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Heavy snowfall causes damage in Lao Cai, Vietnam

qdnd
talkvietnam.com
Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:39 UTC
Heavy snow has damaged large areas of crops while stopping traffic on many roads in Sa Pa district, the northwestern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

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thanhnien.com.vn
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Sa Pa, more than 100 hectares of chayote and another 100 hectares of flowers were buried under snow.

Thick ice also blocked about 10 kilometres of Highway 4D linking Lao Cai and Lai Chau provinces. Efforts have been made by local authorities to clear the roads.

Freezing temperatures have also forced more than 8,500 pre-school and primary school students to cease their schooling.

According to the Lai Chau Department of Education and Training, thousands of students in the hard-hit districts of Sin Ho, Phong Tho and Tam Duong have had to stay at home. Students in 63 schools in Sa Pa, including 20 nursery, 22 primary and 21 secondary schools, have been allowed to stay at home on December 16 and 17.
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Ice Cube

How the global warming whopper is being buried under a jillion pounds of Arctic ice

Michael Bastasch
The Daily Caller
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:46 UTC
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It was only five years ago in December that Al Gore claimed that the polar ice caps would be completely melted by now. But he might be surprised to find out that Arctic ice coverage is up 50 percent this year from 2012 levels.

"Some of the models suggest that there is a 75 percent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during some of the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years," Gore said in 2008.

The North Pole is still there, and growing. BBC News reports that data from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft shows that Arctic sea ice coverage was nearly 9,000 cubic kilometers (2,100 cubic miles) by the end of this year's melting season, up from about 6,000 cubic kilometers (1,400 cubic miles) during the same time last year.
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Igloo

The Arctic's stunning single year recovery! BBC reports there's 50% more Arctic Sea ice VOLUME this year!

P Gosselin
NoTricksZone
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:00 UTC
Arctic sea ice thickness
© BBC
Arctic sea ice thickness - late Oct 2013.
If the oceans have eaten the heat, then it certainly isn't to be found in the Arctic Ocean - that's for sure!

The Beeb has surprised today in reporting that Arctic sea ice VOLUME grew a stunning 50%, from 6000 cubic kilometers to approx. 9000 cubic kilometers, from 2012 to 2013, this according to measurements made by the Cryosat probe of the European Space Agency.

Yet another argument of the warmists is melting away.
Data from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft suggests there were almost 9,000 cu km of ice at the end of this year's melt season. This is close to 50% more than in the corresponding period in 2012.
Are sea ice models next in line to be embarrassed?
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Igloo

Saudi Arabian man has the best reaction to seeing snow for the first time

David O'Shaughnessy
entertainment.ie
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:30 UTC
It's hard to guess how people will react to encountering new, strange and foreign things.

We already saw this year a toddler cross paths with ice for the first time, and now this Saudi Arabian man's reaction to encountering never-before-seen snow just proves that this truly is the most wonderful time of the year.

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Eagle

Eagle influx doubles this year at Goldstream Park, BC, Canada

Christine van Reeuwyk
Victoria News
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:40 UTC
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Eagles abound in Goldstream park now through, hopefully, the new year
The eagles have landed in droves at Goldstream Provincial Park.

"Every year we have the eagles that come after the salmon run but this year there seems to be more than previous years," said park naturalist Bre Robinson.

The flock has more than doubled from the 65 last year to 158 counted today (Dec. 12).

They scan the park with binoculars as a head count, but figure there's even more.
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Snowflake

Israel blanketed with heaviest snowfall in 70 years


News.com.au
Mon, 16 Dec 2013 04:36 UTC
Snowstorm in Jerusalem
© Uriel Sinai Source: Getty Images
Cars sit stuck during a snowstorm on one of the two main highways to Jerusalem.
THE heaviest snowfall in decades has blocked roads across Israel and the West Bank, while torrential rains have flooded areas of the Gaza Strip.

The heavy snow, which stopped falling on Saturday afternoon, prompted Israeli authorities to interrupt the Jewish Sabbath to lay on relief trains.

