WKN Weer, Klimaat en Natuurrampen
Lees alles over het onstuimige weer op onze planeet, volg orkanen en tornado's, zie hoe vulkanen uitbarsten en hoe Moeder Aarde beeft bij een aardbeving. Alles over de verwoestende kracht van onze planeet en tal van andere natuurverschijnselen.
Well that was about fuckin' time.quote:Op woensdag 7 februari 2007 21:32 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
There was some relief Wednesday in the Great Lakes region.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
OSWEGO, New York (AP) -- While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, the folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow -- lots of snow.
Since Sunday, the small towns of Parish and Mexico have recorded more than 6 feet of snow, and forecasters with the National Weather Service say it isn't over yet.
Another 2 feet or more of heavy lake-effect snow was expected Thursday for the communities along eastern Lake Ontario, and more squalls are likely through the weekend
We're just trying to keep up. It's almost an unreal amount," said Mayor Randy Bateman of Oswego, where 70 inches of snow had fallen by Thursday morning. "We catch up when it stops, but then it just comes again, even heavier."
Five inches per hour
Whiteout conditions -- the snow has been falling at a rate of 5 inches an hour at times -- forced state police to temporarily close Interstate 81 between Central Square and Pulaski, a stretch of about 15 miles.
Travel advisories against unnecessary travel were posted for Oswego and its neighboring counties. Mexico officials renewed a snow emergency declaration, and many government offices were closed.
Schools were closed for a fourth day in Oswego and Mexico.
Bron CNN: Volledige Artikel --> http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)eather.ap/index.html
(ook leuk videootje van al die sneeuw , en wij klagen al bij 20 centimeter )
Since Sunday, the small towns of Parish and Mexico have recorded more than 6 feet of snow, and forecasters with the National Weather Service say it isn't over yet.
Another 2 feet or more of heavy lake-effect snow was expected Thursday for the communities along eastern Lake Ontario, and more squalls are likely through the weekend
We're just trying to keep up. It's almost an unreal amount," said Mayor Randy Bateman of Oswego, where 70 inches of snow had fallen by Thursday morning. "We catch up when it stops, but then it just comes again, even heavier."
Five inches per hour
Whiteout conditions -- the snow has been falling at a rate of 5 inches an hour at times -- forced state police to temporarily close Interstate 81 between Central Square and Pulaski, a stretch of about 15 miles.
Travel advisories against unnecessary travel were posted for Oswego and its neighboring counties. Mexico officials renewed a snow emergency declaration, and many government offices were closed.
Schools were closed for a fourth day in Oswego and Mexico.
Bron CNN: Volledige Artikel --> http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)eather.ap/index.html
(ook leuk videootje van al die sneeuw , en wij klagen al bij 20 centimeter )
, en wij klagen al bij 20 centimeter 
)
Het noorden van de Verenigde Staten heeft sinds meer dan een week last van bittere kou en verijsde wegen, waardoor al twintig mensen het leven hebben verloren. Maar de meest winterse aanblik toont ongetwijfeld Oswego County in de staat New York. Het district is bedekt onder een 2,5 meter dikke laag sneeuw
Donderdag viel in Oswego County zeven centimeter sneeuw per uur en er is meer sneeuw op komst. De gouverneur heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen en alle niet strikt noodzakelijke verkeer is verboden.
"Het was leuk toen het begon, want we hadden in december en januari helemaal geen sneeuw gehad", zei de burgemeester. (novum)
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PARISH, New York — With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.
"This is bad," said 67-year-old Dave DeGrau, who has operated an auto repair shop on Main Street for 45 years. "We had a very easy winter until now. Last fall during hunting season it rained every time I went out. I kept saying 'I'm glad this isn't snow.' Now, it's snow."
Persistent bands of lake-effect snow squalls fed by moisture from Lake Ontario have been swinging up and down this part of central New York along the lake's eastern shore since last Sunday.
The National Weather Service said Parish — about 25 miles northeast of Syracuse — reached a milestone early Saturday with 100 inches of snow during the past seven days. Late Saturday, the total had risen to 110 inches. Unofficial reports pegged totals at 123 inches in Orwell and 122 in Redfield, but those measurements include snow from another storm a couple of days before the current weather system. All three towns are in Oswego County.
A warning in effect until Monday morning said 2 to 4 more feet of snow was possible with wind gusting up to 24 mph.
"That's all we need," Mike Avery said as he took a brief break from loading dump trucks with snow to be hauled to a pile outside town. "It's getting monotonous."
The fluffy new snow was a magnet for snowmobilers, but stopping was out of the question.
"You can't stop or you're done," said Dan Hojnacki, 23, of Syracuse, after he ground to a halt in a field. "I never got stuck until today, and I've been snowmobiling for 10 years."
Residents of the nearby town of Mexico see 5- to 6-foot snowfalls every two or three years, but this time even hardened locals are amazed. The only sign of parked SUVs are their radio antennas or roof racks sticking up above the snow. Front doors are buried and footprints lead to second-story windows. Sidewalks that have been dug out look like miniature canyons.
The state transportation department said 125 workers from elsewhere in the state had been sent in with snow equipment to help.
The region is located along the Tug Hill Plateau, the snowiest region this side of the Rocky Mountains. It's a 50-mile wedge of land that rises 2,100 feet from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. It usually gets about 300 inches — roughly 25 feet — of snow a year.
The hamlet of Hooker, near the boundaries of Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties, holds the state's one-year record with 466.9 inches, about 39 feet, in the winter of 1976-77.
Still, less than a month ago it seemed more like spring.
