Monday, January 10, 2011

The Associated Press: 2nd death blamed on arctic blast in the South
ATLANTA (AP) — A second death is being blamed on the winter blast that's slamming the Southeast with several inches of snow and sleet.

The deaths were both in northern Louisiana, where icy weather led to dangerous driving conditions.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Stranded vehicles littered roadsides Monday as several inches of snow and sleet coated Atlanta and other parts of the South, freezing the morning commute in many areas and canceling thousands of flights at the world's busiest airport.

Sleet, ice and several inches of snow — as much as 9 inches in some places — blanketed states from Louisiana to the Carolinas mostly unaccustomed to arctic weather and caused at least one death in Louisiana.
Mountain glacier melt to contribute 12 centimeters to world sea-level increases by 2100 | e! Science News
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Cop goes cult « The Daily Bayonet
Infiltrating cults is tricky work and poor officer Kennedy lost his sense of direction and self only to fall headfirst into the dark abyss of a soap-free existence filled with patchouli and trust-fund girls with hairy armpits.

We can only hope that he’s safe and being deprogrammed.

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