? Kitani Mohabbat Hai - Episode # 99 | Main | Plague, 1898 ?
December 20, 2009
Only an energy inefficient Canada can save us now
Crank up your SUVs, the encoldening continues.
Peolple (sic) are seen on the beach covered by snow in Nice, southeastern France, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009. Temperature is 3 degrees celcius (37,2 Farenheit).
Also.
As the winter storm charges north, snow continues to fall at a rate of about two inches an hour in the Washington area, crippling major roads and forcing some significant mass transit shutdowns.
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In New York City, where snow has been measured in Central Park since 1869, only two storms have produced more than two feet of snow, the most recent occurring in February 2006. Jeffrey Tongue, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service based in Upton, N.Y., said that about a foot and a half could fall in Central Park.
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In New York City, where snow has been measured in Central Park since 1869, only two storms have produced more than two feet of snow, the most recent occurring in February 2006. Jeffrey Tongue, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service based in Upton, N.Y., said that about a foot and a half could fall in Central Park.
It is the reverse of the Emperor's new clothes. Our farcical version has Emperor Obama wearing snowpants while his courtiers insist global warming means he is really prancing around naked as the day he was born.
(hold for a long beat)
You see how I restrained myself there with that last thing? I could have added "in Kenya" or something else inflammatory but didn't.
Update: Also.
Air passengers are facing delays and cancellations as freezing temperatures and heavy snow sweep across Britain and much of Northern Europe.
All flights into and out of Manchester airport have been put on hold as staff clear runways of snow and ice.
All flights into and out of Manchester airport have been put on hold as staff clear runways of snow and ice.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 20, 2009 09:28 AM
