The Day After Tomorrow scenario just begun?

[sandancer]

SOTT carried the story on Jan 6th. https://www.sott.net/article/338858-Larsen-C-ice-shelf-crack-may-portend-formation-of-giant-Antarctic-iceberg

If the ice shelf breaks free, I imagine sea levels will rise causing flooding in many low lying coastal areas. It would also cool ocean temperatures, reeking all kinds of havoc on global climate! As for the North Atlantic Current, it seems to already be showing signs of disruption, given the harsh winters being experienced in Scotland and Europe the last couple of years.

I didn't remember that the movie, The Day After Tomorrow, started with a chunk of ice breaking off this same shelf. But as the C's have said, an ice age can occur like the flip of a switch (paraphrasing).

Hold on to hats boys and girls, things are going to get very interesting! Prepare accordingly. ;)

The north of England and Scotland haven't had a winter since 2010, were lucky if we get a day or two of snow. Of course we do get frequent hailstorms in summer now lol

 

[Lilou]

https://www.sott.net/article/339440-Chaos-on-Scotlands-roads-as-heavy-blizzards-batter-the-UK

I was under the impression winters were much colder and harsh up in that area, compared to what is typical. I live in Michigan, USA and it seems to be a climate of extremes. Sub zero one day and 50F the next. Tonight, we are getting thunderstorms and spring like temps for the next few days in the dead of winter! I think extremes is the new normal....before the ice age sets in!

 

[Ca.]

Long duration ice storm continues in central US, death toll rising Video's
https://watchers.news/2017/01/16/winter-storm-jupiter-ice-storm-us-january-2017/
Posted by TW on January 16, 2017
Widespread freezing rain produced by Winter Storm "Jupiter" persists for much of western Oklahoma, Kansas, northern Missouri, and western Iowa. Continuing snow is forecast to the north of the freezing rain, and to the south, heavy rain and the potential for severe thunderstorms. As of late Sunday, January 15, 2017, the death toll has risen to 6. Tens of thousands have already lost power and there is a potential millions could be affected by power outages.

1-13-2017 Dodge City, Kansas - Ice Storm Prep, Weather Service Interview

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Ozona, TX Severe Storms - 1/15/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QIACNu7i0k
Hand hold pile of hail, frequent lightning, and high winds hammer Ozona, TX during on warm severe winter day. Footage of hand holding pile of small hail, lightning, people running to cars, high winds, hail falling.
http://icecream.me/uploads/ba7f505b475b8eeee71d78e1a5bc0396.png

 

[irjO]

This thread is very interesting to me because here in Long Island, NY. I've seen like the most crazy weather ever these past days, one day is -8 Celsius and next couple of days are raining and warm, then cold temperatures appears again and then warm.. And not only here, my friends from my home city (Maracaibo, Venezuela) are telling me that the weather has been "fresh" over there about 24 degrees Celsius, and the weather there always has been 32 degrees Celsius and forward! it is weird.. normally is a very hot city because it is on a coast area near to the Caribbean.

 

[scotseeker]

Well, it finally happened, the Larsen C Ice Shelf has broken away from Antartica!

https://www.ecowatch.com/larsen-c-breaks-off-2457393787.html

 

[Yozilla]

Yup, but for now it seems that it's not moving anywhere:

However the berg has not yet floated away from its position, which could be because it's grounded on underwater hills or because of sea currents and winds...

"The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10 July and Wednesday 12 July 2017, when a 5,800-square-kilometre section of Larsen C finally broke away. The iceberg, which is likely to be named A68, weighs more than a trillion tonnes. Its volume is twice that of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes."

"There is a risk that Larsen C may eventually follow the example of its neighbor, Larsen B, which disintegrated in 2002 following a similar rift-induced calving event in 1995."

The iceberg could remain where it is – some have been known to stay in position for as long as 20 years – float away into the ocean currents in a massive single block or break up into smaller bergs.

From: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/antarctic-iceberg-splits-larsen-c-ice-shelf-half-size-wales-a7836736.html with cool cam video from the air of that enormous fissure....

 

[Cosmos]

Two more articles about the final break up here:

- Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf finally breaks, releases giant iceberg
- The one trillion ton iceberg: Larsen C Ice Shelf rift finally breaks through

Just noticed that I missed a big possibility in the scenarios I brought up above. The likelihood that it will break up into smaller pieces and not remain one big junk. Which makes some of the scenarios mentioned above less likely.