Gosh, three weeks ago there was green on the ground. We got spoiled," Parish Mayor Leon Heagle said. "This just came fast. This is not normal. God, we can't catch a break. I feel like getting right in the car and driving south, but I'd probably get in trouble."
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Donderdag viel in Oswego County zeven centimeter sneeuw per uur en er is meer sneeuw op komst. De gouverneur heeft de noodtoestand uitgeroepen en alle niet strikt noodzakelijke verkeer is verboden.
"Het was leuk toen het begon, want we hadden in december en januari helemaal geen sneeuw gehad", zei de burgemeester. (novum)
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PARISH, New York — With more than 8 feet of snow already coating the ground, it wasn't good news for this winter-weary region when the blue sky turned gray Saturday, signaling another intense snow squall was about to dump some more.
"This is bad," said 67-year-old Dave DeGrau, who has operated an auto repair shop on Main Street for 45 years. "We had a very easy winter until now. Last fall during hunting season it rained every time I went out. I kept saying 'I'm glad this isn't snow.' Now, it's snow."
Persistent bands of lake-effect snow squalls fed by moisture from Lake Ontario have been swinging up and down this part of central New York along the lake's eastern shore since last Sunday.
The National Weather Service said Parish — about 25 miles northeast of Syracuse — reached a milestone early Saturday with 100 inches of snow during the past seven days. Late Saturday, the total had risen to 110 inches. Unofficial reports pegged totals at 123 inches in Orwell and 122 in Redfield, but those measurements include snow from another storm a couple of days before the current weather system. All three towns are in Oswego County.
A warning in effect until Monday morning said 2 to 4 more feet of snow was possible with wind gusting up to 24 mph.
"That's all we need," Mike Avery said as he took a brief break from loading dump trucks with snow to be hauled to a pile outside town. "It's getting monotonous."
The fluffy new snow was a magnet for snowmobilers, but stopping was out of the question.
"You can't stop or you're done," said Dan Hojnacki, 23, of Syracuse, after he ground to a halt in a field. "I never got stuck until today, and I've been snowmobiling for 10 years."
Residents of the nearby town of Mexico see 5- to 6-foot snowfalls every two or three years, but this time even hardened locals are amazed. The only sign of parked SUVs are their radio antennas or roof racks sticking up above the snow. Front doors are buried and footprints lead to second-story windows. Sidewalks that have been dug out look like miniature canyons.
The state transportation department said 125 workers from elsewhere in the state had been sent in with snow equipment to help.
The region is located along the Tug Hill Plateau, the snowiest region this side of the Rocky Mountains. It's a 50-mile wedge of land that rises 2,100 feet from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. It usually gets about 300 inches — roughly 25 feet — of snow a year.
The hamlet of Hooker, near the boundaries of Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties, holds the state's one-year record with 466.9 inches, about 39 feet, in the winter of 1976-77.
Still, less than a month ago it seemed more like spring.
Gosh, three weeks ago there was green on the ground. We got spoiled," Parish Mayor Leon Heagle said. "This just came fast. This is not normal. God, we can't catch a break. I feel like getting right in the car and driving south, but I'd probably get in trouble."
[ Bericht 2% gewijzigd door Frutsel op 13-02-2007 12:59:46 ]
quote:"Het was leuk toen het begon, want we hadden in december en januari helemaal geen sneeuw gehad", zei de burgemeester. (novum)
Toch lijkt me dit wel eens een keer wat voor ons landje... gewooon 1 meter...
Het hele land gaat plat... en we zeiken nooit weer bij 20 cm
Het hele land gaat plat... en we zeiken nooit weer bij 20 cm
We zeiken tegenwoordig al over 2 cmquote:Op zondag 11 februari 2007 14:57 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
Toch lijkt me dit wel eens een keer wat voor ons landje... gewooon 1 meter...
Het hele land gaat plat... en we zeiken nooit weer bij 20 cm
There are only two pains in life. The pain of discipline and the pain of regret.
Ze zullen ten oosten van The Great Lakes wel erg blij zijn ja.
Vooral Lake Ontario was deze keer de boosdoener.
Vooral Lake Ontario was deze keer de boosdoener.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Trouwens, ik was vorig jaar rond deze tijd in het Bayerische Wald. Daar was ook een "schneekatastrophe". Daar lag in sommige dorpen ook 2,5 meter sneeuw, met name rond de Großer Arber. Echt gaaf was dat.
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REDFIELD, New York (AP) -- The lake-effect squalls that have buried parts of upstate New York in nearly 12 feet of snow finally ended Monday, leaving road crews with the task of clearing snow piled as high as street signs.
The squalls pushed along the shore of eastern Lake Ontario, leaving behind up to three inches of new snow before tapering off.
Forecasters warned that another storm system was on the way.
Redfield received 11 feet, 9 inches of snow, but residents were unfazed in a community where the economy thrives on snowmobilers and cross-country skiers. The area receives an annual average of more than 22 feet.
"It's not really anything we'll get excited about," Town Clerk Elaine Verdon said. "It's not an unusual amount. It's just unusual that it fell in such a short period of time."
The town of Parish received 10 feet, while nearly 9 feet fell in the communities of Mexico and Osceola.
A winter storm watch was posted in all of western and central New York for Tuesday night and Wednesday as a new storm approached from the Midwest.
Forecasters said it could bring 8 to 20 inches of snow to upstate New York.
"Unfortunately, they're not going to get much of a breather," said Tom Niziol, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
In Redfield, officials don't have to worry about snow removal.
