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| Climate Change is Real: 'Freak' Snowstorm Hits New Zealand |
| 2006-06-12 |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #10 Yeah, and how long have white people been keeping records? Everyone seems to gloss over that weather records are about a hundred years old and European record keeping in that part of the world about the same length. How was it during the Little Ice Age, 1400-1800? We don't know. |
| Posted by: Spomose Angick9582 2006-06-12 21:11 |
| #9 Heavy snow in lowland New Zealand is rare. Monday's snow fall, described as the heaviest seen in low-lying areas, has left many rural communities still without power and water supplies. With more than 60 centimetres of snow covering his farm, Fairlie Basin farmer, David Williams, was unable to reach his sheep and cattle on the hills. Peter Chamberlain, who farms on the plain near Christchurch, says the snow fall there has been the biggest since 1945, but there are no immediate concerns for sheep and cattle. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-06-12 18:27 |
| #8 "Real" Mispelled "Natural". |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-12 18:05 |
| #7 Cripes. #6 was me. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-12 12:56 |
| #6 Ummmmm - ain't it winter down there? |
| Posted by: Speamp Cheretle9901 2006-06-12 12:53 |
| #5 Is it still hot in the summer? Expect AlGore to put a spin on this for his favorite cause. Oh, he already has made his statement in Cannes. |
| Posted by: JohnQ 2006-06-12 12:19 |
| #4 snow in winter? how utterly strange. Now if it were to STOP raining on South Island for a whole day, that would be news. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-06-12 10:25 |
| #3 Yeah, but I thought we would all meet our end in a fiery hothouse of steam and acrid pollutants??? The hippies would prolly still have a way to tie this back to carbon emissions. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-12 09:25 |
| #2 "...up to 15 cm..." that's less than 6" max big deal |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-06-12 08:57 |
| #1 It's not like it is 'summer' down under. |
| Posted by: Fleaper Speater7122 2006-06-12 08:28 |