The Ice Age Cometh! Forget Global Warming!

[angelburst29]

It's -68°C in Russia's Yakutia, Let's Go Swimming! (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201801161060797157-russia-yakutia-frost-instagram/

Oymyakon in Russia's Yakutia, known as one of the coldest towns on the planet, has been hit by unusually cold weather, with the temperature reportedly plummeting to —68°C (-90.4°F).

Local emergency services remain on heightened alert in Yakutia where secondary schools were earlier closed due to the record chill, with kids banned from being transported by road from their places of residence.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's regional office reported that all utility facilities are operating as normal. Tourists and hunters are advised to wait out the weather where they are.

Biting frosts failed to seriously ride roughshod over the lives of Yakutia’s hardy residents who continue to publish photos on their Instagram accounts showing the funny side of the record freeze. Some people even defied the weather to enjoy open-air bathing, while others preferred to take spectacular photos of the nature and animals.

This week's temperature in Oymyakon reportedly beat the record of February 6, 1933, when a temperature of —67.7 °C (-89.9 °F) was registered at the town's weather station.

 

[angelburst29]

Hundreds of motorists were forced to sleep in their vehicles as a 'snow bomb' and freezing temperatures brought Scotland to a standstill as the country prepared itself for yet another Arctic storm blast.

White Hell as Arctic Blast Brings Scotland to a Shuddering Halt as More Forecast
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201801171060829281-snow-hell-arctic-halt/

Scores of schools and businesses across the country were forced to close on January 17, 2018, as the northern parts of Britain slithered to a halt in what has been described as the worst conditions in many years struck hard.

The main motorway link between Scotland and England, the M74, became impassable as a fleet of gritters struggled to keep the country on the move while train and ferry links were also seriously disrupted.

Scotland's transport minister Humza Yousaf said the weather was "extremely challenging" and nothing like it had been witnessed for a number of years as resources were being tested to the limit to cope with the horrendous conditions.

As the Met Office issued another amber warning for further snowfalls on January 18, Mr. Yousaf said everything possible was being done to ensure resources are in strategic locations to try and keep Scotland on the move. A number of local authorities have revealed, however, they have already overspent on their winter budgets sparking widespread fears of cuts to services.

In the Highlands, 15,000 children were sent home after 17 secondary schools, 75 primary schools, 54 nurseries and two special schools were forced to close because of the extreme weather conditions. Similarly, Dumfries and Galloway has also given around 4,000 pupils at 26 schools two days off as staff struggled to get to their work.

Hundreds of homes and businesses across Scotland were also left without power as heavy snowfalls brought overhead energy lines crashing to the ground. Scottish Power has issued a warning about more potential trouble to its network in the coming hours as engineers work around the clock to restore energy and heating.

Businessman Nic Read was one of hundreds of drivers forced to sleep in their cars after becoming stuck on the M74 for more than 16 hours during the snow hell. "I was stuck for 16 hours in total, 12 hours in one spot and four hours in another. I tried to sleep in my car but there were patches of vehicles coming northbound and as soon as cars came up the headlights would wake you up," he said.

"When you turn the engine on you're also wondering how much longer will my fuel last. How much heat can I afford to put on. It was quite stressful for everybody," the businessman added, saying hundreds of other people were forced to sleep in their vehicles as well.."

Police Scotland has also issued a warning to drivers not to travel on 17 January fearing further blizzard conditions across the south-west of Scotland, Lothian, Borders and Strathclyde areas.

 

[Laura]

Wow, that story about Scotland really gives one an idea of what kinds of turmoil the descent of an Ice Age might cause. Scary.

 

[angelburst29]

A savage 'ice tsunami' in Alaska buried alive a whole herd of musk oxen leaving all but one 'wholly submerged', researchers have found.

The terrifying 'ice tsunami' driven by 100mph winds that buried alive an ENTIRE herd of mysterious musk oxen in Alaska (Photos)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5288529/Horrific-aftermath-terrifying-ice-tsunami.html

With blizzards raging at between 60 to 100mph (128 - 160km/h), the pack of more than 50 were buried alive, leaving only a few tufts of hair poking out.

During the violent storm, these hardy creatures - whose ancestors managed to survive the last Ice Age - descended to the water but were quickly trapped and frozen by the rising tide.

'We looked down out of the plane, and all there was white,' biologist Marci Johnson who works at the US National Park Service told The Atlantic.

