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Coldest December since records began as temperatures plummet to minus 10C bringing travel chaos....
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 17 December 2010 | Daily Mail Staff

Posted on 12/17/2010 3:04:54 PM PST by Iron Munro

Coldest December since records began as temperatures plummet to minus 10C bringing travel chaos across Britain

Swathes of Britain skidded to a halt today as the big freeze returned - grounding flights, closing rail links and leaving traffic at a standstill.

And tonight the nation was braced for another 10in of snow and yet more sub-zero temperatures - with no let-up in the bitterly cold weather for at least a month, forecasters have warned.

The Arctic conditions are set to last through the Christmas and New Year bank holidays and beyond and as temperatures plummeted to -10c (14f) the Met Office said this December was ‘almost certain’ to become the coldest since records began in 1910.

The latest snowfall carpeted large swathes of Britain today - with up to 5in falling in places - paralysing roads and rail, and forcing airports and schools to close.

Forecasters warned the worst was still to come over the next 24 hours as the heaviest December snowfall for 30 years tightened its grip on the nation once more. The South is expected to be worst hit with up to 10in falling during the course of tomorrow. By the start of next week temperatures are set to fall to as low as -15c (5f). Met Office forecaster Barry Gromett said the average mean temperature for the first two weeks of this month was -0.7c. The coldest ever average for this time of year - recorded in December 1981 - was 0.2c.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: agw; algore; andstatistics; blizzard; britain; climate; climatechange; climategate; eastanglia; europe; globalcooling; globalwarming; globullwarming; liberals; liedamnedlies; manbearpig; morons; socialists; uk; un; weather
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Al Gore was not available for comments.

Worth checking the link out to see the excellent pictures.


1 posted on 12/17/2010 3:05:04 PM PST by Iron Munro
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To: Iron Munro

LOL! That’s why they have been wanting to call it climate change instead lately!


2 posted on 12/17/2010 3:07:04 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!)
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To: Iron Munro

I remember deplaning in Logan (from Toronto, iirc) and pilot announced that it was 14 degrees. I heard a voice with a British accent saying, “It doesn’t feel like 14 degrees.” (14 C = 57.2 F). -10 C = +14F. Brrrr. While not uncommon in Boston, 14F is pretty rare in Britain.


3 posted on 12/17/2010 3:09:50 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Socialists are to economics what circle squarers are to math; undaunted by reason or derision.)
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To: Iron Munro

I wish we’d get up to 14 degrees. I’d break out the bikini.


4 posted on 12/17/2010 3:10:36 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Indy Pendance

It’s Bush’s Fault!


5 posted on 12/17/2010 3:14:17 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Best Cook on Free Republic! ;-))
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To: Iron Munro

How much power do snow-covered solar panels and frozen windmills produce?


6 posted on 12/17/2010 3:19:30 PM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: Indy Pendance
I wish we’d get up to 14 degrees. I’d break out the bikini.

We do need photo evidence! ;)

7 posted on 12/17/2010 3:24:11 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Iron Munro

But...but...I thought it was the warmest year on record!!


8 posted on 12/17/2010 3:24:59 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Iron Munro
If extra CO2 in the atmosphere will warm things up, it's time to generate more CO2.

ML/NJ

9 posted on 12/17/2010 3:25:53 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Iron Munro
Al Gore was not available for comments.

Snicker....although I shouldn't be snickering since here in California, they just passed some cap and trade thing. Yikes! BTW, here in Los Angeles we also happen to be having an unusually cold winter, plus it's turning out to be one of our wettest winters in awhile.

10 posted on 12/17/2010 3:32:37 PM PST by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Indy Pendance

Took the time to look at the photos on your Freepsite.

Awesome, inspiring & tear jerking to this 62 year old curmudgeon!

God Bless your daughter, you and yours this Christmas Season.


11 posted on 12/17/2010 3:32:57 PM PST by Seeking the truth (0cents.com - Anti-Obama stuff here!)
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To: Iron Munro

Cool.......Maunder would be proud


12 posted on 12/17/2010 3:34:00 PM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: ml/nj

Well, they could all burn some wood in their fireplaces, warming the house, and contributing to the CARBON in the air.

Or is that even legal over there?


13 posted on 12/17/2010 3:35:58 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: GeronL

Not sure, but, I’m sure the ration equates to the reliability of the batteries in electric cars and the lumens w/ CFL’s at 14F.


14 posted on 12/17/2010 3:36:45 PM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Indy Pendance
I wish we’d get up to 14 degrees. I’d break out the bikini.

I hear you, we first we hit 14 degrees back in October.

15 posted on 12/17/2010 3:40:52 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
So what? "Climate Change" resulting in bitter cold cannot be caused by a rise in carbon usage - because that supposedly was the cause of 'warming.'

Solution - eliminate 90% of world government - but, even with that amount of reduction, humans would be faced with government still MUCH too large. LOL

16 posted on 12/17/2010 3:49:27 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: Ron C.
LOL! I know! That's why their attempts at redeeming this junk science are so lame! The co2 that was somehow making things hot is now just causing "climate change"! Stupid stupid stupid!

The funny things is that these junk science people act as if the earth has some normal temperature it should maintain, and that fluctuations are always abnormal and bad. Silly liberals.

17 posted on 12/17/2010 3:54:25 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!)
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To: All

I wonder if that volcano Eyjafjallajškull added to all this?

They say the ash stays up there 6mos or so and the sulfur dioxide gas stays in the atmosphere for up to three years.


18 posted on 12/17/2010 3:56:57 PM PST by Irenic
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To: FatherofFive

Um, no you don’t! LOL!


19 posted on 12/17/2010 4:12:56 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Iron Munro

Last winter was exceedingly miserable. In fact, I was overjoyed when that March warm spell hit the US. And then Easter brought about summer-like conditions.


20 posted on 12/17/2010 4:13:03 PM PST by Strk321
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