Europe shuts down after being blanketed by global warming

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic...
LONDON – The Christmas travel season turned angry and chaotic Monday as British officials struggled to clear snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links and spawned cancellations and delays stranding thousands around the world. More than 48 hours after Britain's last Snowfall, some furious passengers with boarding passes for Monday flights were not even allowed into London's Heathrow Airport. Inside, piles of garbage grew and some people slept on terminal floors. Other travelers waited ...

Climate Change
Global warming, the heating of the atmosphere by increased amounts of industrial gases, is now accepted as a reality by the international community. Average temperatures in Britain were nearly 0.6°C higher in the Nineties than in 1960-90, and it is estimated that they will increase by 0.2C every decade over the coming century. Eight of the 10 Hottest years on record occurred in the Nineties. However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much h...

Global Warming Headlines of the Day
From Drudge: UK: Coldest December since records began... Millions see Christmas travel plans thwarted... ...half a million air passengers stranded Line for trains stretches 1.2 miles! FLASHBACK 2000: UK snowfalls are now just thing of past -- 'Children just aren't going to know what snow is'... ...

Snow and ice disrupt pre-Christmas travel in Europe
London (Reuters) - Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London's Heathrow, the world's busiest International Airport, which was forced to close both its runways for much of Saturday because of heavy snow, was not accepting inbound flights on Sunday and said only a few planes would be leaving. About 30 metric tons of snow were being shifted aw...

Europe’s snow cancels flights, Lady Gaga show
London— Stranded travelers slept on makeshift beds at European airports Sunday as wintry weather caused travel havoc, dashing the hopes of those attempting to head away for the holidays by road, rail and air. It is almost inevitable that some cancelations and delays will continue through this week, potentially causing further disruption for many Christmas travelers, British travel industry group ABTA said. Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest hub for air passengers, stopped accepting arriv...

Snow and Ice Snarl European Holiday Travel
Learn about the people, economy and history. Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials' inability to clear runways and high-speed train tracks after a snowstorm that has wreaked holiday Travel Chaos and spawned fears many people won't get home for Christmas. More than 48 hours after the last heavy Snowfall, English authorities continued to struggle to get rid of buildups of snow and ice. The continent's worst bottleneck was London's Heathrow Airport, where...

'Havoc' Continues In Europe As Snow Snarls Travel
Passengers wait for flights in the check-in area of London's Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport on Dec. 20, 2010. The statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London. The statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London. There are "travelers" (a word that doesn't quite apply, as you'll see) who are about to spend a third night camped out in London's Heathrow airport because brutal winter weather across much of Europe continues to disrupt Air Travel. From London...

Snow, ice put travel at near standstill
American singer Lady GaGa perfoms at O2 Arena in London Dec. 16, 2010. UPI/Rune Hellestad LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Workers at Europe's major airports cleared snow and ice Monday while travelers scrambled to try to reach their destinations for Christmas. Airports in London, Paris and Germany reported canceling dozens of flights as Europe remained in winter's icy and snowy grip, CNN reported. U.S. singer Lady GaGa postponed a Sunday concert in Paris because her trucks couldn't get through. "Today'...

Winter disruptions turn travel bitter and chaotic in Europe
LONDON (AP) — The Christmas travel season turned angry and chaotic Monday as British officials struggled to clear snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links and spawned cancellations and delays stranding thousands around the world. More than 48 hours after Britain's last Snowfall, some furious passengers with boarding passes for Monday flights were not even allowed into London's Heathrow Airport. Inside, piles of garbage grew and some people slept on terminal floors. Other travelers wai...

Christmas getaway misery as snow stymies Europe
A couple walks on a bank of the River Seine in Paris. Two of the four runwa... Heavy snow disrupted the Christmas holiday getaway in Europe, forcing the continent's biggest airports to close and thousands of stranded passengers to spend the night on terminal floors. In London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels, flights were cancelled and airports warned of backlogs spilling into next week, with snow and ice frustrating travel plans across Europe on the last weekend before December 25. H...

A Junk Science Czar Schwarzenegger Wants to Work in the Obama Administration Fighting Non-Existent Global Warming
Arnold wants to be the Junk Science Czar. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters today that he’d like a job possibly in Global Warming Climate Change junk science within the Obama Administration. In an interview with editors at the Los Angeles Times, the outgoing California governor said he was in “no rush” to find a new job when his term ends next month. But asked specifically whether he’d consider a post working for President Obama, “he said yes and began ...

Children Arent Going to Know What Snow Is: A Global Warming Classic Flashback
**Written by Doug Powers Ed Driscoll features this gem of a Global Warming story from March of 2000 that appeared in The Independent: Among the horrors the “settled science” declared imminent was the disappearance of snow: Global warming, the heating of the atmosphere by increased amounts of industrial gases, is now accepted as a reality by the international community . Average temperatures in Britain were nearly 0.6°C higher in the Nineties than in 1960-90, and it is estimated ...