'It was just ice. There was normally a group of 50-plus black dots', she said, talking about a lagoon area at the northern coast of the Bering Land Bridge.

'We got a little closer and realized there were little tufts of hair sticking out or a horn sticking out. We were looking at 52 on the ground that had been trapped in the ice'.

During the dramatic event, the water rose rapidly and chunks of sea ice were driven up to a mile inland.

'Accompanied by a fusion of shattered shore ice with plates up to 50cm [1.6 feet] thick and 5m [15 feet] long, the tidal surge trapped at least 52 animals',

'All but one was wholly submerged', they said.

'Known as an ivu or ivuniq in Iñupiaq, the language of indigenous northern-coastal Alaskans, these wind-driven polar ice-override surges pile ice to 4m [13 feet] high'.

'It was in May when the ice thawed that the bodies could be seen better', Dr Berger told MailOnline, having happened three months previously.

Despite their name, these creatures are in fact more closely related to wild sheep and mountain goats than cattle.

Weighing at around 800 pounds (360kg) they are the Arctic's largest land mammal and were extinct in Russia for centuries until 1975.

'Our results illustrate how once unusual, but increasingly frequent Arctic weather events affect some cold-adapted mammals', researchers wrote.

Historical records give details of sea ice trapping 150 narwhals, 170 belugas in southern Beringia and 100 in the eastern Arctic.

Researchers also believe climate change could be harming musk oxen young.

Their research has shown that babies born during rain-on-snow events gave birth to smaller and less healthy babies.

'When rain-on-snow events occur, then basically [a musk-ox mother] doesn't have access to her salad bowl for a long period of time because it's frozen,' Joel Berger from Colorado State University, told the Atlantic.

'When the mother is gestating, if she can't get food, then it has a long-term effect on the well-being of her growing fetus', he said.

'Think about an undernourished kid—if you're born small, then you may be impacted for most of your life.'

Their research showed these events reduced the size of the musk oxen head from birth to puberty at around the age of four.

In the Canadian arctic these rain-on-snow events have become three times more common in recent years.

The US government warned the Arctic showed 'no sign of returning to [the] reliably frozen region of recent past decades.'

Although the ice tsunami was not necessarily caused by climate change researchers believe it was an unusual event.

According to studies by Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2016 was the third year in a row to set a new record for global average surface temperatures.

'Warming patterns are most extreme in the polar regions, particularly in the Arctic', said Dr Berger, writing for the Conversation.

'In 2002 a winter rain-on-snow event on Canada’s Banks Island encased the ground in ice and prevented musk oxen from reaching their food supply. Some 20,000 animals died', he said.

Dr Berger notes that although we know a lot about enormous changes in the polar environments, we know less about how these changes are affecting individual populations.

Researchers measured the size of these creatures using a technique called photogrammetry, which involves making measurements from photos.

They take a number of photos at known distances and angles and use thse shots to develop algorithms and estimate their size.

'By comparing our estimates with data on the growth and size of captive animals, we can explore how factors like winter and summer temperatures, availability and health of vegetation, and rain-on-snow events affect wild musk oxen’s growth and size', Dr Berger said.

'Cold-adapted species have figured out how to survive across thousands of generations.

'To dampen climatic challenges, we humans need to modify our behaviour in a far shorter time frame'

 

[treesparrow]

A savage 'ice tsunami' in Alaska buried alive a whole herd of musk oxen leaving all but one 'wholly submerged', researchers have found.

The terrifying 'ice tsunami' driven by 100mph winds that buried alive an ENTIRE herd of mysterious musk oxen in Alaska (Photos)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5288529/Horrific-aftermath-terrifying-ice-tsunami.html

With blizzards raging at between 60 to 100mph (128 - 160km/h), the pack of more than 50 were buried alive, leaving only a few tufts of hair poking out.

During the violent storm, these hardy creatures - whose ancestors managed to survive the last Ice Age - descended to the water but were quickly trapped and frozen by the rising tide.

'We looked down out of the plane, and all there was white,' biologist Marci Johnson who works at the US National Park Service told The Atlantic.

'It was just ice. There was normally a group of 50-plus black dots', she said, talking about a lagoon area at the northern coast of the Bering Land Bridge.

'We got a little closer and realized there were little tufts of hair sticking out or a horn sticking out. We were looking at 52 on the ground that had been trapped in the ice'.