"Out here, we'll just leave it in piles and wait for it to melt. It's not like a city where it would be in someone's way," Verdon said.
But for larger communities, clearing the snow is more of a challenge. State officials have given some highway departments permission to dump the snow in open water if necessary. Other towns haul it to a central location.
"There's just too much snow to leave in place. It makes it dangerous to walk and to drive," said Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.
In Oswego, which received 85 inches, the city carts snow to a two-acre reservoir, where it's piled into one big mound. Last year, the pile did not entirely melt until July.
"With all the snow we've gotten, that snow mound might be there all summer into next winter," Bateman quipped.
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en dan nog even een zoekplaatje.. Zoek de auto
The squalls pushed along the shore of eastern Lake Ontario, leaving behind up to three inches of new snow before tapering off.
Forecasters warned that another storm system was on the way.
Redfield received 11 feet, 9 inches of snow, but residents were unfazed in a community where the economy thrives on snowmobilers and cross-country skiers. The area receives an annual average of more than 22 feet.
"It's not really anything we'll get excited about," Town Clerk Elaine Verdon said. "It's not an unusual amount. It's just unusual that it fell in such a short period of time."
The town of Parish received 10 feet, while nearly 9 feet fell in the communities of Mexico and Osceola.
A winter storm watch was posted in all of western and central New York for Tuesday night and Wednesday as a new storm approached from the Midwest.
Forecasters said it could bring 8 to 20 inches of snow to upstate New York.
"Unfortunately, they're not going to get much of a breather," said Tom Niziol, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
In Redfield, officials don't have to worry about snow removal.
"Out here, we'll just leave it in piles and wait for it to melt. It's not like a city where it would be in someone's way," Verdon said.
But for larger communities, clearing the snow is more of a challenge. State officials have given some highway departments permission to dump the snow in open water if necessary. Other towns haul it to a central location.
"There's just too much snow to leave in place. It makes it dangerous to walk and to drive," said Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman.
In Oswego, which received 85 inches, the city carts snow to a two-acre reservoir, where it's piled into one big mound. Last year, the pile did not entirely melt until July.
"With all the snow we've gotten, that snow mound might be there all summer into next winter," Bateman quipped.
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en dan nog even een zoekplaatje.. Zoek de auto
Wat ik nou niet begrijp he is dat de VS over de meeste geavanceerde technologie
van de wereld beschikt als we praten over kennis en militair materieel en toch staan
ze met regelmaat in hun hemd als het gaat om de meest simpele logistieke zaken.
Is het nou pure onwil of gewoon luiheid/gemak of simpelweg nonchalance?.
neem al hun electricteits-netwerk,in NL is alles onder de grond,in de VS boven
de grond met alle gevolgen van dien dus.
Wat ik nou niet begrijp he is dat de VS over de meeste geavanceerde technologie van de wereld beschikt als we praten over kennis en militair materieel en toch staan
ze met regelmaat in hun hemd als het gaat om de meest simpele logistieke zaken.
Is het nou pure onwil of gewoon luiheid/gemak of simpelweg nonchalance?.
neem al hun electricteits-netwerk,in NL is alles onder de grond,in de VS boven
de grond met alle gevolgen van dien dus.
Geweldig zeg.
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
And Prince is still here!
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
And Prince is still here!
Ben je zelf wel eens aangenaam verrast door twee meter sneeuw in een paar dagen?quote:Op dinsdag 13 februari 2007 13:51 schreef sanni het volgende:
Wat ik nou niet begrijp he is dat de VS over de meeste geavanceerde technologie
van de wereld beschikt als we praten over kennis en militair materieel en toch staan
ze met regelmaat in hun hemd als het gaat om de meest simpele logistieke zaken.
Is het nou pure onwil of gewoon luiheid/gemak of simpelweg nonchalance?.
neem al hun electricteits-netwerk,in NL is alles onder de grond,in de VS boven
de grond met alle gevolgen van dien dus.
En bij nieuwbouw ligt alle bekabeling trouwens onder de grond, de oudere wijken hebben inderdaad nog kabels boven de grond.
Maar goed, ik begrijp dat je deze extreme situaties niet kent.
Praten over logistiek als de ene blizzard na de andere met -40C over je heen komt.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Valt me idd nog mee dat de post het nog doet, en de winkels nog open zijnquote:Op dinsdag 13 februari 2007 17:33 schreef popolon het volgende:
Praten over logistiek als de ene blizzard na de andere met -40C over je heen komt.
In Nederland stopt dat al bij 50cm sneeuw.
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quote:Op dinsdag 13 februari 2007 13:51 schreef sanni het volgende:
Wat ik nou niet begrijp he is dat de VS over de meeste geavanceerde technologie
van de wereld beschikt als we praten over kennis en militair materieel en toch staan
ze met regelmaat in hun hemd als het gaat om de meest simpele logistieke zaken.
Is het nou pure onwil of gewoon luiheid/gemak of simpelweg nonchalance?.
neem al hun electricteits-netwerk,in NL is alles onder de grond,in de VS boven
de grond met alle gevolgen van dien dus.
3 meter sneeuw is niet met logistiek op te lossen hoor
The line is a dot to you!
Even rechtstreeks ooggetuigenverslag uit de VS (Columbus Ohio): het sneeuwt en ijzelt hier sinds gisteren; inmiddels ligt er zo'n 30 cm sneeuw. De universiteit was gisteren en vandaag gesloten en er vliegen vrijwel geen vliegtuigen meer. Op straat was iedereen bezig sneeuw te scheppen en auto's te ontdooien. Maar de sneeuw ligt nog niet zo hoog dat er geen auto's meer kunnen rijden, hoewel het wel erg rustig is op straat.
