Swiss Alps Crumbling in Heat Wave; Climbers Evacuated

Bloomberg ^ | 07/15/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

July 15 (Bloomberg) -- A heat wave in Europe is melting Switzerland's glaciers and causing chunks of the Swiss Alps to break off, prompting the evacuation of climbers and hikers, Agence France-Presse reported.

In southern Switzerland, helicopters ferried about 70 people from the Matterhorn after a rock face on the 3,400-meter (11,155- foot) peak crumbled, AFP said. A portion of a glacier near the Alpine resort of Grindelwald also broke away and fell into the Luetschine river, causing a surge of water downstream. Police warned people several miles away to stay away from the river, AFP cited the Swiss news agency ATS as saying.

[SouthernHawk]

Looks like you aren't the only one!

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[Prodigal Son]

"A heat wave in Europe is melting Switzerland's glaciers and causing chunks of the Swiss Alps to break off, prompting the evacuation of climbers and hikers, Agence France-Presse reported."

UN studies show Bush to blame.

;-)

[fishtank]

A little melting around Ararat might allow Noah's Ark to be uncovered.

[Rodney King]

Daytime temperatures in most of Switzerland have stayed above 30 degrees centigrade (86 degrees Fahrenheit) for most of the past five weeks and June was the hottest month on record since weather observations began in 1864, AFP cited the Swiss weather agency, MeteoSuisse, as saying. Temperatures this week exceeded 32 degrees from London to Athens.

June was terrible. But in Zurich it has basically high 70's to low 80's for the last three weeks. Although today was high 80's.

[ClearCase_guy]

Chicken Little: "Our mountains are eroding! Our mountains are eroding!"

[coloradan]

Must be global warming ... just like the 60 kids freezing to death in Peru are also global warming.

[The Brush]

The most frustrating thing is that there is no one to sue!

[George from New England]

Warning...Global Warming round coming up.

This one story will give them the mileage for a months worth of propaganda.

[coloradan]

What about the story of 60 kids killed in record cold temperatures in Peru?

[Cicero]

It's regional warming caused by the smoke from all those Gauloise cigarettes.

[grapeape]

HE HE HE, my plan is working!!! Now all I have to do is wait......

[Darksheare]

*Psst, when we flood Switzerland out, and the banks float off, how are we going to round them up?*

[dark_lord]

Check out posts:

#54

and

#64

[grapeape]

I am thinking of flodding most of Europe!! Screw the Banks.. I have plenty of confederat dollars left!! Yea HA!!

[Darksheare]

ALRIGHT!
But.. can't frogs swim?