During the dramatic event, the water rose rapidly and chunks of sea ice were driven up to a mile inland.

'Accompanied by a fusion of shattered shore ice with plates up to 50cm [1.6 feet] thick and 5m [15 feet] long, the tidal surge trapped at least 52 animals',

'All but one was wholly submerged', they said.

'Known as an ivu or ivuniq in Iñupiaq, the language of indigenous northern-coastal Alaskans, these wind-driven polar ice-override surges pile ice to 4m [13 feet] high'.

'It was in May when the ice thawed that the bodies could be seen better', Dr Berger told MailOnline, having happened three months previously.

Despite their name, these creatures are in fact more closely related to wild sheep and mountain goats than cattle.

Weighing at around 800 pounds (360kg) they are the Arctic's largest land mammal and were extinct in Russia for centuries until 1975.

'Our results illustrate how once unusual, but increasingly frequent Arctic weather events affect some cold-adapted mammals', researchers wrote.

Historical records give details of sea ice trapping 150 narwhals, 170 belugas in southern Beringia and 100 in the eastern Arctic.

Researchers also believe climate change could be harming musk oxen young.

Their research has shown that babies born during rain-on-snow events gave birth to smaller and less healthy babies.

'When rain-on-snow events occur, then basically [a musk-ox mother] doesn't have access to her salad bowl for a long period of time because it's frozen,' Joel Berger from Colorado State University, told the Atlantic.

'When the mother is gestating, if she can't get food, then it has a long-term effect on the well-being of her growing fetus', he said.

'Think about an undernourished kid—if you're born small, then you may be impacted for most of your life.'

Their research showed these events reduced the size of the musk oxen head from birth to puberty at around the age of four.

In the Canadian arctic these rain-on-snow events have become three times more common in recent years.

The US government warned the Arctic showed 'no sign of returning to [the] reliably frozen region of recent past decades.'

Although the ice tsunami was not necessarily caused by climate change researchers believe it was an unusual event.

According to studies by Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2016 was the third year in a row to set a new record for global average surface temperatures.

'Warming patterns are most extreme in the polar regions, particularly in the Arctic', said Dr Berger, writing for the Conversation.

'In 2002 a winter rain-on-snow event on Canada’s Banks Island encased the ground in ice and prevented musk oxen from reaching their food supply. Some 20,000 animals died', he said.

Dr Berger notes that although we know a lot about enormous changes in the polar environments, we know less about how these changes are affecting individual populations.

Researchers measured the size of these creatures using a technique called photogrammetry, which involves making measurements from photos.

They take a number of photos at known distances and angles and use thse shots to develop algorithms and estimate their size.

'By comparing our estimates with data on the growth and size of captive animals, we can explore how factors like winter and summer temperatures, availability and health of vegetation, and rain-on-snow events affect wild musk oxen’s growth and size', Dr Berger said.

'Cold-adapted species have figured out how to survive across thousands of generations.

'To dampen climatic challenges, we humans need to modify our behaviour in a far shorter time frame'

Just for the record the source for this report is The Atlantic magazine (live link given in the Mail article) and the event dates form 7 years ago.

The biologist Marci Johnson spent the daylight hours of Valentine’s Day 2011 in a helicopter, high over the Alaskan coastline, searching for musk oxen.

It was part of her job. Through the winter, she regularly went to check in on animals that she and her fellow researchers had outfitted with radio collars the year before.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/the-ice-tsunami-that-entombed-the-arctics-weirdest-mammal/550808/

 

[Aeneas]

Just for the record the source for this report is The Atlantic magazine (live link given in the Mail article) and the event dates form 7 years ago.

The biologist Marci Johnson spent the daylight hours of Valentine’s Day 2011 in a helicopter, high over the Alaskan coastline, searching for musk oxen.

It was part of her job. Through the winter, she regularly went to check in on animals that she and her fellow researchers had outfitted with radio collars the year before.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/the-ice-tsunami-that-entombed-the-arctics-weirdest-mammal/550808/

It was reported at the time on Sott here: https://www.sott.net/article/226222-US-At-Least-32-Musk-Oxen-Freeze-to-Death-After-Winter-Storm-Produces-Tidal-Surge-Flooding

 

[angelburst29]

A savage 'ice tsunami' in Alaska buried alive a whole herd of musk oxen leaving all but one 'wholly submerged', researchers have found.