Hopelijk is alles de 23e weer enigszins normaal, want ik heb voor dan een weekendje New York geboekt
Hopelijk is alles de 23e weer enigszins normaal, want ik heb voor dan een weekendje New York geboekt
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
(Nu.NL) WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Zware sneeuwstormen hebben woensdag in het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten chaos veroorzaakt. In de hoofdstad Washington moesten de twee belangrijkste luchthavens sluiten. Op de drie grote vliegvelden van New York werden honderden vluchten uit voorzorg geschrapt.
Talrijke scholen in het getroffen gebied gingen niet open. Automobilisten die zich op de ondergesneeuwde wegen waagden, bleven in lange files steken.
Valentijn
Vanwege de storm worden vele Valentijnskado's te laat of zelfs helemaal niet geleverd. "De mensen moeten begrijpen dat als wij nu de straat op gaan om de bestellingen af te leveren, we grote kans lopen deze barre weersomstandigheden niet te overleven."
Talrijke scholen in het getroffen gebied gingen niet open. Automobilisten die zich op de ondergesneeuwde wegen waagden, bleven in lange files steken.
Valentijn
Vanwege de storm worden vele Valentijnskado's te laat of zelfs helemaal niet geleverd. "De mensen moeten begrijpen dat als wij nu de straat op gaan om de bestellingen af te leveren, we grote kans lopen deze barre weersomstandigheden niet te overleven."
Kijk, dat is dan niet zo erg.quote:Op donderdag 15 februari 2007 01:51 schreef indahnesia.com het volgende:
Huppakee, weg Valentijn
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Als er zo'n laagje ijs op zit, werkt dat juist beschermend...quote:Op zondag 14 januari 2007 23:16 schreef popolon het volgende:
Van nu.nl:
Californie - Landbouwers vrezen gevolgen voor het citrusfruit. De oogst van sinaasappels, mandarijnen en citroenen vertegenwoordigt een waarde van bijna een miljard dollar.
oops, da's een pijnlijke tegenslag.
Als er in Nederland een late vorstperiode is, besproeien ze de bloesems van de fruitbomen, zodat zich er een laagje ijs op vormt... Op die manier blijft het beschermd tegen hevige vorst en koude wind. Maar ik weet niet of dat ook goed werkt op de vruchten...
Bestiality sure is a fun thing to do. But I have to say this as a warning to you:
With almost all animals you can have a ball, but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all.
With almost all animals you can have a ball, but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all.
damn, net bij RTL 4 Nieuws, horror-video vanuit een politieauto...hoe een vrachtwagen door de gladheid recht op de politiewagen inramt...
Es kijken of ik die ergens kan vinden
UPDATE: Jep, hier staat de link ---> Eerst linkje aanklikken in het artikel van CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)eather.ap/index.html
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Es kijken of ik die ergens kan vinden
UPDATE: Jep, hier staat de link ---> Eerst linkje aanklikken in het artikel van CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/20(...)eather.ap/index.html
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NORTHFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A killer snow and ice storm that hit the Midwest and Northeast left behind huge snow piles, frigid temperatures, and highway logjams Thursday.
The storm was blamed for at least 14 deaths.
In Pennsylvania, National Guard vehicles loaded with food, water, baby supplies and fuel delivered help to hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 78 Wednesday night and Thursday morning while crews try clear up a 50-mile backup on the icy, hilly highway.
The Guard began helping the motorists at about 9 p.m. Wednesday and was still at more than 12 hours later, said Lt. Col. Chris Cleaver, a Guard spokesman.
Utilities reported more than 90,000 homes and businesses without electricity early Thursday in Ohio, Maryland, northern Virginia, the District of Columbia and Delaware because of high wind and iced-up power lines.
The storm hit Wednesday, leaving up to 12 inches of snow across Pennsylvania, 15 inches in Cleveland, 19 inches in western Massachusetts and 42 inches in the southern Adirondacks in New York. Three feet of snow fell on parts of Vermont, good news for the state's beleaguered ski industry. Nearly 2 feet fell on parts of New Hampshire
In parts of the Northeast, the snow was followed by up to several inches of ice, leaving motorists with a slippery commute Thursday morning. That is, if they could free their ice-entombed cars. And with gusty wind, some areas had morning wind chills below zero.
"You can't even shovel it," said Wes Velker, an electrician who had to dig out from a foot of snow so he could go to work fixing busted water pipes and furnaces in Toledo, Ohio. "You have to take it off in layers."
In Vermont, 25.7 inches fell Wednesday at Burlington International Airport, the second-highest snowfall ever. That led the founder of Burton Snowboards in Burlington to give employees the day off Thursday.
"Nothing makes me happier than giving the people who work here the opportunity to experience the essence of a sport that they are making accessible and fun for so many others," Jake Burton said.
Many school districts, including many across upstate New York, that had canceled classes Wednesday extended the unplanned vacation by an extra day
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) tried to calm a maelstrom of criticism Thursday, after passengers were left waiting on planes at a New York airport for as long as nine hours during a snow and ice storm.
The airline said 10 incoming and outbound flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were "significantly delayed" with customers on board during Wednesday's storm. Reasons included congestion, frozen equipment and an effort to keep planes ready to go in case the weather broke, said JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin.
Calling the delays "unacceptable," the airline planned to offer the affected passengers refunds and free flights.
The storm was blamed for at least 14 deaths.
