Records shatter as arctic weather grips Europe

ap on San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 1/24/06 | William J. Kole - ap

[NormsRevenge]

BBBBRRRrrrrrr!!!

[AngryJawa]

Bush's Fault (TM)

[NormsRevenge]

A female skier enjoys the panorama from the top of the Mattjisch Horn mountain (2460 m above sea level) in the Swiss canton of Grisons, Monday, Jan. 23, 2006. The bitter cold seizing Russia held its grip into a second week Monday, and severe freezing spread into much of Europe. More than 50 people have been reported killed by the cold wave in Russia, and scores of victims were recorded elsewhere in Europe over the weekend. (AP Photo/Keystone, Arno Balzarini)

[Restorer]

Fahrenheit or Celsuis? Article doesn't say.

[trisham]

Is it getting colder or warmer? I keep forgetting.

[coloradan]

Global Warming!! (First?)

[boomop1]

Just in time for Algore's book, remember he was at a gw meeting on the coldest day of the year.

[NormsRevenge]

article also on wire as

Deadly Cold Wave Sweeps Across Europe

[dfwgator]

and a zoo moved its penguins indoors Tuesday

You know it's cold when they have to move penguins indoors.

[Cyclopean Squid]

And in other news: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyid=2006-01-24T174509Z_01_N24233070_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-GORE.xml&rpc=22

What a sense of timing! He should be a comedian (instead of a mere jester).

[edgrimly78]

I heard that they gave monkeys in the Russian zoo three glasses of wine per day to keep them warm.

[Mr. K]

IT MUST BE GLOBAL WARMING!!!

[DuncanWaring]

There's a reference to "32", so I think it's Fahrenheit.

[Chi-townChief]

Somehow, they'll say it's global warming.

[NormsRevenge]

A woman is engulfed by steam from an underground ventilation system while walking in a Bucharest, Romania, street on a very cold morning Monday Jan. 23, 2006. At least three people have died after temperatures plunged as low as minus 25 Celsius (minus 13 Fahrenheit) in northeastern Romania, local news agencies reported Monday.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

[Little Bill]

A normal winter in my part of NH, I would hate to live in real bad weather, Maine or Cunukistan.

[Restorer]

I gathered as much, but when you're writing an article in a country that uses one system about weather in an area where they use the other system, you might want to make it clear.

Which the author didn't.

I especially liked the part about penguins freezing their feet. Didn't they see the movie?

[Doogle]

it's global warming ,it's global warming....wait...????
we need more coal we need more coal....wait...too dirty..???
we need more nuclear power, we need more nuclear power...wait...???...the Iranian thing...we need more fur coats...nah nah...we need more russian oil, we need more russian oil...(anyone wanna bet they still didn't get enough air conditioners for this summer?)

[AngryJawa]

This is the cooling...caused by the warming...which is caused by...

Dick Cheney

8^)

[magslinger]

I heard that they gave monkeys in the Russian zoo three glasses of wine per day to keep them warm.

How much wine do they normally drink at home in France?