The terrifying 'ice tsunami' driven by 100mph winds that buried alive an ENTIRE herd of mysterious musk oxen in Alaska (Photos)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5288529/Horrific-aftermath-terrifying-ice-tsunami.html

Just for the record the source for this report is The Atlantic magazine (live link given in the Mail article) and the event dates form 7 years ago.

Quote from" Aeneas

It was reported at the time on Sott here: https://www.sott.net/article/226222-US-At-Least-32-Musk-Oxen-Freeze-to-Death-After-Winter-Storm-Produces-Tidal-Surge-Flooding

My apologies, for my oversight and lack of attention concerning the date it was first published. I appreciate the correction Treesparrow and Aeneas.

Prior to coming across and Posting that article, I was checking out local news. Due to the recent deep freeze and icy conditions, local weather channels have been reporting on numerous ice jams throughout the area. Of interest, was the Delaware River that feeds into many of our local reservoirs and streams. The ice jam is affecting parts of Pennsylvania and the New Jersey shores. If conditions were right, could you imagine the devastation and impact that even a small 'ice tsunami' would create in any of these areas?

WATCH: Ice jam still poses flood threat along Delaware River Wed. Jan 16, 2018 (Video)
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/ap/state/watch-ice-jam-still-poses-flood-threat-along-delaware-river/article_2057a302-3470-5d92-8779-3e9df67a95b8.html

An ice jam continues to pose a flood threat to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Delaware River.
A flood warning is still in effect after the jam caused a rise in the river level in Trenton. The river is about two feet below flood stage Tuesday and is expected to fluctuate near it.

Forecasters say minor flooding is expected along the river in Trenton and Ewing in New Jersey and Yardley and Morrisville in Pennsylvania.

Flooding due to the ice jam along the Delaware River has closed roads in Lower Makefield, including River Road between E. Trenton and Richard roads and Ferry Road at Stafford Place.

Delaware River Ice Jam Causes Flooding, Road Closures Jan 15, 2018
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/yardley/delaware-river-ice-jam-prompts-bucks-co-flood-warnings

Issues are also being reported on the New Jersey side of the river. News12 reports Rt. 29 south is closed near Calhoun Street in Trenton.

A flood warning has been issued along the Delaware River in Bucks County after an ice jam formed Monday morning, authorities said. The National Weather Service predicts minor flooding is possible along the river in the Yardley area after an ice jam has caused a "significant rise."

Sub-zero temperatures last week didn’t just instantaneously turn boiling water to snow. They also quickly froze rivers, ponds and lakes across the Northeast and Midwest. That’s been followed by a “brief and mildly disgusting warm-up” that’s softened all that ice with temperatures 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal and rain. It’s also melted snow, which has run off into rivers and cracked up ice further. And that, my friends, is a recipe for ice jams. Wild roaming hordes of ice chunks from the size of baseballs to an average New York studio apartment have surged down waterways From New York to Pennsylvania to Ohio to Ontario. When these frozen flash floods met with a bend in the river, a narrow strait, or a bridge, the fast-flowing ice jams have knocked trailers off their foundations, surrounded houses, and flooded basements.

Ice apocalypse in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ontario as ice jams break up and flood entire neighborhoods Jan 14, 2018 (Videos)
http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/ice-apocalypse-in-new-york-pennsylvania-ohio-and-ontario-as-ice-jams-breaks-up-and-floods-entire-neighborhoods.html

Here’s a sample of the ice jams rumbling during the weekend:

* Around 67 barges broke loose on the Ohio River Saturday. At least one of the barges sunk.

* The National Weather Service’s Burlington office shared what happened on the East Branch Ausable River in upstate New York over the course of three hours on Friday afternoon.

* This video was taken just outside of Jay NY on the flats. It shows the start of the ice flow after the ice jammed up at this location. This Ice and Water flow crossed over route 9N, flooded Jersey, Intervale Ave, and Grove Rd in Au Sable Forks before heading on down to Keeseville. Route 9N and Grove Rd were closed due to Ice blocks in the road. Some ice blocks were as thick as 18 inches in this ice flow.

* EAST BRADY: empty foundations where mobile homes were displaced by the river flood / ice floe earlier today along Allegheny River:

* IT’s coming back! Flood waters on the rise again at East Brady, PA RAPiDLY with new ice jam downstream! Just because waters drop for a bit does not mean conditions are safe! Highly variable:

* An ice jam on Sauquoit Creek is effecting a CSX rail bridge in Whitesboro, Oneida County. Ice jams, heavy rain and snow melt are causing localized flooding on roads and bridges today. Drive with caution.

