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Juneau in Alaska beats Fairbanks to first snowfall for first time in 70+ years

Quinton Chandler
ktoo.org
Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:12 UTC
Snow covers Mount Juneau, Sunday, Oct. 16
© Tripp Crouse/KTOOSnow covers Mount Juneau, Sunday, Oct. 16
National Weather Service meteorologist Edward Liske said this season is the first-time Juneau has seen measurable snowfall before Fairbanks since about 1940.

The National Weather Service reported Sunday that Juneau is one of the first communities in the state to see measurable snowfall this year.

"Fairbanks has not seen any snow yet so far this season, neither has Anchorage. Nome has had zero. Kotzebue has had zero," Liske said. "The only place that really has had measurable snow this season has been Barrow with a tenth of an inch so far."
The incredible October continues! Juneau has not seen measurable snow before Fairbanks since 1940! #akwx pic.twitter.com/Ap5nosquur

— NWS Juneau (@NWSJuneau) October 16, 2016
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Charity calls on DiCaprio to step down from UN climate change role

Alex Ritman
The Hollywood Reporter
Fri, 14 Oct 2016 17:26 UTC
DiCaprio
© Olivier Marteau on Twitter
A rainforest charity calls on the star to either denounce his connection to individuals involved in a Malaysian corruption scandal and return laundered money he allegedly received or give up his role.

In perhaps the biggest attack on Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental credibility, a rainforest charity on Friday called on the actor to give up his title as UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.

At a press conference in London, the Bruno Manser Funds offered DiCaprio an ultimatum: either he renounce his connections to the "politically exposed persons" at the center of the multi-billion dollar 1MDB Malaysian corruption scandal now being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department and return corrupt money he allegedly received or resign from the position he was given by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon in 2014.

"If DiCaprio is unwilling to come clean, we ask him to step down as UN Messenger for Peace for climate change, because he simply lacks the credibility for such an important role," said Lukas Straumann, director of the Switzerland-based charity, which has a particular focus on deforestation in Malaysia.

DiCaprio is alleged to have received millions of dollars diverted from the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund for his role as star and producer of The Wolf of Wall Street, alleged by the DOJ to have been funded by stolen Malaysian money and produced by Red Granite, co-founded by Riza Aziz, the stepson of the Malaysian prime minister and a major figure in a DOJ filing. He is also alleged to have received laundered 1MDB money for his charity, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, from his former close associate Jho Low, the controversial Malaysian businessman at the heart of the scandal.
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Snowflake

Record-breaking snowfall in Saskatchewan triples last year's record

David Giles
Global News
Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:16 UTC
Snowfall in Saskatchewan
A snowfall warning has ended in Saskatoon but remains in place in other parts of Saskatchewan as crews continue to cleanup from a record Oct. 5 snowfall.

According to Environment Canada, 30 centimetres of snow had fallen in Saskatoon as of Thursday afternoon.

At least 17 centimetres fell on Wednesday, unofficially breaking a century old record for that day, when 5.6 centimetres was recorded on Oct. 5, 2016.

Environment Canada stopped measuring snowfall in Saskatoon in 2007, meaning the record cannot officially be broken.

The major low pressure system that brought an early snowfall to many parts of the province is now weakening, with another two to four centimetres expected to fall before tapering off to a few flurries Thursday evening.
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Global warming fraud: Earth warmest in 115K years claim debunked; IPCC climate deal rushed through

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Fri, 07 Oct 2016 07:38 UTC
Global warming fraud
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
The most outrageous claim that I have seen since starting this channel that the Earth is the warmest in 115,000 years. I show with peer reviewed data sources that the claim is erroneous and false. At the same time the IPCC climate deal was rushed through a secretive meeting ahead of US elections. The deal also claims that if CO2 is reduced that hurricanes will be controlled.


Comment: More and more climate scientists and institutions are being exposed for supporting the global warming myth. See also:

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Snowflake Cold

Oops! Scientists who claimed Arctic ice would melt entirely by September 2016 got it badly wrong

Sarah Knapton
The Telegraph
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 08:57 UTC
arctic polar bear
© JOSH ANON/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
Dire predictions that the Arctic would be devoid of sea ice by September this year have proven to be unfounded after latest satellite images showed there is far more now than in 2012.

Scientists such as Prof Peter Wadhams, of Cambridge University, and Prof Wieslaw Maslowski, of the Naval Postgraduate School in Moderey, California, have regularly forecast the loss of ice by 2016, which has been widely reported by the BBC and other media outlets.

Prof Wadhams, a leading expert on Arctic sea ice loss, has recently published a book entitled A Farewell To Ice in which he repeats the assertion that the polar region would free of ice in the middle of this decade.

As late as this summer, he was still predicting an ice-free September.

Yet, when figures were released for the yearly minimum on September 10, they showed that there was still 1.6 million square miles of sea ice (4.14 square kilometres), which was 21 per cent more than the lowest point in 2012.

