Australia – Dozens stranded as snow blankets Jenolan Caves
“The reason that these people got trapped was simple,” says Australian reader. “They kept getting told such events were a thing of the past…” * * * Around 80 people have been stranded in freezing...
View ArticleThree herdsmen die after heavy snowfall in South Africa
50 cm (20 inch) -deep snow blanketed the mountains. Three herdsmen died after heavy snowfall in the Tabase area in Joe Gqabi district last week. The good news is that the 45 other shepherds reported...
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Tax meat until it’s too expensive to eat, new UN report suggests
“Did you vote for these people to tell you how to live? And who will receive the tax and what will they use it for?” * * * Meat should be taxed at the wholesale level to raise the price and deter...
View ArticleSecond coldest August 2 on record in Vancouver BC
Tuesday was the coldest Aug. 2 since 1937. That’s when the temperature fell to a chilly 8.3 C, according to Environment Canada records. The high was an unseasonably low 16 C. The norm for this time of...
View ArticleSmallest French wheat harvest in at least a decade
Persistent rain the culprit. “In France, the situation has continued to deteriorate,” said Pierre Begoc of consultancy Agritel In late spring, torrential rain, unusually low sunshine levels and...
View ArticleNew Zealand coldest in more than a century
South Island temperatures set to smash record that has stood for more than one hundred years. Temperatures are forecast to plunge to minus 15C (5°F) across the South Island tonight, and drop even lower...
View ArticleBlizzard batters Hawke’s Bay New Zealand – Cold could break 144-year-old record
The worst still on the way. Record-setting cold expected overnight into Sunday, particularly in the South Island. Queenstown could break its all-time August winter low since records began in 1871. With...
View ArticleNew Zealand skiers and snowboarders frothing with joy
“After last year’s epic ‘record-breaking’ snowfalls, looks like Nature’s out to better herself yet again!” says reader. “All of us New Zealand snowboarders – and skiers – are frothing with joy.”...
View ArticleLesotho – Heaviest Snowfall in Two Decades
“If you are a herd boy who was born sometime since 1996, you would not have encountered such an extreme snowfall.” “You wouldn’t be accustomed to it or prepared.” said Stefan Grab, a professor at the...
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Clexit Creeps Closer
The great climate exit The “CLEXIT” Campaign (CLimate Exit) which originated in Australia was inspired by the Brexit decision of the British people to withdraw from the increasingly dictatorial EU...
View ArticleTwo climbers freeze to death on Matterhorn
Didn’t someone say all snow would be melted of the peak of the Alps by now? 7 Aug 2016 – The two climbers who called from a cell phone requesting a helicopter rescue have been found buried under a...
View ArticleHeavy snow for Mt Rainier
Forecast calls for snow both today and tomorrow … a “heavy fall of snow.” Monday (Aug 8th, 2016) Snow showers. Steady temperature around 22. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1...
View ArticleNew Zealand – One of lowest temperatures in last hundred years
Heavy snowfall leaves many areas isolated. Many parts of the island remained isolated after 50 to 70 cm (20 to 28 inches) of snow closed highways. Meanwhile, the temperature in the city of Queenstown,...
View ArticleMore than a meter of snow in New Zealand knocks out power for a week
“Help on way to Hawke’s Bay homes cut off by snow,” reads the headline. “Communities and farmers on the snow covered Taupo Plains are being warned to expect to be without power for more than a week....
View ArticleTwo climbers freeze to death on Matterhorn
Didn’t someone say all snow would be melted of the peak of the Alps by now? 7 Aug 2016 – The two climbers who called from a cell phone requesting a helicopter rescue have been found buried under a...
View ArticleHeavy snow for Mt Rainier
Forecast calls for snow both today and tomorrow … a “heavy fall of snow.” Monday (Aug 8th, 2016) Snow showers. Steady temperature around 22. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1...
View ArticleNew Zealand – One of lowest temperatures in last hundred years
Heavy snowfall leaves many areas isolated. Many parts of the island remained isolated after 50 to 70 cm (20 to 28 inches) of snow closed highways. Meanwhile, the temperature in the city of Queenstown,...
View ArticleMore than a meter of snow in New Zealand knocks out power for a week
“Help on way to Hawke’s Bay homes cut off by snow,” reads the headline. “Communities and farmers on the snow covered Taupo Plains are being warned to expect to be without power for more than a week....
View ArticleThe number one risk to Earth – Video
Ben Davidson begins by describing the Carrington Event of 1859, a huge coronal mass ejection. If such a gigantic solar flare should CME today could easily shut down power grids He moves on to explain...
View ArticleNZ snowstorm leaves central North Island looking like a “war zone”
“Snow-hit power lines could take weeks to fix,” says Radio New Zealand. “We’re dealing with a metre of snow in some of those cross country areas,” said Unison power company spokesperson Danny Gough....
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