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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: The Great Freeze Are You Prepared?


YouTube
Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:46 UTC
A worker helps remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024.
A worker helps remove snow from Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Jan. 14, 2024.
Looking at almost every forecast model, the Arctic air front moving across North America will trip off power grids from both Canada to the USA all drawing record electricity demand. We have not seen an event like this before and expect power outages. Repair parts for damaged infrastructure is far delayed because of shipping disruptions across the planet. Help is far away, you are on your own through this event.

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Igloo

Threat of rolling blackouts announced amid record cold in Canada, residents told to reduce power usage

Paula Tran
CBC
Sat, 13 Jan 2024 19:00 UTC
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The extreme cold drove up demand on the power grid prompting Alberta's energy operator to declare a grid alert. Sarah Offin reports.

A critical emergency alert was issued on Saturday evening urging Albertans to reduce electricity use to minimize potential outages across the province.

In an alert sent at around 6:36 p.m., the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) said extreme cold is resulting in high power demand across the province, which places the electricity grid at a high risk of rotating power outages.


Comment: Indeed, in the year of global boiling, record cold is putting a strain on systems across the northern Hemisphere. However, it's not just Earth Changes that are responsible here, Western governments have brought these energy and infrastructure issues about through their deindustrialisation 'green' agenda.


Comment: Much of the West is at increasing risk of rolling blackouts:

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Airplane

Over 2,000 flights canceled across US as major winter storms move in

Max Golembo, Morgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro and Melissa Griffin
abc7ny.com
Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:46 UTC
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Over 2,000 flights have been canceled nationwide Friday as the Midwest is pummeled by snow and the South and Northeast brace for rough weather of their own.

The Midwest and the Great Lakes are facing blizzard warnings on Friday.

Whiteout conditions, heavy snow, wind gusts up to 50mph and low visibility will continue through rush hour Friday night from Iowa to the Great Lakes, including Chicago.

Days ahead of Monday's Iowa caucuses, the National Weather Service in Des Moines is urging drivers to stay off the roads.

The weather is also crippling travel by road and air in Illinois.

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Snowflake Cold

UK's deadliest snow in history that killed 90,000 people, froze seas and saw food prices soar

Frances Kindon, Nia Dalton
Mirror
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:30 UTC
A shimmering wall of ice on one of the waterfalls on the Brecon Beacons in 1963
A shimmering wall of ice on one of the waterfalls on the Brecon Beacons in 1963
Dubbed the 'Big Freeze', the snowstorm of 1962 lasted three perilous months and took the lives of thousands of Brits as food prices soared and transport stopped running

The UK is facing its worst snowstorm in over a decade - but it still won't compare to the record-breaking Big Freeze when almost 90,000 excess winter deaths were reported.

Countless forecasting sites are warning Brits to prepare for winter weather hazards over the coming weeks, with blanketing snow and harsh overnight frosts expected across the country. The Met Office has refused to put exact figures on how much snow will come down, and where it will land, though the national weather agency predicts an "increasing risk" later in the week.

Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden believes the snow risk is greater than any year since 2010 and predicts the cold spell "will hold out for an extended period". "As well as the risk of snow, we will see harsh overnight frosts and the coldest temperatures dipping as low as -15C in the coldest parts of the country over the coming week," he told GB News.

But it will be nothing compared to the horror of 1962 and 1963 - the snowstorm that lasted for three solid months and claimed the lives of thousands. Temperatures plunged to -22C; planes, trains, lorries, and cars were grounded; schools were closed and people were trapped in their own homes as rivers, lakes, and even the sea froze over.

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Arrow Down

One person killed after avalanche roars through Lake Tahoe ski resort


Guardian
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:50 UTC
Rescues crews work at the scene of an avalanche at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe on Jan. 10, 2024 in Calif.
© Mark SponslerRescues crews work at the scene of an avalanche at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe on Jan. 10, 2024 in Calif.
An avalanche roared through a section of expert trails at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, sweeping up four people and killing one, as a major storm with snow and gusty winds moved into the region, authorities said.

The avalanche prompted Palisades Tahoe to close 30 minutes after it opened, and search crews combed the area to see if anyone was injured or trapped.

Sgt David Smith, a spokesperson for the Placer county sheriff, said hours later that one person, a man, had died. Another person suffered a lower leg injury and two others were treated for unspecified injuries and released, officials said.

