The Ice Age Cometh! Forget Global Warming!

Altair said:

According to this article from Gismeteo (in Russian) the Russian North expierences coldest weather in the last 30 years. On the lakes of Murmansk oblast there is still ice 30-70 cm thick.

Minimal temperature in Europe/European part of Russia on 29 May 2017:

Snowfalls in Europe/European part of Russia on 28–29 May 2017:

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Well, that certainly is painting a picture of what the Cs said in this session:

Session 22 February 1997

Q: (Laura) All right, were those given in the order in which they are
occurring? The fourth being the one that's coming later?

A: Maybe, but remember this: a change in the speed of the rotation may
not be reported while it is imperceptible except by instrumentation.
Equator is slightly "wider" than the polar zones. But, this discrepancy
is decreasing slowly currently. One change to occur in 21st Century is
sudden glacial rebound, over Eurasia first, then North America. Ice ages
develop much, much, much faster than thought.

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North America next?

It's interesting that the same article mentions that similar weather conditions (late snow in Russia) were also observed in 1992, 1996 and 2008 years BUT at that periods late cold conditions alternated with short warm periods due to which the ice coverage was not able to grow so thick. It appears that something has changed in this year...

Here is a very good blog site that focuses on past ice ages (solar minima) and recommended by Adapt 2030 in one of his recent videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_bbPdqYL8A).

https://abruptearthchanges.com

I downloaded a recent e-book from the site that looks very good and very well-referenced (Clube/Napier, Baille, etc). The focus is one what happened during the onset of the Wolff solar minimum (1290-1350AD). Many historical accounts are referenced. The e-book is:

Black Death and Abrupt Earth Changes in the 14th century (https://abruptearthchanges.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/black-death-and-abrupt-earth-changes-in-the-14th-century-pdf.pdf)

I've only read the intro so far but it looks very good with many references.

angelburst29 said:

Violent thunderstorms leave four dead in Moscow— source (Photos)
http://tass.com/world/948247

Raging thunderstorm strikes Moscow leaving seven dead, 69 injured — source (Additional photos - video))
http://tass.com/world/948264

Storm Kills Six People in Moscow (PHOTO, VIDEO)
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201705291054095157-strom-kills-people-in-moscow/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_qTIM3Rkk (1:21 min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8GI8laBCw (0:18 min.)

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Update:

Heavy Storm Kills 15 and Leaves Some 200 Injured in Moscow, Surroundings
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201705301054127981-moscow-storm-victims/

"According to clarified information, 15 people died…, 10 of them in Moscow and five in the Moscow region, about 200 people were injured. Those killed are of different age, there are minors among them too," the committee's spokeswoman, Svetlana Petrenko, said.

Thanks for the book reference, LQB! Downloading and going to check it out!

Laura said:

Thanks for the book reference, LQB! Downloading and going to check it out!

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Good deal - I thought about you when I posted. I'm well into it and it is a great summary of a tremendous amount of research! This may be the best look at what we have coming up in our near future.

LQB said:

Laura said:

Thanks for the book reference, LQB! Downloading and going to check it out!

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Good deal - I thought about you when I posted. I'm well into it and it is a great summary of a tremendous amount of research! This may be the best look at what we have coming up in our near future.

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What I find most interesting (so far) are the large number of people dropping dead (quickly), the massive fires burning everything, and the large earthquakes (earth openings) that don't seem to be associated with any known faults. If the earth openings are releasing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, this would explain much. In low concentration, H2S smells like rotten eggs (the foul smell) - at higher concentration, the olfactory nerves are paralyzed, and you smell nothing - at this point you are in danger of dropping dead. H2S is neurological poison as described here:

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

Apparently a high concentration of H2S will cause a scrap metal heap to burst into flame spontaneously - especially if it contains iron. So the stuff is extremely flammable and will cause most anything to burn in flames. Add a little methane to the mix, and I can see how everything above ground burns in great fires.

Folks dropping dead (from H2S) is apparently happening now in isolated cases near bodies of water or bottomland (H2S stays low - methane rises). News of these cases is almost always local. Many of these cases involve multiple people that collapse dead at the same time. By the time an autopsy is done, the H2S is gone, and determining the cause of death is very hard. A single body is easily explained away - but multiple bodies that collapse at the same time cannot be tossed aside in the same way.

Anyway, the pdf is a great read - I really appreciate the translated quotes from the writers of the time. You are quoted in the pdf as well!

angelburst29 said:

Melting Away: Chunk of Antarctic Ice Shelf Hanging ‘By a Thread’
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201704041052297771-antarctic-ice-shelf-nearly-broken/

Antarctic Ice Shelf Forms Second Crack, on Verge of Breaking Off
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201705031053256092-antarctic-ice-shelf-second-crack/

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There has been an important development in the big crack cutting across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the BBC reported on Thursday.

Massive Antarctic Ice Crack Changes Direction, May Break Off Soon
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201706021054226352-antarctic-ice-crack-changes-direction/

The fissure, which threatens to spawn one of the biggest icebergs ever seen, has dramatically changed direction.

"The rift has propagated a further 16 kilometers, with a significant apparent right turn towards the end, moving the tip 13 kilometers from the ice edge," said Swansea University's Prof Adrian Luckman. The calving of the iceberg could now be very close, he told BBC News, although he also quickly added that nothing was certain.

The fissure currently extends for about 200 kilometers, tracing the outline of a putative iceberg that covers some 5,000 square kilometers — an area about a quarter of the size of Wales.

The crack put on its latest spurt between May 25 and 31. These dates were the two most recent passes of the European Union's Sentinel-1 satellites. Their radar vision is keeping up a constant watch as the White Continent moves into the darkness of deep winter.

