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Johannesburg Gets First Snow Since 1981(And Al Gore is no where to be heard.LOL)
VOA News/AP/REUTERS ^ | June 27,2007 | staff

Posted on 06/27/2007 5:35:36 PM PDT by kellynla

The first measureable snowfall in almost 26 years has blanketed Johannesburg, South Africa, closing roads, delaying flights and claiming at least one life.

Weather officials say as many as 10 centimeters of snow fell over the area Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Children were seen playing in area parks, while others were saving snowballs as souvenirs of the fast-melting snow.

The officials say the last recorded snowfall for the area was in September of 1981. Temperatures Wednesday dipped below freezing in several areas.

Aviation officials say flights at Johannesburg (O.R. Tambo) International airport were delayed for up to three hours while planes were de-iced.

Emergency officials say they found a homeless man dead in Johannesburg's city center. They say the man died from exposure.

Several major roads were closed due to the snow, but transportation officials have reported only minor accidents.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarming; snow; weather
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1 posted on 06/27/2007 5:35:39 PM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla

Gore is scratching his head about snow in summer.


2 posted on 06/27/2007 5:38:30 PM PDT by dighton
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To: kellynla

That’s why they had to change it to Global Climate Change......to cover all bases.


3 posted on 06/27/2007 5:39:13 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there are bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
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To: kellynla

Thought I heard Australia has had the coldest June day on record.


4 posted on 06/27/2007 5:40:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: dighton

“Gore is scratching his head about snow in summer”

LOL


5 posted on 06/27/2007 5:41:32 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: dighton

Especially when it is winter down there?


6 posted on 06/27/2007 5:41:49 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

snort....oh sure, point out the obvious. Oh wait. Maybe someone missed that little fact.


7 posted on 06/27/2007 5:43:43 PM PDT by tongue-tied
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Especially when it is winter down there?

I know that, and you know that, but don’t bet your bottom dollar that our warming expert does.

8 posted on 06/27/2007 5:44:16 PM PDT by dighton
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To: kellynla

I was in Jo’burg earlier this month ... night time temperatures were in the low 40’s. Snow is very unusual ...


9 posted on 06/27/2007 5:44:54 PM PDT by BluH2o
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I was IN Johannesburg the last time it snowed! We had a grand old time...we lived in Berea at the time. Now Berea looks like a war zone.


10 posted on 06/27/2007 5:49:22 PM PDT by sofaman ("There will only be peace in Israel when the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews")
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To: BluH2o

“Snow is very unusual”

yep...which is why I posted it...

of course I remember the same “experts” talking about “global cooling” back in the 70’s


11 posted on 06/27/2007 5:51:35 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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12 posted on 06/27/2007 5:53:11 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: dighton

Someone else who doesn’t know the difference between climate and weather.


13 posted on 06/27/2007 5:54:38 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: dighton
Our warming expert assumes you and me are ignorant asses but that is not the way I was tought to parse ass/u/me!
14 posted on 06/27/2007 5:55:11 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: nuconvert

Haven`t you heard?

Global warming leads to localized cooling, which then in turn leads to global warming which then leads to global cooling which then...


15 posted on 06/27/2007 5:56:47 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: dighton
Gore is scratching his head about snow in summer.

Uh, it's winter in South Africa right now. They're in the Southern Hemisphere.

16 posted on 06/27/2007 6:04:36 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Just remember: It’s global warming if it’s hot, and global warming if it’s not.


17 posted on 06/27/2007 6:07:53 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: sofaman
I was IN Johannesburg the last time it snowed! We had a grand old time...we lived in Berea at the time. Now Berea looks like a war zone.

Flew into Jo'burg spent the night at the Intercontinental Hotel at the airport and flew north to Botswana early the next day. On our return we stopped in Jo'burg for brief layover on our way to Cape Town. Returning to the US we flew thru Jo'burg, once again a brief layover. No desire to visit Jo'burg, although Pretoria intrigues me somewhat ... maybe next trip.

18 posted on 06/27/2007 6:08:23 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: kellynla

***of course I remember the same “experts” talking about “global cooling” back in the 70’s***

Yep. They said we’d die of the cold in the dark.


19 posted on 06/27/2007 6:09:32 PM PDT by kitkat (I refuse to let the DUers chase me off FR. HI,)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Please click on Foghorn and see #8.

20 posted on 06/27/2007 6:10:39 PM PDT by dighton
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