In Pennsylvania, National Guard vehicles loaded with food, water, baby supplies and fuel delivered help to hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 78 Wednesday night and Thursday morning while crews try clear up a 50-mile backup on the icy, hilly highway.
The Guard began helping the motorists at about 9 p.m. Wednesday and was still at more than 12 hours later, said Lt. Col. Chris Cleaver, a Guard spokesman.
Utilities reported more than 90,000 homes and businesses without electricity early Thursday in Ohio, Maryland, northern Virginia, the District of Columbia and Delaware because of high wind and iced-up power lines.
The storm hit Wednesday, leaving up to 12 inches of snow across Pennsylvania, 15 inches in Cleveland, 19 inches in western Massachusetts and 42 inches in the southern Adirondacks in New York. Three feet of snow fell on parts of Vermont, good news for the state's beleaguered ski industry. Nearly 2 feet fell on parts of New Hampshire
In parts of the Northeast, the snow was followed by up to several inches of ice, leaving motorists with a slippery commute Thursday morning. That is, if they could free their ice-entombed cars. And with gusty wind, some areas had morning wind chills below zero.
"You can't even shovel it," said Wes Velker, an electrician who had to dig out from a foot of snow so he could go to work fixing busted water pipes and furnaces in Toledo, Ohio. "You have to take it off in layers."
In Vermont, 25.7 inches fell Wednesday at Burlington International Airport, the second-highest snowfall ever. That led the founder of Burton Snowboards in Burlington to give employees the day off Thursday.
"Nothing makes me happier than giving the people who work here the opportunity to experience the essence of a sport that they are making accessible and fun for so many others," Jake Burton said.
Many school districts, including many across upstate New York, that had canceled classes Wednesday extended the unplanned vacation by an extra day
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU) tried to calm a maelstrom of criticism Thursday, after passengers were left waiting on planes at a New York airport for as long as nine hours during a snow and ice storm.
The airline said 10 incoming and outbound flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport were "significantly delayed" with customers on board during Wednesday's storm. Reasons included congestion, frozen equipment and an effort to keep planes ready to go in case the weather broke, said JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin.
Calling the delays "unacceptable," the airline planned to offer the affected passengers refunds and free flights.
Die eerste foto
Alsof je kijkt vanuit een heli op de grote sneeuwvlakte, maar dan is het een motorkap
Alsof je kijkt vanuit een heli op de grote sneeuwvlakte, maar dan is het een motorkap
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Filmpje bekeken?quote:Op donderdag 15 februari 2007 18:39 schreef -skippybal- het volgende:
Die eerste foto
Ligt daar nu dan 176 inch? (=447cm )quote:42 inches in the southern Adirondacks in New York.
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Ja zag het vanochtend al op het NOS journaal. Die met die Fed Ex truck met dubbele aanhanger die met bizar hoge snelheid slippend aan komt glijden toch?quote:
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jep..in sommige delen is daar zoveel gevallenquote:Op donderdag 15 februari 2007 18:41 schreef highway101 het volgende:
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Ligt daar nu dan 176 inch? (=447cm )
en het einde is nog niet in zicht
quote:Op donderdag 15 februari 2007 18:42 schreef -skippybal- het volgende:
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Ja zag het vanochtend al op het NOS journaal. Die met die Fed Ex truck met dubbele aanhanger die met bizar hoge snelheid slippend aan komt glijden toch?
jezus wat een klap zeg!
Hoe die ook die andere auto gewoon helemaal meeneemt. Echt scary als je daarin zit en je op een stilstaande patrolcar aan het glijden bentquote:
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ik wilde deze prachtige foto toch nog even hier laten zien...
After a late-winter snow and ice storm, the clouds over the Northeast United States cleared on February 19, 2007, affording the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite this stunning view of the brown and white landscape. Snow stretches from Maine to Virginia, highlighting the curving folds of the Appalachian Mountains, branch-like rivers and streams, and the solid white smoothness of frozen lakes. Beautiful though the snow is, it trapped hundreds of motorists in eastern Pennsylvania, shut down some air and train travel, closed businesses and schools, triggered power outages, and caused 15 deaths, reported CNN on February 15.
After a late-winter snow and ice storm, the clouds over the Northeast United States cleared on February 19, 2007, affording the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite this stunning view of the brown and white landscape. Snow stretches from Maine to Virginia, highlighting the curving folds of the Appalachian Mountains, branch-like rivers and streams, and the solid white smoothness of frozen lakes. Beautiful though the snow is, it trapped hundreds of motorists in eastern Pennsylvania, shut down some air and train travel, closed businesses and schools, triggered power outages, and caused 15 deaths, reported CNN on February 15.
't Dooit sinds een paar dagen in de Great Lakes regionen.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Huge Winter Storm heads East
DETROIT Feb 25, 2007 (AP)— A huge winter storm barreled toward the East Coast on Sunday after dumping more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest, causing seven traffic deaths in Wisconsin and closing major highways in the Plains.
Parts of Wisconsin could get 18 to 24 inches of snow before the storm passes, said Tom Zajdel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wis.
The storm knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers, mostly in Iowa, where freezing rain coated trees and power lines. Outages were also reported in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Ohio.
"The snow is so wet it's sticking to power poles and power lines," said Bill Taylor of the National Weather Service office in North Platte, Neb.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain caused hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed Saturday in Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee, while whiteouts occurred in Colorado and Kansas.
Interstate 70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 400 miles in both directions from just east of Denver to Salina, Kan., because of blowing snow and slippery pavement.
Between Denver and the beginning of the highway closure, about 35 cars collided in a pileup on an icy section of I-70. No major injuries were reported.
