The storm prevented the use of solar ovens for a potluck picnic, Stiller said."
snicker, snicker
At least the heavy rain gave the moonbats a nice cleansing.
Another one! Gawd, I love these things.
That is what they should have had as the title. That is the new dim talking point.
. . . and then our bongwater froze.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
If only the two dozen would watch the TV or listen to the radio or read the paper or the internet they would have a weather forecast available to them.
But all that is evil, corporate kind of stuff. Worthy of the greatest disdain.
I would have enjoyed this story a lot more if there were some pics of those nimrods standing out there carrying some signs with global warming slogans as the sleet is coming down.
Peace and Harmony Brothers!
Definition for "The Al Gore Effect": Any unusual weather event, especially weather normally associated with colder temperatures.
I vote for best headline of the month!
“The storm prevented the use of solar ovens for a potluck picnic, Stiller said.””
Can’t win them all, I guess.
God has a sense of humor.
LOL...of course, what’s their come back...weird weather is due to global warming...amazing they never talk of what the sun is doing...even mars is warmer due to the sun activity...
None too soon for them to claim that they have won the battle against Gorebal warming.
I can just imagine soaked to the skin hippies, wearing hemp pants and shirts shivering in the sleet.
Their solar ovens not warming their lentil casserole
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Water Management | Windmills | Recovery of land | The flooding | Delta Works | Schelde | Neeltje Jans |Water ManagementThe people of the Netherlands have in all times lived nearby the water and there have been many close encounters throughout the history. More than half of the area of the country is below the level of the Sea, the name of the country is obviously a result of this. About 60% of the 16 million population, live in these low areas, therefore an effective system of water control is needed to keep the land dry and habitable. In previous ice ages, the latest 180,000-130,000 years ago, Europe and parts of the Netherlands were covered with glacier ice and the surface of the sea were several metres below the level of today. Some 10,000 years ago, the temperature started to rise, the ice melted, the water in the oceans increased and the surface rose. The oldest natural dike is the line of dunes along the coast of Holland and Zeeland. They were created by heavy onshore wind and were about 10 metres high. Small plants and grass and their roots were enough to keep the sand that had been blown in from moving, and the dunes grew. The younger dunes were created between 12th and 17th centuries when the vegetation of the western coast were cut down and a major sand-drift started. The new sand covered the old dunes and shaped the younger dunes of today. Many cities, villages and roads in the Netherlands are habitable today because of these dunes. If they had not been there some areas would be impossible to live in. In those days much of present-day Netherlands were covered with water, for example the whole area above Amsterdam were filled with small lakes that were in direct connection to the sea. The first ones to build some kind of protection to hold the water back was the Frisians who settled in the northern areas more than 2000 years ago. They built their houses on hills called terpen. Around year 50 BC the powerful Roman Empire and their leader Julius Caesar started to move up north and made the river Rijn a natural northern border of their Empire. The Romans started to build roads and houses, but they also intrduced the first real hydraulic works. They built the first dam in the Rijn valley near Kleef. They also dug the first canals, the Vliet and Schie. Around the 10th century, inhabitants started to think about building something to keep the water from the sea away from their farms. These first dikes were low and simple and did not last very long. The abbeys started to work on the recovery of new land. They started the diking-in and created polders that had to be drained off. The technique of building dikes got better and in the 16th and 17th century many lakes could be dried. These projects were financed by rich traders and businessmen. When the polder was dry, they could make money on renting the piece of land to farmers. Between 1000 and 1953, there were no less than 111 serious and less serious floods in the western part of the Netherlands. |
 Storm surge barrier. source: Neeltje Jans |
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