Chile hit by 'white earthquake' of heavy snow - Telegraph

A "white earthquake" of heavy snow has blanketed parts of Chile leading the government to declare a "disaster area" in eight municipalities where around 16,000 people were left isolated.
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Temperatures plunged to as low as -23 C (-9.4F) in some rural areas as severe snowfall wreaked havoc, leaving people without food supplies, mobile phone signals or radio communications.
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Sebastian Pinera, the Chilean President, was due to visit the affected region on Friday to see the extent of the problems and the emergency aid efforts for himself.
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Although severe cold weather is not unusual in the region, close to the border with Argentina, Mr Pinera described the current polar front as the worst it had seen in 30 years.

The New Nostradamus of the North: All-time record harvest in India may lead to riots

Whatever happens, one thing is almost certain; soon we will hear from some "official" IPCC climate scientist, that the record harvest actually is fully consistent with global warming predictions, and that it in reality only will contribute to an even more catastrophic future harvest reduction.

Warm welcome for climate change sceptic

Mr Monckton was especially scathing of the “poisonous bias” of ABC coverage.

“They’re quite arrogant people who believe this climate stuff and they thought they’d put me on the ABC live and eat me for breakfast, but I ate them for breakfast and there were actually recriminations within the ABC afterwards saying why did we give this man so much air time,” he said.

“Because they try not to allow anyone with my point of view anywhere near the airways unless they’re shooting them down.”

Calif. Governor Vows to 'Crush' Foes of Renewable Energy - NYTimes.com

"In Oakland I learned that some kind of opposition you have to crush," the former Oakland mayor said. "You can talk, but you have to move forward."