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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Seoul buried in heaviest snowfall in 70 years |
| 2010-01-04 |
| Seoul residents slogged through the heaviest snowfall in modern Korean history after a winter storm dumped more than 11 inches (28 centimeters) Monday, forcing airports to cancel flights and paralyzing traffic in South Korea's bustling capital. "And the Lord said: Bow ye not before the idol of Global Warming. The snow and icy roads snarled traffic in and out of Seoul, and at least three people died in traffic accidents. Many commuters squeezed into packed subways to get to work, and a Cabinet meeting was delayed because ministers were stuck in traffic. "Or I will smite ye with chillblains The snowfall, which continued through Monday afternoon, was the heaviest in a single day since Korea began conducting meteorological surveys in 1937, the state weather agency said. "And I will numb thy feet Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul canceled 224 flights before resuming service Monday afternoon when the snowfall stopped, airport official Choi Choon-ja said. "And thy nose will I cause to turn red More than 20 flights between Incheon International Airport, just west of Seoul, to cities in China also coping with snowfall were canceled. More than 100 flights to other regions were delayed, Incheon airport official Kang Soo-kyung said. "And thy children to pelt thee with snowballs In southern South Korea, three people were killed in a traffic accident blamed on icy roads, according to the Yonhap news agency. However, officials said no deaths or serious property damage was directly related to the heavy snowfall. "And I will bury the works of man under ice and snow!" About 3,600 workers and 5,000 soldiers were mobilized to clear the snow in Seoul and surrounding Gyeonggi Province, officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Phith Dingle6292, the glaciers melt a bit every summer and refreeze every winter. I understand that this year the ice caps are thicker and more extensive than a year ago, when the Anthropogenic Global Warming types were fussing about it, so I'm not sure how to understand your point. The world has incontrovertibly been warming up since the last ice age 10,000 years ago, and also since the Little Ice Age, which only ended in the early nineteenth century. This page has some graphs that put the whole thing into perspective for me. No doubt you'll find them a bit simplistic, but you must understand that I'm just a little suburban housewife with limited training in the hard sciences. (I can hear you, Frank G.) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-01-04 22:02 |
| #7 "If you take lot of ice cube and melt it, of course the water will be cold." Not colder than the ice was. Sheesh. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-01-04 19:02 |
| #6 Tallinn, Estonia, reporting. We're at 64 centimeters, and climbing (about 2.5 feet). We've set a new record for accumulation. It snowed every day since Al Gore visited Copenhagen. Thanks, Al! |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2010-01-04 17:04 |
| #5 If you take lot of ice cube and melt it, of course the water will be cold. That's what's happening to the pacific and gulf streams which is messing up the weather. As for the reason, I can't say if it's man or nature causing it but it is real and it is happening. |
| Posted by: Phith Dingle6292 2010-01-04 15:22 |
| #4 If it is that cold in South Korea, it must be brutal up North. Those people must really be suffering. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-01-04 14:22 |
| #3 Members of the Church of the Immaculate Global Warming are nothing if not devout. You could bury them in snow for 1000 years and they would still preach CO2 fire and brimstone. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-01-04 13:52 |
| #2 I think that AlHore has become a global phenomena at this point. Maybe we should consider firing him into deep space. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-01-04 13:48 |
| #1 I didn't know AlBoer was in Korea. Did they invite him (in which case it serves them right) or did he show up on his own (in which case may I recommend tar and feathers)? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-04 13:36 |