Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Snow load begins to worry building owners: Anchorage | Alaska news at adn.com

The more than 100 inches of snow that has fallen on Anchorage so far this winter is starting to push buildings to the breaking point.

Two roofs of commercial buildings have collapsed in the past week

Ukraine freezes to death — RT

For the first time in decades, water in the Black Sea near shores has frozen, the Kerch Strait that links the Azov Sea and the Black Sea is closed to navigation, blocking 125 vessels at anchorage.

Twitter / @suzyji [East Coast climate hoax promoter Suzanne Goldenberg takes completely unnecessary fuel-guzzling trip to Los Angeles]

In LA to see celebrated by Canada's CG, joining Hall of Famers Leonard Cohen, Randy Bachman & David Cronenberg

Nasheed gone | Grist

In 2009, Nasheed promised his country would be carbon-neutral within a decade. He held a cabinet meeting underwater as a publicity stunt calling attention to the danger of climate change. He also looked into a plan to relocate Maldives citizens to less threatened islands, although he faced some public opposition, as he told Foreign Policy in 2010. After a woman bit and kicked him at the suggestion of moving to a neighboring island, he was forced to conclude that "Maldivians do not want to leave their homeland."

Lankan found dead due to cold weather in Italy | Breaking News

The death toll from the rare cold snap in Italy meanwhile rose to 17, with eight deaths reported on Sunday including three homeless people found in the seaside town of Ostia near Rome and at the capital’s train station.

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