This has been a winter of weird wonders. First it was snow in the Sahara. Then came ice balls on Lake Michigan. Now we’ve got to deal with ice jams.

The waters that rose from the Kennebec River over the weekend and flooded downtown Hallowell and Augusta, Maine were receding by Monday morning. Cars were still underwater Monday morning even as official said the icy flood waters would likely fall below flood stage by early afternoon. The unexpected flood started late Saturday night, after large amounts of rain and snowmelt last week caused large chunks of ice to break free in the river, then form a dam that blocked its flow. At its peak, the Kennebec River in Augusta surged above the 12 foot flood stage, reaching close to 20 feet. By Monday morning, it had receded to 14 feet.

Cars frozen in place along the flooded Kennebec River in Hallowell, Maine Jan 15, 2018 (Photos - Videos)
http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/hallowell-maine-cars-frozen-in-place-kennebec-river-video-pictures.html

* Meanwhile, a front end loader has been brought in to break up some of the ice from the Kennebec in Hallowell, Maine after cars became stuck over the weekend:

* Between 15 and 20 motor vehicles were either completely submerged or had become encased in ice when the Kennebec River overflowed its banks. 24 businesses suffered damage from the flooding, with many of them seeing several feet of water in their basements.

 

[Glenn]

Thought this was an interesting video, showing frozen methane bubbles under a lake. Since the C's have talked about the earth opening up, and outgassing events becoming more common, this is pretty startling evidence of that.

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https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/videos/gallery/viral-photos-showcase-worldfamous-frozen-bubble-phenomena-in-alberta/sharevideo/5715139038001/most_popular

 

[Laura]

Thought this was an interesting video, showing frozen methane bubbles under a lake. Since the C's have talked about the earth opening up, and outgassing events becoming more common, this is pretty startling evidence of that.

They are pretty cool looking when they freeze!! One wonders, of course, how much is coming up from the bottoms of the oceans?

 

[griffin]

Thought this was an interesting video, showing frozen methane bubbles under a lake. Since the C's have talked about the earth opening up, and outgassing events becoming more common, this is pretty startling evidence of that.

They are pretty cool looking when they freeze!! One wonders, of course, how much is coming up from the bottoms of the oceans?

I'm sure you remember the book "Mother of Storms". That story begins with a huge release of methane clathrates on the seabed that spins up non-stop hurricanes. Very scary.

 

[angelburst29]

A cold spell fell upon Siberia last week, with the rapid drop in temperature prompting many of the region’s residents to wonder how bad things are going to get and whether a vacation someplace warm might be in order.

Siberian Chill Makes Antarctica Look Like Tropical Beach
https://sputniknews.com/viral/201801221060956023-siberia-colder-than-antarctica/

Last week, it began to dawn on the residents of Siberia that their current freeze was actually making their homeland colder than Antarctica, with temperatures in cities like Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk dropping below the minus 40 degrees Celsius mark.

Surprised and even amused by this development, some of them started sharing the news on social media, tweeting snapshots of weather app readings and wondering whether a vacation in ‘warm’ Antarctica would be a good idea.

"Why go to Thailand when you could go vacationing in Antarctica," joked one. "Wish I could go to Antarctica to warm up a bit," quipped another.

​A heated discussion broke out at the Pikabu website after one of its users posted a pic showing that the current temperature in Krasnoyarsk (minus 42 degrees Celsius) is a whopping 9 degrees lower than in Antarctica.

The polar night at Taimyr is over and now the polar clusterf*ck begins," replied one person, with an attached image showing the temperature in Dudinka reaching minus 45 degrees Celsius.

Several residents of Oymyakon also posted pictures showing the temperature in their parts dropping below minus 50 degrees Celsius.

At least one person, however, pointed out that it’s currently ‘summer’ in Antarctica, and that in a few months Earth’s southernmost continent will become much colder than today.

​Siberia and Antarctica house the so-called northern and southern Poles of Cold – areas in the northern and southern hemispheres where the lowest air temperatures are recorded.

The southern Pole of Cold is located at the Russian Antarctic station Vostok, boasting a record of minus 89.2 degrees Celsius (recorded on July 21, 1983).

