Weather takes another bizarre turn, dropping extreme winter conditions on select portions of the globe

January 9, 2012 – ALASKA – The small Alaska fishing town of Cordova is used to dealing with excessive snow – but not like this. Residents have turned to the state to help them dig out of massive snow levels that have collapsed roofs, triggered avalanches and even covered doors, trapping some people in their homes. A statewide emergency was declared on Friday following three weeks of relentless snow, which overwhelmed local crews working around the clock and filled snow dump sites. ‘There’s nowhere to go with the snow because it’s piled up so high,’ said Wendy Rainney, who owns the Orca Adventure Lodge. A storage building for the lodge – which offers fishing trips, hiking, kayaking and glacier tours – partially collapsed under the weight of the snow, she said. This is more quantity than can be handled.’ The Alaska National Guard reported more than 18 feet of snow has fallen on Cordova in the past weeks, although the National Weather Service did not immediately have a measurement. Officials said at least three buildings have collapsed or partially collapsed and six homes are deemed severely stressed by heavy wet snow. The city has set up a shelter at a local recreation center, but said people leaving homes in avalanche-risky areas have been staying with other residents. Cordova spokesman Allen Marquette said the town also was ready to set up a pet shelter if necessary. Responders said Sunday that rain fell overnight, making for a slippery, treacherous mess in the Prince William Sound community of 2,000 year-round residents. The region has been pummeled by snow, but Cordova is of particular concern because there is no road access to the town, only boat and plane passage, said Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard. Alaska is innundated while much of the U.S. is hit with a snow drought. There have been no reported injuries, but bad weather has prevented the Guard from flying to the town, 150 miles southeast of Anchorage. –Daily Mail

Austria paralyzed by heavy snowfall: Officials said that up to 60cm (23in) snow had fallen overnight into Monday and the risk of avalanches was high, assessed at four on a scale of five. Although road links were re-established, Austrian rail service OeBB said the Arlberg train route was closed. Several ski resorts including Lech and Zuers have been cut off. Emergency workers were busy on Monday trying to clear routes to isolated areas. Although Bregenzer Wald was reported to be cut off, roads into Montafon were said to have been cleared. The snow was accompanied by exceptionally strong winds. Since Thursday, the Vorarlberg region has seen two to three metres (6-10ft) of snow. The authorities have been blasting some areas of heavy snow to prevent avalanches from becoming too large. Snow has also blocked off roads in the Salzburg region, and rail services in the Innsbruck area have been affected. Rescue teams resumed a search on Monday for a 15-year-old skier missing from a resort south-west of Innsbruck since Saturday, Austrian media said. Thousands of tourists and residents were snowed in at resorts on the Arlberg Mountain on Friday and a major east-west railway line in Tirol province was closed over the weekend. –BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16467352

140 die in India from cold: Cold wave continues to spread havoc in Northern India with dense fog and low visibility hitting normal life and disrupting movement of trains and flight operations in most parts of the region. Reports on Monday claimed that severe cold has claimed the lives of at least 140 people in this season so far as rain coupled with snowfall aggravated the cold wave. Cold wave conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley with minimum temperatures remaining several degrees below the freezing point. Apart from snow, Kashmir is also facing a power crisis. Two people are reported to have died due to the cold in Kashmir. Meanwhile, dense fog enveloped many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh today affecting normal life even as bitter cold persisted in the region. Heavy snowfall has disrupted life in Himachal Pradesh, with temperature in Kangra dipping to -4.0 degree Celsius yesterday. In Manali, the temperature recorded was around -7.0 degree Celsius. Dharamshala experienced snowfall of upto 4 feet in the upper terrains and 1 foot in lower areas. Heavy snowfall has disrupted life in Himachal Pradesh, with temperature in Kangra dipping to -4.0 degree Celsius. Punjab continues to reel under harsh cold conditions. Pathankot yesterday experienced its first snow fall in decades, a phenomenon which the Met dismissed as ‘freak’ happening due to change in wind directions. In Ludhiana the temperature was recorded at 6.0 degrees and Pathankot dipped to 3.0 degree minimum. In Delhi, the minimum temperature settled at 6 degree Celsius and those bearing the brunt of the cold are the homeless, as is the case every year. –Zee News http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cold-wave-grips-north-india-140-dead_751392.html

A relentless cold wave is sweeping through north India, leaving people shivering and desperately hoping for some respite. There has been heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. And the Meteorological Department has predicted more snowfall in these states. Punjab, there has been snowfall as far as Pathankot which has seen snowfall after 40 years. The district normally experiences maximum temperature of up to 45 degree Celsius in summer. And that’s what makes this change of weather very unusual. -NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/cold-wave-sweeps-north-india-snowfall-in-pathankot-after-40-years-164912

it sure would be interesting to see all the quakes , weather, floods, etc.,
in some chronological form

i know tony/thuban predicted some stuff
and, it happened

here's a little more on this topic

after-all, weather wars, was part of the downfall of atlantis

ttp://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/02/navy-research-p/

Navy Research Paper: ‘Disrupt Economies’ with Man-Made ‘Floods,’ ‘Droughts’

I am freezing my nippies off out here. Clear skies. 22 degrees at 8:00 A.M. this morning. Just now above freezing at 10:40.

Unacceptable.

A rain storm is on its way this week/weekend, but it has been dry, dry, dry. After two years of endless rain.



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Natural?