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Preston will most probably be the state record holder for the weekend's snowfall with 30 inches reported, says state climatologist Mary Knapp. But it won't be official until the end of April. Knapp is still checking her numbers and is busy conferring with the National Weather Service, as well as searching through weather data to aid in the confirmation. "We still are waiting for reports from stations that might not have gotten through yet," she said. However, by the end of April, they should have it settled. When it comes to snowfall, "people will be arguing forever on what the...

Last week, virtually unreported in Britain, the extraordinary winter weather of 2008 elsewhere in the world continued. In the USA, there were blizzards as far south as Texas and Arkansas, while in northern states and Canada what they are calling "the winter from hell" has continued to break records going back in some cases to 1873. Meanwhile in Asia more details emerged of the catastrophe caused by the northern hemisphere's greatest snow cover since 1966. It might have seemed timely that in New York an array of leading climatologists and other experts should have gathered for the most high-powered international...

Shovelling 'global warming' No one has the right to call you a 'climate denier' for expressing your views on climate changeIf your neighbour is a charter member of the Al Gore Nation, today would probably be a bad time to ask him how he's been enjoying shovelling all that "global warming" out of his driveway this winter. Trust me, climate hysterics (anyone who accuses others of being "climate deniers") do not like being mocked. For example, last week's otherwise largely favourable response to my March 2 column "The carbon cops are coming, When anyone says 'polluters will pay' to reduce...

Record snow buries Columbus By MATT LEINGANG, Associated Press Writer 52 minutes ago Snow plows and clean-up crews were to continue working overtime Sunday to dig out of a record-setting snow storm that buried Ohio's capital city and many parts of Ohio and Indiana. The heavy winter storm dumped more than 20 inches of snow on Columbus on Saturday, while blizzard conditions shut down highways and stranded air travelers in the region. The storm eventually swept into the East Coast, battering Pennsylvania and New Jersey with a line of thunderstorms. By early Sunday, tens of thousands were left without electric...

Federal offices were ordered to remain closed in Washington last Tuesday while road crews tried to dig the nation's capital out from under what was billed as "one of the worst snowfalls in decades." This news brings back memories of some previous years when the global warming crowds scheduled major meetings in Washington, D.C. about this time of the year and were sometimes snowed out. There was no word of that happening this year, so maybe they have learned that global warming often forgets the District of Columbia. Actually, this year global warming forgot the whole Northeastern section of the...