After some initial activity at the beginning of the year, the Larsen crack became stationary as it entered what is termed a "suture" zone — a region of soft, flexible ice. But this situation held only until the beginning of May, when the rift tip then suddenly forked. And it is the new branch that has now extended and turned towards the ocean.

When the iceberg's calving does finally take place, the block will likely drift away quite gradually from the ice shelf.

"It's unlikely to be fast because the Weddell Sea is full of sea-ice, but it'll certainly be faster than the last few months of gradual parting. It will depend on the currents and winds," said Professor Luckman.

Taking out such a large chunk of ice would mean the Larsen C shelf would lose more than 10 percent of its area. Previous research by the Swansea group has shown that this will put the shelf in a much less stable configuration.

Similar calving events on the more northerly Larsen A and Larsen B ice shelves eventually led to their total break-up. Scientists are concerned that this same fate could now await Larsen C.

Footage has emerged of a mini tsunami hitting the coast of The Netherlands catching beachgoers off guard with a seven foot tidal wave.

Dramatic moment seven foot tidal wave sweeps away beach chairs, boats and parasols as mini tsunami strikes the Netherlands (Videos)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4563298/Mini-tsunami-hits-coast-Netherlands.html

* Footage of the mini tsunami was filmed in Zandvoort and Katwijk on Monday
* The phenomenon is called a meteotsunami and is said to be incredibly rare
* No one was hurt at the time although there was some damage reported

According to local media, the phenomenon is so rare that it is the first time it has been so well filmed and documented.

The first reports of an approaching tidal wave of a medium height were at around 5.45am on Monday morning.

In footage shot from the balcony of a flat in the coastal resort of Zandvoort, the wave can be seen sweeping away beach chairs, boats and parasols.

The man filming is heard saying 'a tsunami!' multiple times in disbelief at what he is seeing.

In another video filmed from a sailing club 15 miles away in the resort of Katwijk the sea is clearly seen retreating first.

A big wave crashes ashore with lightning flashing in the background.

No one was injured in the incident although there was some damage.

The unique phenomenon is called a meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami.

It is generated when rapid changes in atmospheric pressure cause the displacement of a body of water.

It often emerges as the forerunner of a thunderstorm front and corresponds essentially to a cold front.

They occur more frequently in the spring when the North Sea water is still cold.

On Monday in the Netherlands, a big thunderstorm was approaching from the sea and an inversion was recorded.

Meteorologists speak of inversion when the air on the ground is cooler than in the upper air layers, which then changed the air pressure causing the meteotsunami together with strong gusts.

The last recorded meteotsunamis in the Netherlands occurred in 2004 and 2006.

They have also been recorded in the United Kingdom. The first ever officially identified one hit the Cornish coastline in June 2011.

Professor David Tappin of the British Geological Survey said: 'Most tsunamis are geological, where you have a vertical movement on the seabed which can be caused by an earthquake, like in Japan in 2011, or a landslide.

'Meteotsunamis, however, are created by weather. You need a small, rapid change in atmospheric pressure of just a few millibars, if you get one of these then it can change the sea surface elevation by a few centimetres.'

'In the deep ocean this would not be noticeable but when it enters shallow water whilst the weather system is moving at the same speed then the sea level increases by several metres.'

Snow in Moscow on June 2 during the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, commented by Vladimir Putin:

Asked about the Paris Agreement on climate change that President Donald Trump withdrew the US from on Thursday, Putin replied, "Don't worry, be happy."

"It's about preventing temperature changes of 2 degrees," Putin said, adding that those at the forum "somehow do not yet feel that the temperature is rising. By the way, we should be grateful to President Trump. In Moscow, it's raining and cold and even, they say, some snow. Now, we could blame this all on American imperialism, that it's all their fault, but we won't."

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5 cm of snow fell in the night between 2 and 3 June in Vologda Oblast



Source: http://vologdaregion.ru/news/2017/6/3/v-tretiy-den-leta-na-vologodchine-vypalo-5-santimetrov-snega

7 June 2017 Snow in Aldan, Sakha Republic, Russia

In Omsk in Russia, they have had some heavy rains: http://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2017-06-10/12:00 The interesting thing is that the busses kept moving even when the water level was so high that it enter the bus.
Edit: On https://www.gismeteo.ru/maps/feru/temp/ one can play with the maps, so they show temperature, rain and wind. The town Adlan mentioned in the post above by Altair will soon have warm weather.

thorbiorn said:

In Omsk in Russia, they have had some heavy rains: http://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2017-06-10/12:00 The interesting thing is that the busses kept moving even when the water level was so high that it enter the bus.
Edit: On https://www.gismeteo.ru/maps/feru/temp/ one can play with the maps, so they show temperature, rain and wind. The town Adlan mentioned in the post above by Altair will soon have warm weather.

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That is a lot of water! This huge tornado was filmed yesterday in Omsk too:

https://www.facebook.com/severeweatherEU/videos/2023029577920133/?pnref=story

thorbiorn said:

In Omsk in Russia, they have had some heavy rains: http://www.1tv.ru/news/issue/2017-06-10/12:00 The interesting thing is that the busses kept moving even when the water level was so high that it enter the bus.
Edit: On https://www.gismeteo.ru/maps/feru/temp/ one can play with the maps, so they show temperature, rain and wind. The town Adlan mentioned in the post above by Altair will soon have warm weather.

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Omsk was hit very seriously indeed. Here in the neigbouring region we didn't have so much water, but the wind was also quite extreme last night (up to 20 meters per second), and some flooding too. Here is the report in Russian and a couple of photos below: