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Snowflake Cold

NOAA said in 1974 global cooling to starve the planet; freezing smog engulfs Europe

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Sat, 04 Feb 2017 17:23 UTC
Poking out of the rock-hard ground and covered in snow, these Spanish vegetables haven't made it to our supermarket shelves
Poking out of the rock-hard ground and covered in snow, these Spanish vegetables haven't made it to our supermarket shelves
NOAA came out in 1974 and said get ready that a new cooling era on Earth will starve the population, then along comes the once in a 3000 year Grand Solar Maximum delaying what was thought a beginning of a new Little Ice Age in the late 1970's. Now its back, the cooling has begun, vegetable rationing in Europe from cold, New Zealand temperatures drop 1C and freezing smog engulfs Europe.


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Arrow Down

2 avalanches kill at least 10 in Chitral, Pakistan; snowfall breaks 20-year record


The Express Tribune
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:19 UTC
Representative image
Representative image
At least nine people, including women and children, were killed when an avalanche struck in Chitral during wee hours of Sunday.

According to administration officials, three houses were completely buried in the snow and 19 others were affected in Karimabad Valley. Most of the families have been evacuated.

The district administration official told The Express Tribune that Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) had called for helicopter services from the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as the area remained inaccessible due to heavy snow in the last 48 hours.
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Snowflake

Unprecedented snow claims over 40 lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan also affected

Shadi Khan Saif
Anadolu Agency
Sun, 05 Feb 2017 08:53 UTC
Unprecedented snow claims over 40 lives in Afghanistan, Pakistan also affected February 2017
A park in Kabul is blanketed in snow
Sunday declared a public holiday as unprecedented snowfall blocks roads, delays domestic and international flights

Over 40 people have been confirmed dead on Sunday as snowstorms wreak havoc on various parts of Afghanistan, prompting the government to declare Sunday a public holiday.

The unprecedented snow in a decade has led to the closure of main highways leaving many people stranded, out of power and other supplies.

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Red Flag

Vegetable rationing after extreme weather devastates European crops

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Sat, 04 Feb 2017 07:57 UTC
Europe vegtables rationing
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European agriculture has been decimated with at least 80% losses which have led to black market sales of produce, rationing, shortages, collapsed greenhouse facilities and bankruptcy for farmers. The losses are beyond epic and this is what is expected in the new grand solar minimum, but the media brushes it away saying its bad weather in Europe.

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Igloo

Freak weather - It's snowing in the UAE!


RT
Fri, 03 Feb 2017 22:58 UTC
Snowing in the UAE
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is known for its desert climate and year-round sunshine, but freak weather conditions have covered part of it in snow. And as if that wasn't weird enough, heavy winds also caused a crane to collapse, sparking a fire.

One person was injured in the blaze following the crane collapse on Dubai's busy Sheikh Zayed Road, according to officials cited by AFP.

Three vehicles were also destroyed in the fire.
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Snowflake

Freak weather in Spain leaves devastated salad crops and leads to rationing of vegetables in UK supermarkets

Charlie Moore
Daily Mail
Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:49 UTC
Poking out of the rock-hard ground and covered in snow, these Spanish vegetables haven't made it to our supermarket shelves
Poking out of the rock-hard ground and covered in snow, these Spanish vegetables haven't made it to our supermarket shelves
Poking out of the rock-hard ground and covered in snow, these Spanish vegetables haven't made it to our supermarket shelves.

Shops are rationing greens after snow and storms in the Mediterranean have caused shortages which will last until April.