The weather service reported wind gusts of 68 mph in the Denver area. In Kansas, winds whipped about 3 inches of snowfall into 7-foot drifts.
A number of other highways also were closed in Wyoming and Nebraska. But many roads reopened later Saturday, including most of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. More than 270 miles there had been closed.
The National Weather Service posted blizzard and winter storm warnings for parts of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Between 15 inches to 18 inches of snow had fallen between Winona, Minn., and La Crosse, Wis., by Saturday evening, according to the weather service.
As conditions worsened in Winona County, deputies turned to four-wheel drive vehicles. The blinding snow caused around 50 cars to spin out or go into the ditch, authorities said. (ABCNews 25-2-07)
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Beetje voorbarig Popolon? Er komt nog meer
DETROIT Feb 25, 2007 (AP)— A huge winter storm barreled toward the East Coast on Sunday after dumping more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest, causing seven traffic deaths in Wisconsin and closing major highways in the Plains.
Parts of Wisconsin could get 18 to 24 inches of snow before the storm passes, said Tom Zajdel, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wis.
The storm knocked out power to more than 100,000 customers, mostly in Iowa, where freezing rain coated trees and power lines. Outages were also reported in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Ohio.
"The snow is so wet it's sticking to power poles and power lines," said Bill Taylor of the National Weather Service office in North Platte, Neb.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain caused hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed Saturday in Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee, while whiteouts occurred in Colorado and Kansas.
Interstate 70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 400 miles in both directions from just east of Denver to Salina, Kan., because of blowing snow and slippery pavement.
Between Denver and the beginning of the highway closure, about 35 cars collided in a pileup on an icy section of I-70. No major injuries were reported.
The weather service reported wind gusts of 68 mph in the Denver area. In Kansas, winds whipped about 3 inches of snowfall into 7-foot drifts.
A number of other highways also were closed in Wyoming and Nebraska. But many roads reopened later Saturday, including most of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. More than 270 miles there had been closed.
The National Weather Service posted blizzard and winter storm warnings for parts of Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Between 15 inches to 18 inches of snow had fallen between Winona, Minn., and La Crosse, Wis., by Saturday evening, according to the weather service.
As conditions worsened in Winona County, deputies turned to four-wheel drive vehicles. The blinding snow caused around 50 cars to spin out or go into the ditch, authorities said. (ABCNews 25-2-07)
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Beetje voorbarig Popolon? Er komt nog meer
No shit.
Ik zag het gras weer op sommige plekken, valt er weer 20 cm.
Ik zag het gras weer op sommige plekken, valt er weer 20 cm.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Acht verkeersdoden door sneeuw in VS
AMSTERDAM - Een zware sneeuwstorm heeft in het weekeinde in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten tot acht doden in het verkeer geleid, zeven in Wisconsin en één in Kansas.
Op sommige plaatsen viel wel zestig centimeter sneeuw. Ook veel andere staten werden getroffen.
Stroom
In Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska en Ohio kwamen talloze huishoudens en bedrijven zonder stroom te zitten en op de internationale luchthaven van Chicago werden zaterdag en zondag in totaal 430 vluchten geannuleerd. Zo'n duizend gestrande passagiers brachten de nacht op het vliegveld door.
Bij een kettingbotsing die zich zaterdagavond op een snelweg in Chicago voordeed door de sneeuw raakten negen mensen gewond. De sneeuwstorm trok zondag verder in de richting van de oostkust.
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AMSTERDAM - Een zware sneeuwstorm heeft in het weekeinde in het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten tot acht doden in het verkeer geleid, zeven in Wisconsin en één in Kansas.
Op sommige plaatsen viel wel zestig centimeter sneeuw. Ook veel andere staten werden getroffen.
Stroom
In Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska en Ohio kwamen talloze huishoudens en bedrijven zonder stroom te zitten en op de internationale luchthaven van Chicago werden zaterdag en zondag in totaal 430 vluchten geannuleerd. Zo'n duizend gestrande passagiers brachten de nacht op het vliegveld door.
Bij een kettingbotsing die zich zaterdagavond op een snelweg in Chicago voordeed door de sneeuw raakten negen mensen gewond. De sneeuwstorm trok zondag verder in de richting van de oostkust.
nu.nl
Weer een halve meter de laatste paar dagen.
Het sneeuwschuiven wordt lastig nu het dooit overdag (zware sneeuw)
Nu weet ik weer waarom ik de lente zo leuk vindt. Als je echt vier 'seizoenen' hebt dan weet je de andere drie ook te waarderen.
Het sneeuwschuiven wordt lastig nu het dooit overdag (zware sneeuw)
Nu weet ik weer waarom ik de lente zo leuk vindt. Als je echt vier 'seizoenen' hebt dan weet je de andere drie ook te waarderen.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Net op de oprit sneeuwvrij gemaakt, duurde wel een uurtje met de stoep erbij:
Let wel, eergisteren was alle sneeuw bijna weg.
Sorry dat ik geen schokkende foto's heb.
Let wel, eergisteren was alle sneeuw bijna weg.
Sorry dat ik geen schokkende foto's heb.
Patience is not one of my virtues, neither is memory. Or patience for that matter.
Asian Pollution has effect on Winter Storms in US?
Air pollution blowing over the western US from Asia has been a growing environmental concern for several years. Now, it seems, it's giving winter storms added punch as well.
Tiny aerosols and soot from burning wood and coal in winter, especially in China, appear to be seeding clouds in large winter storms that churn thousands of miles east across the northern Pacific, says a team of US scientists. The pollution is turning relatively routine marine rain clouds into towering thunderheads, much like those seen above land.
