderson
RadioIowa
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:02 UTC

Mother Nature set a new record for Iowa in February.

"The preliminary numbers have us at 22.5 inches of snow, averaging across the state, which would break the record set in 1962," State Climatologist Justin Glisan announced this morning.

Having nearly two feet of snow fall in Iowa in February is not normal.

"In a given February, we typically get 6.8 inches over the 30 year average, so — yes — it's a lot more snow than we tend to get," Glisan told Radio Iowa.

February snowfall records broken in the US Upper Midwest

Mace Michaels
Weather Nation
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 14:24 UTC

Record-breaking snow, Minneapolis

Storm after storm over the last month produced record snowfall across the Upper Midwest.

In Minneapolis, it was the snowiest month since 1991 and now is the 4th snowiest month on record.

The February record was shattered with 39.0″ (previous record was 26.5″ from 1962).

Roof of dining hall collapses under heavy snow in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Nina Sparano
nbc26.com
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:16 UTC

A Boy Scout dining hall is flattened due to heavy snow. It happened in Oconto county at the Bear Paw Scout Camp. The heavy snow was too much for roof to bear.

Video was rolling just before the roof caved in. Thankfully no one was inside when the building caved in. No one was hurt.

Man dies following dog attack in Sydney, Australia

abc.net.au
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 13:36 UTC

A man attacked by two dogs in Sydney's west five weeks ago has died in hospital, as figures reveal an increase in attack incidents across NSW.

The 40-year-old man was staying at a home in Tregear with two American Staffordshire Terriers when he was attacked.

He went into cardiac arrest and was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.

The man, who had injuries to his ears, face, abdomen and chest, was placed in an induced coma, but died on Friday.

Elderly woman mauled to death by pack of 6 dogs in Pall Mall, Tennessee

wvlt.tv
Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:21 UTC

An 88-year-old Pall Mall woman was mauled to death outside her home by a pack of six German Shepherds belonging to a neighbor.

Jill Peterson left her home Tuesday night to clear a drainage ditch overflowing from recent heavy rain. That's when the dogs attacked.

"They dragged her down the yard and all of her clothes were off, her shoes, everything. They tore all of her hair out, the casket can't be open, it's like a nightmare. It's hard to believe," Nina Brown, Peterson's sister, told Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF.

Ash spews from Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico

Aol
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:28 UTC

Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico

Ash spewed from the Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico early on March 1. Nicola Rustichelli of Web Cams de Mexico recorded the emission from the town of San Nicolás de Los Ranchos.Officials issued a "yellow phase two" warning, advising residents to cover their noses and mouths if ash began to fall.

Powerful winds bend radio tower in HALF atop Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain

WGME
Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:04 UTC

Before and after pictures show a radio tower bent in half after Monday's high winds.

The radio and communications tower on top of Sugarloaf Mountain bent like a pretzel Monday in extremely high winds.

"Initial thought was down due to power or some other issue," Communications Director C.L. Folsom said. "And then it got explained to me 'No. It's down on the ground.'"

Witnesses say ice had formed on the tower from a Sunday snowstorm.

Then came the strong winds.

"The tower was pretty heavy with rime ice," Sugarloaf Marketing Director Ethan Austin said. "And then all this wind right after it. Sustained winds all day. Probably the combination did it in."

Tuesday, winds were still racing across Sugarloaf Mountain, closing ski lifts and most ski slopes for a second straight day.

Comment: Incredible wind gusts have been recorded from all over the world recently. These articles are from the past two weeks alone:

M6.2 earthquake jolts eastern Hokkaido, Japan

The Mainichi
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:50 UTC

© USGS
The epicentre, with a depth of 10km, was initially determined to be at a 41.9336 degrees north latitude and 146.9481 degrees east longitude.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the eastern part of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on the afternoon of March 2, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, and no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake, which struck at 12:23 p.m., registered a 4 on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in the northern Nemuro district and the town of Shibetsu, eastern Hokkaido, and a 3 in extensive areas of the Tokachi, Nemuro and Kushiro districts, according to the JMA.

The focus of the temblor was about 10 kilometers below the seabed off the Nemuro Peninsula.

Dozens of dead birds found at Huntsville, Alabama road intersection

WHNT News
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:37 UTC

It's a sight a person would never expect to see: dozens of dead birds littering the road.

But that's exactly what a Huntsville man found Tuesday. He counted more than 60 dead birds on Moores Mill Road near the Ware intersection. He is very concerned, since he believes they died in the same spot at the same time.

It seems like a plotline straight out of a Hitchcock movie ... dozens of birds falling from the sky.

"I noticed something that was standing out in the middle of the road when I was driving here yesterday," said Richard Ellis, a concerned Huntsville resident.

Comment: Why do incidences of this mysterious phenomenon seem to be increasing? Several mechanisms have been proposed, including methane gas releases, magnetic pole reversals, and concussive injury from micro-meteorite explosions high up in the atmosphere. All three possibilities are cause for worry.

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Earth Changes

Coldest February on record in Metro Vancouver, Canada

Snowfall in February averaged 22.5 inches across Iowa, a new record

February snowfall records broken in the US Upper Midwest

Roof of dining hall collapses under heavy snow in Oconto County, Wisconsin

Man dies following dog attack in Sydney, Australia

Elderly woman mauled to death by pack of 6 dogs in Pall Mall, Tennessee

Ash spews from Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico

Powerful winds bend radio tower in HALF atop Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain

M6.2 earthquake jolts eastern Hokkaido, Japan

Dozens of dead birds found at Huntsville, Alabama road intersection

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