Link here with some incredible photos.
Unrelenting snowfalls have caused unprecedented chaos in Russia. Over the past week, the country has seen scores of traffic accidents, flight delays and, in some cases, the complete isolation of some remote settlements and towns.Flashback from East Anglia who started all this:
Climate expert Dr David Viner, who until recently worked at Britain’s world-renowned Climatic Research Unit at the 'famed' University of East Anglia, in 2000 in the Independent made the expert prediction that snow would soon become a “rare and exciting event.”And so it goes. I have nothing to add. Comments? Send them to Dr Viner.
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said. [Show the children the photos at the link above.]
When asked again a few days ago if he still stuck by his prediction he said Yes". ‘We’ve had three weeks of relatively cold weather, and that doesn’t change anything. ‘This winter is just a little cooler than average, and I still think that snow will become an increasingly rare event.’
Mother Nature gets last bats.
ReplyDeleteAgree 100%. Apparently she (Mother Nature) is upset because she was not invited to the most recent global warming conference.
DeleteRussia was the 127th signatory. From wiki:
"With Russia's ratification the "55 percent of 1990 carbon dioxide emissions of the Parties included in Annex I" clause was satisfied and the treaty brought into force, effective 16 February 2005."
Lots of good that did them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265333/Big-freeze-4-days-Chaos-roads-rail-runways-worse-snow-returns.html
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Visibility is so bad, some drivers are driving on the wrong side of the road.
ReplyDeleteanon 1
I was stationed in England for almost a decade off and on in my USAF career. Shortly after arriving I notices folks were driving on the wrong side of the wrong. More than once I tried to show them the correct side of the road, but it only resulted in near-disasters.
DeleteThat taught me a lot about human nature, and teaching old dogs new tricks.