Posted on 02/14/2007 5:52:08 AM PST by bamahead
Snow-laden western New York braced for another wintery onslaught Wednesday as storms closed schools, menaced motorists and knocked out power in communities from the Midwest to the Northeast. The storms were blamed for at least one death in Ohio.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer activated elements of the state Army National Guard to assist in removing the massive amounts of snow in Oswego County on Lake Ontario and to prepare for other missions as needed.
Last Thursday, the governor declared a state disaster emergency for Oswego County and other areas battered by lake-effect snows since Feb. 2.
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U.S. House lawmakers canceled a morning subcommittee meeting on global warming as the mammoth snowstorm that has caused chaos across the Midwest headed east. The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing entitled "Climate Change: Are Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Human Activities Contributing to a Warming of the Planet?" will be rescheduled at a later time, the committee announced.
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funny unless you're in the middle of it.
also - posted several times already.
Here in the midwest we just kinda ignore the storms and get on with our day.
Dang globalwarmin' ..it ain't supposed to get above 60 here in Tucson today!
Perfect. Maybe they should try Washington in August to dramatize their point. And turn off the air conditioning to reduce their carbon footprint. Maybe bicycle to the office that morning.
Aren't "they" changing the term "Global Warming" to "Climate Change"? ; )
I guess they are tired of being constantly proved wrong by Mother Nature. ; )
Aren't "they" changing the term "Global Warming" to "Climate Change"?
Good point!
You just can't make this stuff up.....14 F degrees of Global Warming here in SE Tennessee this AM with fluffy little white thingy's floating down from the sky.....
Better put it off until August. Nobody's going to take their Global Warming propaganda seriously in the dead of Winter!
And, why is it, again, that global warming is a bad thing?
This reminds me more of the winter of '77.
Robert Kennedy, Jr., is praising Hugo Chavez for heating oil for the poor that they would not need if the temperature in Massachusetts were warmer. In fact, he even suggests the Connie Mack from Florida import his poor to a warmer climate.
I love the timing of these storms and global warming conferences and such. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?
Montreal Global Warming Summit 2005 during Coldest December in 100 years!
Earth Mother is refusing to cooperate!
Pictures of Oswego Country from the local Syracuse news site.
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8adbcb60-ee6d-4c36-b85a-49a90d13fb86
Yup, the "Al Gore Effect" has struck again.
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