Global Warming Alert: Summer Snow in Australia
Just keep telling us how hot the planet is, warmers.THONGS and board shorts gave way to beanies and scarves yesterday as summer gave way to a wintry blast of snow and icy temperatures in the country's southeast. While the bitter freeze in Europe continues, Victoria and NSW have had a cold snap of their own, with off-season ski slopes transformed into winter wonderlands. About 30cm of snow fell at Perisher in NSW yesterday, while Victoria's Mount Hotham received a 10cm dusting on Sunday. Charlo...

Flashback: Global Warming Alarmists Said Snow In Britain Would Be a Thing of the Past
Britain’s winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives. Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all a rapidly diminishing part of Britain’s culture, as warmer winters – which scientists are attributing to global Climate Change – produce not only fewer white Christmases, but fewer white Januaries and Februaries. The first two months ...

COPENHAGEN SET FOR ANOTHER RARE WHITE CHRISTMAS - MAKING IT 2-IN-A-ROW!
Copenhagen HAD A RARE White Christmas IN 2009: Copenhagen expects white Christmas During the last 109 years Copenhagen has had seven white Christmases, that is a 6 percent rate. World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to Global Warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow on the Danish capital overnight. “Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteoro

Global Cooling is what we must expect because of Global Warming
When you start sounding like a cross between the Orwellian “you can’t fight here, this is the war room” line in Dr. Strangelove and the “We had to destroy the village in order to save it” Vietnam-era malapropism very likely invented by Peter Arnett, you may want to re-think your approach towards arguing the issues. As Christopher Monckton writes in the Telegraph, “The climate bugaboo is the strangest intellectual aberration of our age:” “But donâ...

Christmas getaway misery as snow stymies Europe
Heavy snow disrupted the Christmas holiday getaway in Europe, forcing the continent's biggest airports to close and thousands of stranded passengers to spend the night on terminal floors. In London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels, flights were cancelled and airports warned of backlogs spilling well into this week, with snow and ice frustrating travel plans across Europe on the last weekend before December 25. Hundreds of passengers had to sleep in terminals after becoming trapped in no...

Cold weather snarls European travel
Erik Kirschbaum, Reuters · Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 Berlin, Dec 20 — Heavy snow and frigid temperatures caused further disruption across Northern Europe on Monday — stranding travellers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. More than 1,000 flights at Germany’s main airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin were cancelled and many more delayed after up to 40 centimetres of fresh snow blanketed the country. Some 500 stranded passengers slept on cots at Frankfurt airport. Airli...

Europe trapped in deep freeze
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. Snow wreaks havoc on travellers across Western Europe on Sunday with thousands of flights cancelled. Paris: Much of Europe remained paralysed as a new wave of heavy snow and ice swept as far south as Italy, closing airports, roads and railway lines. Although a White Christmas appeared to be on...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
PARIS - Lady GaGa isn't having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva's Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady Gaga's trucks couldn't get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its Web site. A concert Mond...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
Paris — Lady GaGa isn’t having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva’s Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady Gaga’s trucks couldn’t get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its...

Snow luck for Lady Gaga as freeze cancels gig
Frosty reception ... Lady GaGa has been snowed out of Paris. Photo: Reuters Pop diva Lady GaGa was forced to cancel her Paris show and two of her tour staff were arrested as heavy snow blanketed the French capital at the weekend. In October, the singer's Concerts were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because ofthe weather. The icy conditions led authorities to ban big trucks from drivi...

Snow cancels Lady Gaga concert in Paris
PARIS--Lady Gaga isn't having much luck in Paris. In October, the pop diva's Concerts in Paris were postponed amid nationwide strikes over a government plan to raise the Retirement Age. One show was rescheduled for Sunday, but it was called off because of snow. The weather led authorities to ban big trucks from driving through the Ile de France region that includes Paris. Lady GaGa's trucks couldn't get to the venue on time, concert venue Bercy stadium said on its website. A concert Monday is e...

Snow and ice disrupt pre-Christmas travel in Europe
By Avril Ormsby LONDON | Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:13pm EST LONDON (Reuters) - Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London's Heathrow, the world's busiest International Airport, which was forced to close both its runways for much of Saturday because of heavy snow, was not accepting inbound flights on Sunday and said only a few planes would be lea...

Snow and ice disrupt pre-Christmas travel in Europe
By Avril Ormsby LONDON | Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:13pm EST LONDON (Reuters) - Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year. London's Heathrow, the world's busiest International Airport, which was forced to close both its runways for much of Saturday because of heavy snow, was not accepting inbound flights on Sunday and said only a few planes would be lea...