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Heavy snowfall in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska is collapsing buildings

Keith Ridler
The Seattle Times
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:17 UTC
The Partners Produce facility in Payette, Idaho, collapsed under the weight of snow.
© Jason BrainerdThe Partners Produce facility in Payette, Idaho, collapsed under the weight of snow.
The accumulated weight of snow has crushed a lumber mill in Oregon, the grocery store in a small Idaho town, a sports complex in Alaska and a conference center in Colorado, among others.

For buildings in parts of the snow-covered U.S. West, it has become a winter where the weak do not survive.

The accumulated weight of snow has crushed an old lumber mill in Oregon, the main grocery store in a small Idaho town, a sports complex in Alaska and a conference center in Colorado, among others.

The snow has led to some injuries and at least one death, when the roof of a woman's snow-laden porch in northern Idaho fell while she was underneath it, officials say. Authorities fear more collapses will come.

Storms this month have blanketed the West and kept dumping more snow on top of it. Experts say the rare combination of greater snowfall at lower elevations and prolonged cold temperatures that allowed the snow to accumulate without melting away is partly to blame for the collapses.
Snow sits on the collapsed roof of The Dome, a 180,000-square foot indoor sports facility in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday after the roof collapsed in a snowstorm.
© Mark ThiessenSnow sits on the collapsed roof of The Dome, a 180,000-square foot indoor sports facility in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday after the roof collapsed in a snowstorm.
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New record for snowfall on Mammoth Mountain, California

Jerry Rice
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:22 UTC
The top part of a structure peeks through the snow in Mammoth Lakes, which is experiencing a record-breaking month for snowfall.
© Peter Morning/MMSAThe top part of a structure peeks through the snow in Mammoth Lakes, which is experiencing a record-breaking month for snowfall.
After a weekend storm that dumped nearly 6 feet of fresh powder at Mammoth Mountain, the resort announced today that this is the snowiest month ever at Mammoth — and that's with a week remaining in January.

Since New Year's Day, 241 inches of new snow has fallen at Main Lodge, where the records are kept. That easily surpasses the previous record of 209 inches, which was tallied in December 2010.

The latest storm brought the season total to 344 inches, a welcome turn-around from recent drier-than-normal winters. While last year brought 354 inches of fresh powder, according to the website, On the Snow, the most Mammoth received any winter from 2012-15 was 233 inches.

"All the snow this month can get a little tiresome, but I want to find the guy who did the right snow dance and pay him a lot and package him somehow," said Shields Richardson, the mayor of Mammoth Lakes who also owns the Side Door Cafe and Mammoth Village Properties with his wife, Kathy.


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Record snowfall across Southcentral, Alaska

Melissa Frey
KTVA
Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:06 UTC
Snow chart
The latest round of snow across southcentral Alaska is setting new records. The snow started falling in Anchorage around 6 p.m. Friday and continued to fall through Saturday night. As of 9 p.m., 12 inches of snow had fallen at the National Weather Service office in west Anchorage, with more on the way.

Most of the Anchorage Bowl picked up between 11 and 13 inches. This set a new record for the most snow ever recorded on Jan. 21 since records began in the early 1950s. The previous record was 3.8 inches in 1981.

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Snowflake

Heavy snowfall strands more than 300 vehicles in Tottori, Japan


The Straits Times
Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:26 UTC
Vehicles stuck after heavy snow blanketed the town of Chizu in Tottori prefecture yesterday. Japanese troops were mobilised to help dig out the vehicles.
© ReutersVehicles stuck after heavy snow blanketed the town of Chizu in Tottori prefecture yesterday. Japanese troops were mobilised to help dig out the vehicles.
Japan's military was mobilised yesterday to help dig out more than 200 vehicles stuck in heavy snow, officials said.

Western Japan's Tottori prefecture has seen heavy snowfall since Monday night with a record 1m accumulating in one town.

Tottori Governor Shinji Hirai had requested the military aid early yesterday.

"In addition to 28 personnel who arrived in the early morning, 33 more are on the way," Mr Daisuke Amano of the prefecture's disaster prevention unit told Agence France-Presse.

He said there were about 240 cars unable to move at 7.30am. "The majority of them had been stuck since Monday evening."

But after troops arrived to help clear snow, the number of affected vehicles was reduced to about 100, the prefecture said.

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Record waves, rain and snow across U. S. West Coast but NOAA forecasts drought

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:12 UTC
Surfers enjoy the large waves at the entrance to Santa Barbara, Calif., harbor Saturday morning, Jan. 21, 2017. A winter storm is bringing much higher than usual waves to the area.
© Santa Barbara County Fire Department Surfers enjoy the large waves at the entrance to Santa Barbara, Calif., harbor Saturday morning, Jan. 21, 2017. A winter storm is bringing much higher than usual waves to the area.
Record winds, waves, rain and snow sweep across the west coast of USA once more, now in its fourth installment of winter 2017.

