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Frozen continent! Europe's rivers, lakes and even seas are iced over ...
Mail Online ^ | 13th February 2012 | DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Posted on 02/14/2012 8:03:53 PM PST by Ragnar54

You would be forgiven for thinking these stunning vistas lay deep in the heart of Antarctica.

But they are, in fact, what has become of the European landscape as temperatures plummet to nearly -40C - the coldest snap in decades.

Rivers, lakes, beaches and even seas have been iced over by a Siberian freeze, creating some incredible sights, but also more tales of tragedy.

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But in southern Kosovo, nine people were killed when an avalanche hit the village of Restelica, officials said on Sunday, adding to more than 500 killed in snow and bitter cold across the Continent in the past two weeks.

In Poland, the interior ministry said 20 people had died in the past 24 hours because of the freezing weather, bringing the toll there so far this year to at least 100.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyitscoldoutside; climatechange; frozeneurope; globalcooling; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax
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To: Ragnar54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td-jTmxAyY&feature=related

The “Little Ice Age”, roughly from 1350 t0 the mid 1800’s, plunged Europe and Asia into such a deep freeze, causing widespread deaths - up to 900 million - but, other than a cold year after a catastrophic volcanic eruption, like Krakatoa, North America evidently didn’t get it - Indeed, in the winter of 1620/21, The Pilgrim’s first one in the new land, only had a few snowfalls - the deepest no more than a foot. (And when my great and great great grandparents were carving their farms out in the Main woods in the late 1700’s, early 1800’s, they weren’t hampered with the catastrophic conditions of Europe/Asia.)

If, indeed, the earth is doing a little ‘reset’, resulting in the north pole shifting and turning the Europe/Asia side a bit further north along with it, then that would result in our half of the globe shifting a bit further south - the equator a bit closer to us.

I’m okay with that. ;o) - but I worry about the goracle gang. They’re probably already devising a way to blame the shift on us and tax us for ti.


41 posted on 02/14/2012 10:51:33 PM PST by maine-iac7
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To: Ragnar54
Gadz! That cold snap brings back memories of the winter of '85 in Germany. I was stationed near Grafenwohr, and we were informed that the Siberian Express was coming through. Well, our Commander decided that it was a great opportunity for his troops to get some Arctic training, and sent us to the local training area. We sat out there for a week, freezing in those iceboxes we called "armored vehicles". One by one, the vehicle heaters gave up the ghost. When the mermited food arrived, it was frozen, even the coffee. By the end of the week, we had 1 vehicle that was still operational and we were all packed in the thing, trying to stay warm. Even then, you got so cold that your bones hurt.

Oh yeah, the commander never left the post. He stayed in his comfy digs until it was all over.

42 posted on 02/15/2012 1:05:31 AM PST by Sarajevo (Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental)
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To: Kartographer

orale!


43 posted on 02/15/2012 1:14:05 AM PST by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: Ragnar54

New meaning to “when hell freezes over”?


44 posted on 02/15/2012 1:33:36 AM PST by exnavy (May the Lord bless and keep our troops.)
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To: Sarajevo

When my MLRS unit did the wintertime Graf we had GP tents and Yukon stoves. Our tents had liners and we mixed the Yukon fuel 50-50 mogas-JP8. We didn’t get extreme temperatures but with the Yukon glowing it was down right toasty in the tent. I always tried to have hot cocoa and coffee on the Yukon for my soldiers.

We were lucky that our command was in the field with us and our equipment had many hydraulic seals which wouldn’t do well in low temps. If the equipment was run below 20 degrees the vehicle would deadline post haste. Rather than freeze our backsides off in broken equipment we’d drink hot cocoa and coffee in our tents and wait for it to warm up.

Just sayin....


45 posted on 02/15/2012 1:52:02 AM PST by Justa
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To: exnavy
"The planet has a fever."

He wasn't talkin' about "Climate Change." He meant "Global warming."

Maybe they'll take back his Nobel Prize and burn it for heat.

46 posted on 02/15/2012 3:03:31 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Excommunicate evildoers)
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To: montag813

“ANY change in the weather is a result of made-made CO2 emissions.”

That’s right; after they’d had enough cold spells make them look stupid, they moved the goalposts.


47 posted on 02/15/2012 4:02:06 AM PST by kearnyirish2
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To: Justa

This is normal, I will say this... Canadian infantry, normal operations heh.

Some Southern folk come up to train once in a while, and it’s always amusing to watch them try to cope on a winter warfare course, or just a winter ex.


48 posted on 02/15/2012 4:24:02 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Ragnar54; SunkenCiv; Ernest_at_the_Beach; marvlus; ApplegateRanch; Berlin_Freeper; ...
Thanx for the ping Ragnar54 & SunkenCiv !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

49 posted on 02/15/2012 4:25:11 AM PST by steelyourfaith (Expel the Occupy White House squatters !!!)
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To: Ragnar54
I can deal with extreme heat but not cold. Prolonged cold spells, while you can manage to stay warm will drag you down mentally.

I can still see the pictures from a recent post about our soldiers who fought in Europe during WW-II in the winter time........horrible conditions

50 posted on 02/15/2012 4:37:34 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
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To: JSteff
“Extreme cold brings out in the snow the women with some the largest thighs and rear-ends ever photographed. “

If they are really snowboarders, and not just models, one would expect those muscles to be better developed.

Look carefully, and you'll notice the same phenomena for skiers and ice skaters.

51 posted on 02/15/2012 5:08:14 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: vladimir998
Boy, that Global Warming is really something.

I couldn't find it quickly, but I saw an article in the past month where someone blamed the cold European weather on the melted Arctic icepack... which is of course caused by global warming.

The truth is that most people don't understand the difference between climate and weather. Weather has always experienced extremes, and will continue to do so. Climate change is a much more gradual thing, and it has been going on since long before our ancestors learned to walk upright.

52 posted on 02/15/2012 5:12:14 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: Sarajevo

I was PDA at Graf (FMTD) from 83-86.


53 posted on 02/15/2012 5:24:25 AM PST by patton ("Je pense donc je suis," - My Horse.)
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To: Hot Tabasco
I can deal with extreme heat but not cold. Prolonged cold spells, while you can manage to stay warm will drag you down mentally.

Apparently, you haven't experienced a Texas-style summer.

54 posted on 02/15/2012 5:34:33 AM PST by fwdude
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To: spokeshave
Muslims

No, I distinctly said "moslems"...the European ones, shivering in their mosks.

55 posted on 02/15/2012 5:45:47 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: kearnyirish2
ANY change in the weather is a result of made-made CO2 emissions.

Atmospheric CO2 levels are at dangerously low levels, it's amazing we have any plant growth at all.

56 posted on 02/15/2012 6:01:04 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: dog breath

What snow?


57 posted on 02/15/2012 7:38:49 AM PST by mykroar (Facts are racist.)
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To: Sarajevo

When I was there in ‘69 it was not an unusual winter.

Still, our tracks (M113 with Chrysler gasoline engine)
would not start reliably in the morning. Only by spraying ether into the air cleaner intake could we get them to
start.

We would have had to leave em in the motorpool if the Russians came.


58 posted on 02/15/2012 7:39:36 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: JSteff

You say that like it’s a bad thing.


60 posted on 02/15/2012 7:52:19 AM PST by steve8714 (Yoda's speech to Luke; copied from Jack Webb in "The D.I.")
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