YouTube - James Hansen's Former Boss Declares Himself a Skeptic

Washington DC - NASA warming scientist James Hansen, one of former Vice-President Al Gores closest allies in the promotion of man-made global warming fears, is being publicly rebuked by his former supervisor at NASA.

[Via Co2 Sceptics]

Cold snap puts strain on hospital (From This is Hampshire)

AS emergency departments across the country feel the pressure of the winter cold snap, with slips, trips and falls, hospital bosses are asking people to think before attending A&E Dr Chris Gordon, divisional director of medicine and elderly care at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust, said: “During winter there is always an increase in the pressures on staff, and we would like to ask the public to bear this in mind when considering attending A&E. “We would advise people, particularly the elderly, to be sure to keep warm in the colder weather, and to be careful when the ground is slippery – prevention is always better than cure.

Nashuatelegraph.com: Snowstorms just keep on coming

Weather patterns are cyclical, Webster said. Some cycles last for decades, though not all years within a snowy cycle are bad, he noted.

The Pacific Decadal Oscillation – which has to do with currents in the Pacific Ocean – affects our weather. The current "negative" PDO pattern causes harsh winters in the Northeast, Webster said. There is one difference between this year and last, Webster said.

While there hasn't been a January thaw this year, there actually were a couple last winter, he said.