Nationwide, some 30,000 households were without electricity, nearly 9,000 of them in Jerusalem, the Israel Electric Corp said.

Jerusalem city workers managed to clear most roads of drifting snow but appealed to residents to stay at home as fallen trees posed a persistent traffic hazard.

Few had ventured out, apart from observant Jews walking to synagogues.
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Snowflake Cold

Winter storm, frostbite warnings now in effect for Ottawa


CBC News
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:33 UTC
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Residents should get out the shovels as more snow will fall overnight in addition to freezing cold temperatures.
A winter storm warning has been issued for Ottawa, Gatineau and areas of eastern Ontario as at least 15 centimetres of snow are expected to fall starting this afternoon.

Environment Canada says there will be significant snowfall and blowing snow overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Drivers should expect bad road conditions.

This also comes after Ottawa Public Health issued a frostbite warning for Friday and Saturday. Officials expect the temperature to feel like - 35 degrees Celsius or colder due to the wind chill.
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Better Earth

Swedish study finds that earth was warmer in ancient Roman times and the Middle Ages than today

Michael Bastasch
The Daily Caller
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:01 UTC
medieval temp
If you think the Earth is hot now, try wearing plate armor in the Middle Ages.

A Swedish study found that the planet was warmer in ancient Roman times and the Middle Ages than today, challenging the mainstream idea that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main drivers of global warming.

The study, by scientist Leif Kullman, analyzed 455 "radiocarbon-dated mega-fossils" in the Scandes mountains and found that tree lines for different species of trees were higher during the Roman and Medieval times than they are today. Not only that, but the temperatures were higher as well.

"Historical tree line positions are viewed in relation to early 21st century equivalents, and indicate that tree line elevations attained during the past century and in association with modern climate warming are highly unusual, but not unique, phenomena from the perspective of the past 4,800 years," Kullman found. "Prior to that, the pine tree line (and summer temperatures) was consistently higher than present, as it was also during the Roman and Medieval periods."

Comment: See also: Tree-rings prove climate was warmer in Roman and Medieval times than it is now - and world has been cooling for 2,000 years

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Igloo

Flip-flopping climate science: In 1974 global cooling was called the "new norm" by the National Center for Atmospheric Research who blamed climate disasters on it


Real Science
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:16 UTC
This report was originally published in 1974:
Climate Change and its Effect on World Food

by Walter Orr Roberts Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

In February of 1972 earth-orbiting artificial satellites revealed the existence of a greatly increased area of the snow and ice cover of the north polar cap as compared to all previous years of space age observations. Some scientists believe that this may have presaged the onset of the dramatic climate anomalies of 1972 that brought far-reaching adversities to the world's peoples. Moreover, there is mounting evidence that the bad climate of 1972 may be the forerunner of a long series of less favorable agricultural crop years that lie ahead for most world societies. Thus widespread food shortages threaten just at the same time that world populations are growing to new highs. Indeed, less favorable climate may be the new global norm. The Earth may have entered a new "little ice age"

There are strong signs that these recent climate disasters were not random deviations from the usual weather, but instead signals of the emergence of a new normal for world climates.
Read the entire PDF here.
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Cloud Precipitation

Jerusalem: Tens of thousands without power as severe storm continues


The Times of Israel
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:29 UTC
snow jerusalem
© Ilan Ben Zion / Times of Israel
Snow in Jerusalem just after midnight Friday
Police tell Jerusalemites to stay home; electric corp. declares national state of emergency; IDF and police rescuing hundreds of travelers stranded near capital

The Israel Electric Corporation declared a nationwide state of emergency Friday as tens of thousands of homes in Jerusalem and the surrounding region remained without power amid the severe winter storm currently besieging the area.

The electric company said it was manning a situation room to receive reports of outages and was calling in emergency workers to help restore power to those affected in certain parts of Jerusalem, Mevasseret Zion, Har Adar, Abu Gosh and Tzur Hadassah where many power lines were hit by fallen trees.
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