Comment: For further reading check out the articles below:

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Snowflake Cold

Perth, Australia shivers through record cold

Natalie Richards and Brad Thompson
The West Australian
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:45 UTC
Perth snowman
© Mark Fowler/TwitterA farmer made this snowman from frost at his Williams property yesterday.
If you thought it was unseasonably cold in Perth this month, you weren't mistaken.

The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed what everyone in the city was thinking this month - that it was much colder than usual for this time of year.

It was the coldest September since records started in Mount Lawley - where the city's weather station is based - with temperatures reaching an average of just 18.5 degrees Celsius.

Records have been held at the station since 1994.

The temperature is almost three degrees colder than the usual average temperature of 20.4C.

Overnight, an extra blanket was a must with the average temperature just 7.6C - two degrees colder than usual.

At Perth Airport, where records stretch back decades, overnight temperatures haven't been this cold in September since 1944.

Comment: As the global warming hoax spirals out of control, evidence suggests that the world is on the brink of a new ice age.

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Snowflake

Early snowfall for Mount Washington, British Columbia

Mary Griffin
cheknews.ca
Sat, 08 Oct 2016 15:25 UTC
Mount Washington
Forecast calls for more snow later in the week.

Winter has come early at Mount Washington.

The resort got doused with a good amount of snow overnight.

Here's the view from the webcam located at the base of the mountain.

Families came up to play in the snow and enjoy some fall sledding.

The mountain is not open.

But if these conditions continue, it could be an early and strong start to the season.

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Arrow Down

DiCaprio calls for "deniers" to be banned from public office

Eric Worrall
WattsUpWithThat
Wed, 05 Oct 2016 02:30 UTC
Obama and DiCaprio
© YouTube screen CaptureScreenshot of President Obama Listening while DiCaprio Calls for “Deniers” to be banned from public office.
Climate advocate Leonardo DiCaprio has called for climate "deniers" to be banned from public office. President Obama, sharing a stage with DiCaprio, did not object - Obama's words in my opinion appear to actually lend some support to DiCaprio's outrageous demand, for limiting the US people's freedom to choose leaders who represent their views.
DiCaprio: Climate change doubters shouldn't hold public office

Politicians who don't believe in climate change should not hold public office, said actor Leonardo DiCaprio Monday at the White House before the screening of his new climate documentary.

"The scientific consensus is in and the argument is now over," DiCaprio said at the White House's South By South Lawn event.

"If you do not believe in climate change, you do not believe in facts or in science or empirical truths and therefore, in my humble opinion, should not be allowed to hold public office."

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"Climate change is almost perversely designed to be really hard to solve politically. It is a problem that creeps up on you," Obama said.

"The political system in every country is not well-designed to do something tough now to solve a problem that people will really feel the impact of in the future."

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Read the article here.
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Igloo

A record 23 cm snowfall starts off October in Fort St. John, BC

Adam Reaburn
Energetic City
Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:53 UTC
Fort St. John street
© Via Twitter@fsjchic
Environment Canada says we've set a new record for snowfall on October 1. On Saturday, Fort St. John received 23 cm of snow with another centimetre on Friday.

The old snowfall record for October 1 was set in 1954 with 6.6 cm of snow.

Almost all the power has been restored in the region after 4,000 customers were without power during the height of the storm Saturday afternoon. Less than five customers are still waiting for Hydro to restore power near Mile 70 of the Alaska Highway.

The heavy snow damaged trees all over the community, leaving residents to clean up branches in yards and streets. There are no reports of any serious damage. If you have photos of the storm, you'd like to share, email news@moosefm.ca

The forecast calls for the temperature to improve today to plus 4 and 6 degrees on Monday. Roads in the region remain slippery with slushy sections. For the latest road reports, visit www.drivebc.ca
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Hong Kong records hottest September day in 50 years, air pollution levels 'serious' for second day

Christy Leung
South China Morning Post
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:15 UTC
Hong Kong ollution levels index
© SCMP/Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department
Hong Kong recorded its hottest September day in more than half a century on Tuesday as the influence of Typhoon Megi brought ­"serious" levels of air pollution to the city for a second day.

Temperatures hit a high of 36 degrees Celsius in Happy Valley as ­Taiwan felt the full force of the tropical cyclone, which is forecast to bring gloomy weather to Hong Kong over the next six days.

The Environmental Protection Department issued a warning after the Air Quality Health Index in Tuen Mun and Tung Chung hit 10+ on Tuesday afternoon, its highest level. That indicates a serious health risk.

It was the second day the city recorded such severe levels of air pollution.

The index in Central reached 10, and it climbed to nine in Yuen Long and Causeway Bay, indicating a "very high" health risk.

The department advised children, the elderly and people suffering from heart or respiratory illnesses to stay indoors as much as possible.

Typhoon Megi, named after the Korean word for catfish, made landfall in Taiwan but was ­forecast to spare Hong Kong. The storm however created stifling conditions in the city on Tuesday, with low visibility and a max­imum temperature at the Observatory's headquarters of 34.9 degrees, constituting the hottest September day since 1963, when September 5 saw the same ­location record 35.2 degrees.

Comment: Temperatures around the world, like the weather, are becoming more extreme. See also:

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