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Siberian winds usher in record lows in Beijing
BEIJING
January 4, 2010


Snow chaos in China and Russia
Heavy snow brings Beijing to a virtual standstill, with large areas of China and Russia also affected.
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A FREEZING cold front swept over much of northern China on Sunday with snowstorms snarling traffic and air travel, while some of the coldest temperatures in decades were forecast for coming days.

Gale-force winds sweeping down from Siberia could result in temperatures as low as minus 16 degrees in the capital today, the Beijing meteorological station said.

Such temperatures are believed to be the coldest in the capital in 40 years.

Yesterday, major highways in Beijing and Tianjin, as well as in the surrounding provinces and regions of Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were closed due to the heavy snowfall.

Beijing Capital Airport said 120 departures had been postponed and 86 flights cancelled from late Saturday until mid-morning yesterday because of heavy snow and poor visibility.

Freezing temperatures have also hit Britain, which is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century.

Parts of Scotland have been under snow for nearly three weeks and temperatures are expected to drop to minus 16 degrees.

Meteorologists predicted the freezing snap will last until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating.

And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.

On New Year's Day 10 extreme weather warnings were in place, with heavy snow expected in northern England and Scotland.

The continued freezing temperatures did not signal bad news for everyone, however. CairnGorm Mountain said it has had its best Christmas holiday season in 14 years.

More than 15,000 skiers have used the resort since the start of December, compared with 2000 last year.

The cold weather comes despite the Met Office's long-range forecast, published in October, of a mild winter. That followed its earlier inaccurate prediction of a "barbecue summer", which was marked by heavy rainfall and the wettest July for almost 100 years.

Paul Michaelwaite, forecaster for NetWeather.tv, said: "It is looking like this winter could be in the top 20 cold winters in the last 100 years.''

A fleet of gritters in Perth, central Scotland, was grounded because of the cold, leaving roads untreated in temperatures of minus 10 degrees.

Perth and Kinross Council said the gritters were unable to leave the depot after the extreme weather led to difficulties in refuelling.

Perth resident Ian Thomson said: "I've heard of the rail companies blaming the wrong kind of snow and leaves on the line for disruption, but for the council to say it was too cold to get the gritters out is just ridiculous."

 

If the ice caps return can we go back to being a productive country?

 

Lisa will explain it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ8azBOGRgM

The rare case where Homer is the smarter one.

 

2020 Headlines:

علماء اليمن النضال لانتاج المزيد من غازات الاحتباس الحراري لإبقاء النار من خلال التجميد
(Yemen Scientists Struggle to Produce More Greenhouse Gases to Keep Hell From Freezing Over)

Worlds strongest government scientists are now meeting in the world headquarters located in Sana'a to determine where to build the worlds largest greenhouse gas generator.

 

Oh sh*t, It's man-bear-pig!

 

I ALWAYS lose that debate.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVfh7FFMXg&feature=player_embedded

hmmm venus is hotter due to carbon... do you think distance from the sun has anything to do with it.

It is all about wealth re-distribution. Just think when we are all poor we can choose anywhere in the world to live!

 

The problem arose when corporations and environmental interest groups started funding climate "science". It became very clear, very quickly, that research that did not produce the results the company/group funding it wanted would soon see its researchers without grants and out of work.

Global warming "science" has been usurped for political purposes and is no longer genuinely performed. If it WAS, scientists would be telling the truth: that predicting worldwide climate changes 10 to 30 years into the future is an absurd proposition when we can't accurately forecast local weather next week.

 

+1

 

Global warming is a scam. some companies have made billions from it.
In the 70's the scam was global cooling.....
The earth naturally fluctuates. 2,000 years ago i would be sitting under 300' of ice where i sit right now.

 

Thousands Protest Global Warming

 

just like healthcare reform, climate change has less to do with helping people or the enviroment and more to do with a few rich people at the top taking more control and making more money.

 

Just think how cold it would be if we all drove hybrids!

 

Bingo!

 

True healthcare reform would be about improving the service provided to the people and improving effectiveness of care.

The health "reform" that's been bandied about lately is none of that. It's an exercise in the health insurance lobby flexing its muscle on capitol hill to be granted a gift box by the government.

Healthcare reform is not an accurate name for what is currently occurring in DC. They should call it something else.


As for climate change, it is in fact occurring - always has, and I don't see how it's a problem. It's not like there's anything we can do to stop it.

There are excellent reasons to get off middle eastern oil, but they all have to do with US national security and economic benefits in the US. It has nothing to do with environmental impact.