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Date line Copenhagen: While world leaders were failing to reach agreement on what to do about global warming, Mother Nature was turning planet earth into one big deep freeze. Following are parts of three articles piling more ice on the idea that sea levels will rise and all that nonsense. Enjoy:
Record Setting Snowfall Across Oklahoma, Most Interstates Closed
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 9:12 PM PST
Posted on News9.com
OKLAHOMA CITY — “Thousands of Oklahomans remain without power as a massive winter storm blew through the state bringing record setting snowfall to a large part of central Oklahoma. Will Rogers World Airport reported receiving about 14 inches of snow.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said roads remain slick and hazardous, and they discourage travel Friday.
All interstates in the Oklahoma City Metro were closed due to weather Thursday but were reopened Friday. Numerous accidents and stranded vehicles are blocking all roadways.
Travel in western and southwestern parts of the state is strongly discouraged. Blizzard conditions in far western and southern counties have reduced visibility. Highways remain slick in the western two thirds of the state, and conditions continue to deteriorate.”
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2 feet for Christmas? You better watch out
A storm likely to hit on Wednesday could make this “the snowiest Christmas … in 30 years” – and be a pain for last-minute travelers.
By JIM FOTI and BILL McAULIFFE, Star Tribune staff writers
December 22, 2009
“A foot of snow for Christmas? Bah humbug.
“A large winter storm with the potential to dump a foot or more of snow is grinding its way toward Minnesota, and its arrival is likely to mess up travel plans, complicate last-minute errands and ensure a very white Christmas.
‘It’s not definite yet, but it has an uncanny resemblance to the East Coast storm last Saturday,’ meteorologist Paul Douglas posted Monday on his Facebook page. ‘I want to see one to two more computer runs, but this could be the snowiest Christmas for Minnesota in 30 years.’
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European weather deaths pass 100. Freezing weather brings death and disruption in Germany, Italy and across eastern Europe
Lizzy Davies guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 December 2009
“More than 100 people have been killed in the cold snap across Europe, with temperatures plummeting and snowfall causing chaos from Moscow to Milan.
In Poland, where temperatures have dropped to as low as -20C in some areas, police appealed for tip-offs about people spotted lying around outside. At least 42 people, most of them homeless, died over the weekend.
In Ukraine 27 people have frozen to death since the thermometer dropped last week. Authorities in Romania said 11 people had succumbed to the chill, and in the Czech Republic the toll was 12. In Germany, where temperatures have fallen to -33C in certain parts, at least seven people are known to have lost their lives in the freezing weather.
For millions of others across the continent, the cold snap has brought severe disruption, with flight cancellations and traffic jams thwarting pre-Christmas travel plans.
The resumption of Eurostar services brought some relief to passengers travelling between France, Belgium and England, but many trains across Europe were delayed or cancelled.
Airports were struggling to cope with icy runways, with Ryanair and Easyjet among several airlines to cancel some flights.
In Frankfurt, where snowfall prompted delays and cancellations, 3,000 people were forced to spend last night inside the terminals at the city’s main airport. ‘It is totally chaotic today … no one knows what’s going on – neither us nor the staff,’ Dorothee Schaefle, waiting in line, told Die Welt newspaper.
Roads were not exempt from the chaos. After a weekend that brought the heaviest snowfall in about 100 years, Moscow was gridlocked, with tailbacks snailing around the Russian capital.
In Italy, where winters are usually mild, motorways in the north-east were closed and the Ministry of Defence dispatched helicopters in Sicily to bring medical aid to those in need.
In Milan hundreds of soldiers worked through the night to clear the snow- and ice-covered streets.”
Posted by Jerry Pomeroy in Global Warming