Stunning pictures from Murcia in southern Spain capture the scale of the problem as whole fields of broccoli and lettuce lie buried in snow.
Shops are rationing greens after snow and storms in the Mediterranean have destroyed crops causing shortages which will last until April
Shops are rationing greens after snow and storms in the Mediterranean have destroyed crops causing shortages which will last until April
Spain supplies more than 50 per cent of Europe's vegetables during the winter. Pictured: Snow covers a tractor near Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia, Spain
Spain supplies more than 50 per cent of Europe's vegetables during the winter. Pictured: Snow covers a tractor near Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia, Spain
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Record warmth: Longest time Washington D.C. above freezing in January since 1872

Angela Fritz
Washington Post
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 07:09 UTC
Washington DC
© Erik CoxA sunny, mild day in the capital.
It's nothing compared to D.C.'s record-warm December in 2015 — when the daffodils were blooming and people wore short-sleeve T-shirts on Christmas — but so far, this month has been hovering in uncharted territory, as well.

It's not a sexy record, but it's a significant one. As of Friday morning, the city has had 16 days above 32 degrees, which is the longest span of time it's been above freezing in January since records began in D.C. in 1872.


January is supposed to be the coldest time of the year, but the weird-weather spell is yet another warm milestone for the capital, all of which have occurred since 2010.

So far, this January has an average temperature of 41.9 degrees, which is the second-warmest January since 2000 and the 12th-warmest overall.
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Snowflake Cold

Groundhog Day 2017: Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, 6 More Weeks of Winter

Eric Chaney
The Weather Channel
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:23 UTC
groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil
© AP Photo/Keith SrakocicIn this Feb. 2, 2016, photo, Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather-predicting groundhog. In 2017, Phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on Thursday morning, predicting six more weeks of winter during Groundhog Day festivities at Gobbler's Knob, a small hill just outside Phil's hometown.

Members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle revealed Phil's forecast by poem, as is tradition.

"It's mighty cold weather, you've been braving," this year's verse read. "Is it more winter or is it spring that you're craving? Since you've been up all night and starting to tottle, I, Punxsutawney Phil, shall not dawdle," the proclamation read. "My faithful followers, I could clearly see a beautiful, perfect shadow of me. Six more weeks of winter, it shall be!"

Records dating to 1887 show Phil predicting more winter 102 times while forecasting an early spring just 18 times — including last year, the AP reports. There are no records for the remaining years.
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Binoculars

Rarely seen Arctic gull turns up at Tupper Lake, New York

Larry Master
Adirondack Almanack
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:42 UTC
Ross's Gull
© Ian Lewington.Ross's Gull
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, some carpenters working at Jack Delehanty's home in Tupper Lake put out on the ice some entrails and egg skeins from walleyes they had caught. The next day Jack noticed an unfamiliar bird picking at the walleye eggs. Jack consulted with his sister, Alex, and their mother, Charlcie Delehanty, a longtime birder, and they were also puzzled. Alex then sent me pictures and video they had taken to see if I could identify the bird. That night, I realized it was a first-year Ross's gull, an incredibly rare vagrant from the Arctic.

Thanks to the internet, my news of the Ross's gull reached the birding community within hours, and hundreds of birders from all over the country and Canada soon flocked to Tupper Lake (and Jack's home!) to see the bird, which has been hanging out much of the time near the Tupper Lake boat launch and the causeway near the bridge over the Raquette River. This bird has provided a small but significant economic boost to the Tupper Lake community as hundreds of visiting birders have bought food and gas and occasionally spent the night. A similar appearance of this species in Newburyport, Massachusetts attracted thousands of birders from around the country.


Comment: See also: Rare high Arctic gull turns up in Half Moon Bay, California

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Snowflake Cold

Russian ice breakers stuck in the Arctic, yachts over underwater volcanoes

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Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:42 UTC
Vessels Kapitan Dranitsyn and Admiral Makarov ‘marooned’ in east for the rest of winter after getting trapped off Chukotka.
Vessels Kapitan Dranitsyn and Admiral Makarov ‘marooned’ in east for the rest of winter after getting trapped off Chukotka.
Russian Ice Breakers stuck in unexpectedly and unusually thick sea ice, but they we were told the sea ice is disappearing. Private yacht sails through floating pumice and then after see an underwater volcano where they sailed over. New Zealand Herald, epic article as a case study into "Warm Weather Media Bias"


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