All along NOAA calling for drought.

Additionally 152 MPH gusts across peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains, but just two weeks ago 172 MPH gusts, what is happening to our worlds weather?


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Snow, blizzards reported in 10 Iran provinces


Financial Tribune
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:29 UTC
Snow in Iran
© Financial Tribune
Snow and blizzards during the past few days in 10 provinces have affected transport and power supply in the towns and villages.

"Provinces of West Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, North Khorasan, Khuzestan, Fars, Qazvin, Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad, Lorestan and Mazandaran have been hit by severe snowfall and blizzards," said Morteza Salimi, head of the Relief and Rescue Organization at the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

Close to 740 people were provided relief and 156 trapped vehicles were rescued. Also, emergency shelters were provided to 107 people, he said, Salamat News reported.
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Snow isolates 12 municipalities from outside world and each other in Algeria

Robert Felix
Ice Age Now
Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:14 UTC
Snow in Algeria
Snow besieging northern Laghouat

Continued snowfall overnight on the northern side of Laghouat cut off all roads in 12 municipalities, leaving them isolated from the outside world and each other.

Also, travel by hundreds of passengers on buses, cars and trucks has been halted due to the interruption of roads by the snow and many landslides.

Snow in Algeria
Electricity, mobile phone networks and water is cut off some municipalities Kpldah Haj Mashri.

Authorities have mobilized all gear available to open the roads, and to shelter and feed the hundreds of stranded travelers.

Comment:
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Photos of record snowfall at Squaw Valley ski resort, California; 70% of usual winter total already


squawalpine.com
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 14:02 UTC
An impressive amount of snowfall has covered our Lake Tahoe ski resort in a beautiful blanket of white. Check out the latest photos!

The average snowfall over the past 45 years through the end of January is 176 inches. As of today, we have 141 more inches than the average and are 180% ahead.
The average snowfall over the past 45 years through the end of January is 176 inches. As of today, we have 141 more inches than the average and are 180% ahead.
Our season snow total has now climbed to 317
Our season snow total has now climbed to 317" and it's only January 20, 2017!
The average annual snowfall for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is 450 inches. As of January 20, 2017, we are at 70% of average for the entire winter.
The average annual snowfall for Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is 450 inches. As of January 20, 2017, we are at 70% of average for the entire winter.
The average number of days in a season is 175. We are 57 days into the season (or 33%) and have 70% of average snowfall for the entire winter.
The average number of days in a season is 175. We are 57 days into the season (or 33%) and have 70% of average snowfall for the entire winter.
Over the past 45 years, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows' January snowfall has averaged 70 inches. With 212 inches in the first 20 days of 2017, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is already at 305% of the January average.
Over the past 45 years, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows' January snowfall has averaged 70 inches. With 212 inches in the first 20 days of 2017, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is already at 305% of the January average.
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What New England's '1816 Mackerel Year' can tell us about climate change

Sumayah Aamir
I4UNews
Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:48 UTC
Hundreds of articles have been written regarding the biggest volcanic eruption which took place in Indonesia. This was in Mt. Tambora and took place over 200 years ago on the historic timeline.

One of the effects of this natural explosion on the surrounding climate and ecosystem is extant even now and needs to be brought into the awareness of the public. A few distinguished environmentalists and scientists managed to offer a study on the matter which got published in a journal recently.

1816 mackerel fishing
© NOAA Library, Silver Spring, Md.Penobscot Bay fishermen cleaning mackerel near their saltwater farm. The shore mackerel fishery documented in Alexander and colleagues' paper lasted for over 100 years.
The eruption of Mt. Tambora led to the fish and fisheries in the surrounding waters to undergo a high degree of disturbance. The study which took place regarding this was almost a forensic one. The eruption had effects on New England, Europe, China and many other places for almost a year and a half. Proof of this devastation and destruction was searched for on home ground. Such data as was forthcoming from fish exports, weather reports, dam development and town planning was collated and tabulated in complex patterns to get to the bottom of the anomaly that had taken place due to a natural process.

Comment: To read a treatise about the importance of seeing reality over illusion, seeking the truth over lies, then this book is a must read: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.

Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection
Review: "Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection"

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More than triple average January snowfall breaks records at California ski resort

Robert
Ice Age Now
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 14:44 UTC
Snow in Squaw Alpine
© Via Twitter@squawalpine
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resor in Lake Tahoe, California, has broken the snow record for ANY month in 45 years of its existence:

Until now, the biggest snowfall was 202 inches, which came in March 2011. So far this January - 212 inches. That's more than 17 ft (more than 5 meters).

Until now, January snowfall has averaged "only" 70 inches.

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