The city of Verkhoyansk and the village of Oymyakon, both located in the Sakha Republic of Russia, currently vie for the title of the northern Pole of Cold, with temperatures recorded in these areas dropping below minus 67 degrees Celsius.

 

[angelburst29]

Giant light pillars appear in St. Petersburg, Moscow.

With frosty weather showing no sign of ceasing in St. Petersburg, residents of Russia's northern capital have shared photos of an eyebrow-raising natural phenomenon.

St. Pete Residents in Awe, Capture Heavenly 'Glitch in the Matrix' (PHOTOS)
https://sputniknews.com/viral/201802241061959814-natural-phenomenon-st-petersburg-instagram/

St. Petersburg residents living in the city's Vyborg and Kalininsky Districts have spotted giant light pillars in the sky, which they first mistook for Northern Lights, according to local media.

This Instagram user published a photo of the light pillars under the northern lights hashtag, saying that the admiration "cannot be expressed in words."

Another user nicknamed "daryabat" also voiced joy about a "very beautiful phenomenon" which she said she first thought was Northern Lights.

"The phenomenon, which is uncommon for St. Pete, disappeared thirty minutes after emerging," she said on her Instagram page.

Such light pillars can typically be observed in frosty weather when these vertical rays become visible due to the emergence in the air of so-called ice mist.

 

[Ca.]

Beast From The East - (26:55)
Oppenheimer Ranch Project Published on Feb 27, 2018 (Links within)

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[angelburst29]

More on “The Beast from the East” :

A bitterly cold snap, already nicknamed “The Beast from the East,” has caused widespread travel disruptions and school closures as far south as Italy, where the mercury dipped as low as minus 4 degrees Celsius on Tuesday morning, according to the local meteorological service, AFP has reported.

Deep Freeze: 'Beast From the East' in Europe Turns Deadly (VIDEO, PHOTOS) 27.02.2018
https://sputniknews.com/environment/201802271062032816-cold-spell-victims/

At least 50 people have died across Europe as a blast of icy Arctic weather sweeping in from Siberia has dragged temperatures to as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius.

One of Europe’s coldest spots is Dolina Campoluzzo in northern Italy, where air temperatures have plummeted to a shivering minus 40 degrees Celsius.

With dozens of people having died across the continent as “The Beast from the East” has sent temperatures plunging and rough sleepers, the elderly being seen as the most vulnerable to the bitterly cold snap, some local authorities in Europe have ordered officials to find shelters for the homeless.

​In the coming few days, temperatures in France are expected to drop to minus 18 degrees Celsius.

​In Berlin, homeless shelters are already at 95 percent capacity, with temperatures in some parts of the country dropping to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

The extreme cold weather has caused travel disruptions in the Netherlands and Britain, where police have recorded a growing number of crashes as large territories are engulfed in snow.

​"Parts of England and Wales are likely to see their coldest spell of weather since at least 2013 — perhaps 1991," the head of Britain’s weather service, Frank Saunders, told AFP.

​The Mediterranean hasn’t been spared either, with heavy snowfall in Nice and snow drifts forcing the closure of a number of highways along Croatia's Adriatic coast.

 

[lainey]

Wow, that story about Scotland really gives one an idea of what kinds of turmoil the descent of an Ice Age might cause. Scary.

I'm cross posting from the "What's the weather" thread:

Most of Scotland seems to have been brought to a standstill with all the snow we have been having. The 2 major airports, Glasgow and Edinburgh, are closed, there are no trains and barely any buses running.
1000's of people were stuck overnight on the M80 motorway because of broken down and abandoned vehicles.

People are so ill prepared for this type of severe weather and a lot of people ignored the weather warning to try to travel which left them freezing in their cars without food, water or blankets. Luckily volunteers helped to bring supplies to people who were in need.

I'm in London at the moment and am watching the travel news and flight trackers to see if I will be able to get home (Glasgow) this evening. Fingers crossed they manage to clear the runways.

I'm following the news and there is a train trapped in Dorset with hundreds of people trapped on it and no power. They have been there overnight with many people without adequate clothing to keep them warm.

The army have been drafted in to help people so hopefully they will be out soon!

I'm safe and well though and my flight provider will put me up in a hotel and transfer my flights free of charge so my thoughts are with all those poor people who aren't so lucky.

_https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/926040/UK-Scotland-weather-forecast-beast-from-east-snow-school-closures