Thought you ought to know...

 

Winter report from Europe...
Holland to be exact... Global warming on the increase?

After almost six weeks of uninterrupted snow, ice, sleet and hail,
supplies of road grit are almost completely exhausted.
Several provinces, including North Holland, are only gritting main roads
and bus lanes. The authorities hope that the shortage of road grit will
not lead to entire areas being cut-off from the rest of the world.

It's far colder now than it was when the weather took a turn for the
worse in December. The snow is sticking to the ice-cold asphalt and many
roads are dangerously slippery. During the Monday morning rush hour,
dozens of motorists in the centre of the country gave up and parked on
the verge because it was just too dangerous to continue.

Monday’s rush hour was a record breaker - the 500 kilometres of
tailbacks and traffic jams made it the busiest since the beginning of
winter. Monday morning was also one of the busiest days on the roads
ever. This week saw a rare weather event as well - an Arctic depression
and storm, accompanied by lightning and temperatures of -40 degrees
Celsius, hovered over the sea just off the Dutch coast. The last time
that happened was in 1979.

*Incidents
*Fortunately, there haven’t been many serious incidents. Just one person
has been killed in a weather-related incident since winter set in with a
vengeance. Other countries, including Poland, Great Britain and Germany,
have reported numerous weather-related deaths.

The first few days of snow and freezing temperatures caused havoc on the
railways but the trains appear to have become accustomed to the cold and
although the rail companies aren't running as many trains as normal,
most of them are running almost on time.

*Limits
*Many people appear to have reached their psychological limit, not only
because of the daily problems but also because they have finally
realised that the cold and ice is going to stick around for quite a long
while. The joy that greeted the first flurries of snow and the news that
the Netherlands would have its first white Christmas for decades has
long gone.

Meteorologists say January was the coldest month so far this century and
the first with an average temperature below zero. Weather experts are
also predicting that the snow and ice will continue for the coming week.

*Trends
*Ever increasing numbers of people are wondering whether this is the
beginning of a trend instead of an unusual event. People are wondering
whether winter weather records will be broken, year after year after
year and if the sight of pack ice drifting ashore along the banks of the
IJsselmeer will become ordinary.

It is quite likely that it will become quite ordinary to hear people
complaining about the weather and longing for a return to the good old
days of the late 20th century, when the winters were short and mild.

Bring back global warming I reckon Think warm feel cold?

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Jonno wrote:

Yep, fits right in.

 

On 8/02/2010 2:20 AM, Terryc wrote:

Show me....You know it doesnt.
It creates problems for the supposed increase in temperature.
The ABC greenies keep coming up with old weather reports of late.
How many greenies does it take to take over the world?
Its not going to have world to take over if they dont wake up to themselves.
But their swimming pools will be nicely heated.
Washington snowed in under two foot of snow.Europe starting its own ice
age, scientists guessing and using any numbers from anyone to try
convince people who dont believe their snake oil salesman ship.
Polar bears eating their young. A well known naturologist reported a few
weeks ago that male bears will do that normally.

 

PC wrote:

Nope, Global Warming really means that the amount of energy flowing n
the global climate has increased, Therefore we are more likely to
encounter weather EXTREMES. GW does not, counter to popular belief mean
increased temeperature, or even increased average temeperatures.

 

Terryc wrote:

Sure does  :-)

For a multi-alias propagandist who doesn't understand the difference between
climate and weather.

D