Monday, January 11, 2010

Kansas Farmer - Plunging Temperatures Creates Concern for Wheat
Lack of snow cover in western Kansas, combined with record low wind chills could combine to damage the 2010 wheat crop. Justin Gilpin, Kansas Wheat chief executive officer, says the early January cold snap could very well test the winter-hardiness of popular wheat varieties.
Poland Freezing To Death | Poland's Winter
Warsaw, Poland 11 January 2010 -Generally associated with hot cocoa by the fireplace and romantic skiing vacations, Poland's winter has been merciless, with Polish authorities reporting about 140 hypothermia deaths, nearly 50,000 people without electricity, PKP trains delayed by as much as 9 hours and homeless shelters overflowing.
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This season, hypothermia has already claimed at least 28 more lives than last, and the weather forecasts said the cold might not ease until late March.
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Germans were asked to prepare for the possibility of being snowed in for up to four days.
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On Friday night an Air Berlin flight with 133 people on board skidded off the runway at Nuremburg and wedged itself in the snow. Fortunately no one was injured, but the airport was temporarily closed.
Frosty Florida Sees More Freezing Temperatures - cbs4.com
MIAMI (AP) ― Record low temperatures continue raking across Florida, breaking record lows set more than 80 years ago.

The National Weather Service said overnight temperatures at the Miami airport Monday dipped to 36 degrees, beating the previous low of 37 set in 1927.
Feld column: I’m not convinced our activity causes global warming | sctimes.com | St Cloud Times
In fact, attending high school in the 1960s, we were taught the Earth was beginning to enter a cooling period that could lead to the next ice age.

So going from one extreme to the other in just 40 short years — and considering the millions of years it has taken the Earth to evolve — does not appear logical.

Indeed, it appears there are serious questions regarding some so-called scientific evidence presented to prop up what could be a gigantic hoax.

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