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Alps surprised by early snowfall, Swiss town sees new record
AP ^ | September 26, 2020 | Anonymous

Posted on 09/27/2020 1:18:18 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom

Edited on 09/27/2020 1:28:52 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Parts of Switzerland, Austria and Germany were surprised by unseasonably early snowfall overnight, after a sharp drop in temperatures and heavy precipitation.

The Swiss meteorological agency said Saturday that the town of Montana, in the southern canton (state) of Valais, experienced 10 inches of snowfall

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alps; chat; localnews; snow; switzerland
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This PROVES global warming! Because when the globe heats up, it gets colder and results in more snow. /s


21 posted on 09/27/2020 2:22:34 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Here’s a short video of the snow. The narrative is in Italian.

https://www.iceagenow.info/half-a-meter-of-snow-in-france-and-italy-video/#more-32996


22 posted on 09/27/2020 2:27:07 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: House Atreides
"The narrative is in Italian."

Enjoyed listening to it...
When I was much, much younger, Italian women speaking in Italian always gave me a woody...
The result of growing up in my teen years (1947-1951) in a densely populated Italian neighborhood...

23 posted on 09/27/2020 2:43:17 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SuperLuminal
Can't beat French...


24 posted on 09/27/2020 2:44:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

LOL...
Still enjoy watching that program when I can find a rerun...


25 posted on 09/27/2020 2:46:39 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SuperLuminal

I think I’d take Tish over Lily Munster.


26 posted on 09/27/2020 2:47:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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"I think I’d take Tish over Lily Munster."

One issue I have with being about to turn 87 is that "take" can only be translated to "imagine"...

27 posted on 09/27/2020 2:52:21 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: VeniVidiVici

I love the Valais. One of the most fabulous places on earth.


28 posted on 09/27/2020 3:00:50 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

This should not be surprising, as we (the earth) is entering a little ice age, of which the severity & duration is yet to be estimated. It will likely persist for decades at the least.

The wise will consider and prepare.


29 posted on 09/27/2020 4:09:19 PM PDT by citizen (Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars. A,ll the other genders you make up are from Uranus.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Good for them. I would love to have a string of heavy winters.


30 posted on 09/27/2020 6:11:01 PM PDT by lurk
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

And it’s all “unprecedented”

My Mom told me about it snowing in Rochester NY in the ‘40s and I got free ice cream at the machine shop I worked at in a Rochester January - something that only happened when it reached 90 degrees....


31 posted on 09/28/2020 4:03:34 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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