Previous studies have shown that during the last half of the 20th century, northern Pacific winter storms have become steadily more frequent and stronger, based on tracking wind speeds and atmospheric pressure. The latest results, published last week, indicate that ill winds blowing out of Asia are adding muscle to the types of clouds these stronger winter cyclones carry.
The team posits that the shift toward these types of clouds, with their strong updrafts, could be altering global circulation patterns – perhaps even masking the effects of global warming, because the thicker, taller clouds reflect more sunlight back into space. And they could be contributing to more rapid melting of snow and ice in the Arctic as dark soot is lofted by strong updrafts in these clouds and carried north to fall back to the surface.
Others have noted this effect of smoke and soot on individual thunderstorms in the Amazon. But this is the first time researchers have seen the effect on storm systems hundreds of miles across.
"As you change things in the atmosphere, whether it's particulates or climate change, all of the effects are not obvious" immediately, says Renyi Zhang, an atmospheric scientist at Texas A&M University in College Station, who led the study.
A poor grasp on aerosols' effects
The team has long been interested in the effects soot and tiny particles called aerosols have on climate. The latest report on global-warming science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released last month, shows that researchers have a poor grasp on these effects. Of all the agents affecting climate – sunlight, greenhouse gases, mineral dust blowing around, for example – the "indirect" effect aerosols have on climate through seeding clouds remains the largest source of uncertainty the report lists
Air pollution blowing over the western US from Asia has been a growing environmental concern for several years. Now, it seems, it's giving winter storms added punch as well.
Tiny aerosols and soot from burning wood and coal in winter, especially in China, appear to be seeding clouds in large winter storms that churn thousands of miles east across the northern Pacific, says a team of US scientists. The pollution is turning relatively routine marine rain clouds into towering thunderheads, much like those seen above land.
Previous studies have shown that during the last half of the 20th century, northern Pacific winter storms have become steadily more frequent and stronger, based on tracking wind speeds and atmospheric pressure. The latest results, published last week, indicate that ill winds blowing out of Asia are adding muscle to the types of clouds these stronger winter cyclones carry.
The team posits that the shift toward these types of clouds, with their strong updrafts, could be altering global circulation patterns – perhaps even masking the effects of global warming, because the thicker, taller clouds reflect more sunlight back into space. And they could be contributing to more rapid melting of snow and ice in the Arctic as dark soot is lofted by strong updrafts in these clouds and carried north to fall back to the surface.
Others have noted this effect of smoke and soot on individual thunderstorms in the Amazon. But this is the first time researchers have seen the effect on storm systems hundreds of miles across.
"As you change things in the atmosphere, whether it's particulates or climate change, all of the effects are not obvious" immediately, says Renyi Zhang, an atmospheric scientist at Texas A&M University in College Station, who led the study.
A poor grasp on aerosols' effects
The team has long been interested in the effects soot and tiny particles called aerosols have on climate. The latest report on global-warming science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released last month, shows that researchers have a poor grasp on these effects. Of all the agents affecting climate – sunlight, greenhouse gases, mineral dust blowing around, for example – the "indirect" effect aerosols have on climate through seeding clouds remains the largest source of uncertainty the report lists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- This has been the world's warmest winter since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the U.S. government agency that tracks weather reported Thursday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the combined global land and ocean surface temperature from December through February was at its highest since records began in 1880.
A record-warm January was responsible for pushing up the combined winter temperature, according to the agency's Web site.
"Contributing factors were the long-term trend toward warmer temperatures, as well as a moderate El Nino in the Pacific," Jay Lawrimore of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center said in a telephone interview from Asheville, North Carolina.
The next-warmest winter on record was in 2004, and the third warmest winter was in 1998, Lawrimore said.
The 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1995.
"We don't say this winter is evidence of the influence of greenhouse gases," Lawrimore said.
However, he noted that his center's work is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change process, which released a report on global warming last month that found climate change is occurring and that human activities quite likely play a role in the change.
"So we know as a part of that, the conclusions have been reached and the warming trend is due in part to rises in greenhouse gas emissions," Lawrimore said. "By looking at long-term trends and long-term changes, we are able to better understand natural and anthropogenic [human-caused] climate change."
The combined temperature for the December-February period was 1.3 degrees F (0.72 degree C) above the 20th century mean, the agency said.
Lawrimore did not give an absolute temperature for the three-month period, and said the deviation from the mean was what was important. He did not provide the 20th century mean temperature.
Temperatures were above average for these months in Europe, Asia, western Africa, southeastern Brazil and the northeast half of the United States, with cooler-than-average conditions in parts of Saudi Arabia and the central United States.
Global temperature on land surface during the Northern Hemisphere winter was also the warmest on record, while the ocean-surface temperature tied for second warmest after the winter of 1997-98.
Over the past century, global surface temperatures have increased by about 0.11 degree F per decade, but the rate of increase has been three times larger since 1976 -- around 0.32 degree F per decade, with some of the biggest temperature rises in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Wel grappig... ondanks de vele sneeuw en kou is het toch de warmste winter ooit?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the combined global land and ocean surface temperature from December through February was at its highest since records began in 1880.
A record-warm January was responsible for pushing up the combined winter temperature, according to the agency's Web site.
"Contributing factors were the long-term trend toward warmer temperatures, as well as a moderate El Nino in the Pacific," Jay Lawrimore of NOAA's National Climatic Data Center said in a telephone interview from Asheville, North Carolina.
The next-warmest winter on record was in 2004, and the third warmest winter was in 1998, Lawrimore said.