Authorities said nobody else was missing.

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Snowflake

Deadly winter storm sweeping across the US


NBC News
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:51 UTC
A flock of turkeys crosses Forsberg Street in Worcester, Mass., after a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
© Allan Jung/Worcester Telegram & GazetteA flock of turkeys crosses Forsberg Street in Worcester, Mass., after a winter storm, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Millions are under severe weather alerts across the U.S. as freezing temperatures and heavy snow blankets parts of New Mexico to Iowa and multiple cities in the south are under tornado watches as storms move in along the Gulf Coast.

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Snowflake

With Anchorage's record-setting snow, officials say it's not a bad idea to shovel roofs

Wesley Early
Alaska Public Media
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:36 UTC
An ice dam forms on the roof of an Airport Heights home in Anchorage in 2023.
© Valerie Kern/Alaska Public MediaAn ice dam forms on the roof of an Airport Heights home in Anchorage in 2023.
Anchorage residents are wondering if they should shovel their roofs, with record-setting snow from November and December still sitting atop many homes in Alaska's largest city.

According to a city official and at least one private building inspector, that depends. But, they say, it's probably not a bad idea.

Current estimates put the snow load at a level lower than what most residential buildings in the city are built to withstand. But with several winter months still to come, there's the potential for more snow, and ice-damming on roofs is an already present concern.

"If it keeps snowing and the weight keeps accumulating, eventually we're going to hit that point where we're concerned about the weight," said Ross Noffsinger, Anchorage's Acting Building Official. "And at that point, we're going to issue a notice to the community that we're concerned about the weight."

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Ice Cube

Enchanting frozen waterfalls amaze visitors in China's Shandong province during record low temperatures


RT
Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:03 UTC
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A true winter wonderland, made of snow and ice, has been shaped by the stunning frozen waterfalls in Qingzhou, China's Shandong province.

The country has been facing a major cold spell with record low temperatures, that also helped nature create beautiful landscapes.


Comment: Related: Rare, extreme snowfall hits Shandong cities in east China

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Igloo

Winter storm threatens travel chaos on US east coast


Phys Org
Sat, 06 Jan 2024 18:28 UTC
East Coast Blizzard
© Phys OrgIn 2022 the US Northeast was battered by what authorities called the 'blizzard of the century'.
Forecasters warned on Friday that a deluge of snow and wintery conditions could bring travel chaos to the US northeast this weekend, with some 25 million people subject to a storm warning.

Several cities in the eastern United States including New York, the most-populous city in the country, have gone record periods without winter snowfall.

But the National Weather Service (NWS) said in a winter storm warning that "travel could be nearly impossible" in places over the weekend, threatening chaos for travelers returning from winter breaks.

The affected area stretches from just outside Boston, inland across the northeast through parts of New England down towards Baltimore and Washington, DC.

"This has the potential to be a real storm for the city," said Boston official Jascha Franklin-Hodge.

"The weather really will begin tomorrow evening into Sunday and hopefully let up in time for it to be taken care of before Monday commutes and Monday starts to school," said Boston's mayor Michelle Wu.

Ice was likely to cause power outages and fell trees, forecasters warned as winter storm Ember closed in on heavily populated areas.
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Snowflake Cold

Swedish snow chaos leaves 1,000 vehicles trapped on main E22 road

Ido Vock
BBC
Thu, 04 Jan 2024 12:30 UTC
Snow is cleared with wheel loaders as cars and trucks are recovered and people are evacuated with the Home Guard’s tracked vehicle at Ekeröd on the E22 between Hörby and Kristianstad in southern Sweden, Thursday, Jan. 4,
© Johan NilssonSnow is cleared with wheel loaders as cars and trucks are recovered and people are evacuated with the Home Guard’s tracked vehicle at Ekeröd on the E22 between Hörby and Kristianstad in southern Sweden, Thursday, Jan. 4,
People who got trapped in 1,000 vehicles in heavy snow for more than 24 hours have been evacuated, Swedish authorities say.

Rescuers worked through the night to free people stuck on the main E22 road in the Skane area of southern Sweden.

Many of those trapped were evacuated by rescue teams and told to return to their cars later.

The travel chaos occurred amid plummeting winter temperatures across the Nordic countries.

Extreme cold weather has hit parts of Sweden, Finland and Norway, and snow storms in Denmark have left drivers trapped on a motorway near Aarhus since Wednesday.

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