Thursday, March 28, 2013

Record-low temperatures recorded again in Central Florida
The temperature dipped to 41 degrees in Orlando, 2 degrees below the record of 43 set in 1955. It's the second straight day that record lows were set in The City Beautiful.

Daytona Beach, at 39 degrees, also set a new record low, which was 40 degrees in 1971.
Fisker Furloughs Staff for a Week to Help Conserve Cash - Bloomberg
The maker of rechargeable $103,000 Karma sedans is struggling after halting production last year when its lithium- ion battery supplier, A123 Systems Inc. (AONEQ), filed for bankruptcy. Henrik Fisker, the designer who co-founded the company, quit this month over unspecified disagreements with other executives.
Senator Whitehouse’s Duplicitous Carbon Tax Amendment
The various proposals for a new carbon tax will bring in potentially trillions of dollars in new revenue in the coming decades. As I spell out in this study, it is incredibly naïve to think that this measure would be used to promote economic efficiency, even if one endorses the standard “negative externality” argument about carbon emissions.
SK insurance brokers: snow damage claims through the roof | News Talk 980 CJME
SGI is counting more than 700 claims for roof damage due to snow, 10 times more than they had last year.
Snow stranded family have no heat, no power, no water... and orphaned lambs to feed - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Mum-of-two Sharon Davidson and her family have been stuck for four days with no heating, no water and no electricity.

They have also been sharing a home with three newly-born lambs, whose mothers were among eight casualties of the treacherous weather. Snow drifts measuring 10ft high remain at their farm outside Ligoniel.

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