The 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1995.
"We don't say this winter is evidence of the influence of greenhouse gases," Lawrimore said.
However, he noted that his center's work is part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change process, which released a report on global warming last month that found climate change is occurring and that human activities quite likely play a role in the change.
"So we know as a part of that, the conclusions have been reached and the warming trend is due in part to rises in greenhouse gas emissions," Lawrimore said. "By looking at long-term trends and long-term changes, we are able to better understand natural and anthropogenic [human-caused] climate change."
The combined temperature for the December-February period was 1.3 degrees F (0.72 degree C) above the 20th century mean, the agency said.
Lawrimore did not give an absolute temperature for the three-month period, and said the deviation from the mean was what was important. He did not provide the 20th century mean temperature.
Temperatures were above average for these months in Europe, Asia, western Africa, southeastern Brazil and the northeast half of the United States, with cooler-than-average conditions in parts of Saudi Arabia and the central United States.
Global temperature on land surface during the Northern Hemisphere winter was also the warmest on record, while the ocean-surface temperature tied for second warmest after the winter of 1997-98.
Over the past century, global surface temperatures have increased by about 0.11 degree F per decade, but the rate of increase has been three times larger since 1976 -- around 0.32 degree F per decade, with some of the biggest temperature rises in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Wel grappig... ondanks de vele sneeuw en kou is het toch de warmste winter ooit?
NEW YORK (ANP) - Hevige sneeuwstormen die in het noordoosten van de Verenigde Staten worden verwacht hebben vrijdag geleid tot de annulering van ruim duizend vluchten. Luchtvaartmaatschappijen hebben deels uit voorzorg gehandeld, om te voorkomen dat duizenden passagiers op luchthavens stranden.
In de staat New York zullen tientallen centimeters sneeuw vallen. Vooral de internationale luchthaven John F. Kennedy in de stad New York en de vliegvelden LaGuardia in de Newyorkse wijk Queens en Newark in New Jersey zullen grote hinder ondervinden van het noodweer.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- JetBlue canceled all its New York flights Friday.
The discount airline led a list of carriers canceling flights to and from the East Coast because of harsh winter weather.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Northwest Airlines also canceled flights
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for an area covering northern New Jersey and most of Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states.
A heavy snow warning was in effect for central New York state.
CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said morning rain was likely to turn to snow from New York City to Boston, and then to sleet, which was expected to fall all night Friday.
He said the nor'easter was expected to dump from 12 to 24 inches of snow north and west of New York City.
CNN's Alina Cho reported that some passengers were stranded at New York's LaGuardia Airport, but plenty of flights were leaving on time and at least one flight took off a few minutes early.
By early afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration Web site showed delays averaging three hours for flights bound for Newark and two hours for those bound for Philadelphia. (Watch why airlines had to cancel flights even before weather got bad )
JetBlue canceled 215 flights Friday morning and 15 on Thursday evening, according to a spokesman. Most of those flights were to or from the three New York-area airports -- John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark's Liberty Airport.
"This time around, we've strategically canceled flights so we have pilots and crews in place to restart operations when the storm passes," said company spokesman Sebastian White.
The decision came after storms in mid-February stranded thousands of passengers at airports and in planes on the tarmac waiting to move. The problems caused by that storm cost JetBlue $30 million. (Full story)
Delta spokeswoman Katie Connell said the airline canceled more than 100 flights between Thursday evening and Saturday morning throughout the Northeast -- primarily in the New York City area -- in anticipation of bad weather.
The airline is waiving all cancellation fees and penalties, and is updating its passengers via its Web site, text messages and e-mails on cancellations and delays
In de staat New York zullen tientallen centimeters sneeuw vallen. Vooral de internationale luchthaven John F. Kennedy in de stad New York en de vliegvelden LaGuardia in de Newyorkse wijk Queens en Newark in New Jersey zullen grote hinder ondervinden van het noodweer.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- JetBlue canceled all its New York flights Friday.
The discount airline led a list of carriers canceling flights to and from the East Coast because of harsh winter weather.
Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Northwest Airlines also canceled flights
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for an area covering northern New Jersey and most of Pennsylvania, New York and the New England states.
A heavy snow warning was in effect for central New York state.
CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said morning rain was likely to turn to snow from New York City to Boston, and then to sleet, which was expected to fall all night Friday.
He said the nor'easter was expected to dump from 12 to 24 inches of snow north and west of New York City.
CNN's Alina Cho reported that some passengers were stranded at New York's LaGuardia Airport, but plenty of flights were leaving on time and at least one flight took off a few minutes early.
By early afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration Web site showed delays averaging three hours for flights bound for Newark and two hours for those bound for Philadelphia. (Watch why airlines had to cancel flights even before weather got bad )
JetBlue canceled 215 flights Friday morning and 15 on Thursday evening, according to a spokesman. Most of those flights were to or from the three New York-area airports -- John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark's Liberty Airport.
"This time around, we've strategically canceled flights so we have pilots and crews in place to restart operations when the storm passes," said company spokesman Sebastian White.
The decision came after storms in mid-February stranded thousands of passengers at airports and in planes on the tarmac waiting to move. The problems caused by that storm cost JetBlue $30 million. (Full story)
Delta spokeswoman Katie Connell said the airline canceled more than 100 flights between Thursday evening and Saturday morning throughout the Northeast -- primarily in the New York City area -- in anticipation of bad weather.
The airline is waiving all cancellation fees and penalties, and is updating its passengers via its Web site, text messages and e-mails on cancellations and delays
