‘This cold spell is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” said Brian Gaze, of independent forecaster The Weather Outlook. “We’ll probably never see it again.’
See entire article:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/849754-forecasters-warn-christmas-could-be-cancelled-as-cold-weather-grips-uk
Meteorologist Joe Bastardi said “Coldest in England since 1659″
8 Dec 10 – “The central England Temperature (CET) from the 1st-7th of December is -1.9, making this the coldest opening week of December since 1879,” says meteorologist Joe Bastrardi.
With 1879 being the coldest opening week on CET record, this week has been the second coldest opening week to December since CET records began in 1659.
Those records are for a one-week period.
When you look at the two-week period, says Bastardi, the last week of November and the first week of December, it’s the coldest since CET records began in 1659.
This puts central England back to the temperatures of the Little Ice Age.
And there’s more to come, Bastardi warns.
“Preparation for renewal of extreme cold from France to Scandinavia and west through the UK should be made.”
See entire article:
http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/bastardi-europe-blog.asp?partner=accuweather
Thanks to Alan Caruba for this link
Earth may be entering a new Ice Age
Food shortages may lead to regional warfare
6 Dec 10 – Astrophysicist Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, recently pronounced his belief that Earth will enter a little Ice Age as early as 2014, says this article by Terrence Aym.
Such a period of cooling could last as long as two centuries and be ruinous, Aym warns. “Whereas global warming would be a good thing, a mini-Ice Age could be disastrous: growing seasons would be shortened, more energy must be extended to stay warm, and food shortages may lead to breakouts of regional warfare.”
The last little ice age occurred between 1650 and 1850 and “accounted for many crop failures, outbreaks of famines and mass migrations,” says Aym.
According to Abdussamatov, “Long-term variations in the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth are the main and principal reasons driving and defining the whole mechanism of climatic changes from the global warmings to the Little Ice Ages to the big glacial periods.”
“The Russian scientist is concerned about this move towards an extending cooling period. He states, “and as for what lies ahead in the coming decades, it is not catastrophic warming, but a global, and very prolonged temperature drop.”
“If Abdussamatov’s calculation is true—and the observable and historical data seem to support it—then the countries of the world are moving exactly in the wrong direction to deal with an impending Ice Age. Al Gore notwithstanding, global cooling is much more dangerous than global warming.
“Future decrease in global temperature will occur even if anthropogenic ejection of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere rises to record levels,” says Abdussamatov. “Over the past decade, global temperature on the Earth has not increased; global warming has ceased, and already there are signs of the future deep temperature drop.”
See entire article:
http://www.helium.com/items/1837151-why-earth-may-be-entering-a-new-ice-age
Thanks to Jeff Rense and Eric Jones for this link
Near emergency-level snowfall in Ontario
Shatters previous record
7 Dec 10 – Snowfall totals in excess of one meter (39 inches) forecast in some areas.
See Near emergency-level snowfall in Ontario
Up to 4 feet of snow blasts NY and PA
7 Dec 10 – Motorists stranded for hours on a stretch of I-80 in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Cold Blasts Florida Farmers – Prices soar – 8 Dec 10
One to three feet of snow WA Cascades – 8 Dec 10
Fort Lauderdale breaks 169-year cold record – 7 Dec 10
Miami Breaks 113-year cold record – 6 Dec 10
Record snowfall in Chicago – 4 Dec 10
