Sunday, August 12, 2012

This seems odd: If CO2-induced warming causes storms, why the storms in South Africa when it's cold?

Rain, snow and gale-force winds batter Cape - Post | IOL.co.za
Heavy rain and gale-force wind destroyed 900 shacks in Cape Town and left thousands of people across the Western Cape without power on Saturday.

Trees were uprooted, snow fell heavily in the Ceres area and on other high ground in the province, and Chapman’s Peak Drive was closed.
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Last night, Cape Town weather forecaster Nick Koegelenberg said the weather was clearing, but that another cold front would hit the Cape on Tuesday and “it seems it’s going to be severe”...“We provided shelter and meals and blankets to
those we could and transferred others when we were full. We expect the
numbers to continue to rise until the bitter weather subsides,” Blaisi
said.

The Klondyke cherry farm near Ceres reported subzero temperatures in the Matroosberg mountains and heavy snowfalls.

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