Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way

[lostinblue 1,989]

After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.

Share7641 Yahoo StumbleUpon Google Technorati del.icio.us Digg Reddit Mixx Propeller Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.

The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe.

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So far, the results have been lower temperatures: for example, in Central Russia, they are a couple of degrees below the norm.

“Although the forecast for the next month is only 70 percent accurate, I find the cold winter scenario quite likely,” Vadim Zavodchenkov, a leading specialist at the Fobos weather center, told RT. “We will be able to judge with more certainty come November. As for last summer's heat, the statistical models that meteorologists use to draw up long-term forecasts aren't able to predict an anomaly like that.”

In order to meet the harsh winter head on, Moscow authorities are drawing up measures to help Muscovites survive the extreme cold.

Most of all, the government is concerned with homeless people who risk freezing to death if the forecast of the meteorologists come true. Social services and police are being ordered to take the situation under control even if they have to force the homeless to take help.

Moscow authorities have also started checking air conditioning systems in all socially important buildings. All the conditioners are being carefully cleaned from the remains of summer smog

http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

[meb5 1]

After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.

Share7641 Yahoo StumbleUpon Google Technorati del.icio.us Digg Reddit Mixx Propeller Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.

Well go to the Philippines then. I am.

[Ban Hammer 14,357]

this story is nonsense. it's global warming darnit!

[Heracles 417]

this story is nonsense. it's global warming darnit!

What part of extreme weather do you not understand? Scientists predicted due to screwing up the environment, it's going to get warmer, which is has; as well as colder, which it did last year.

[Ban Hammer 14,357]

What part of extreme weather do you not understand? Scientists predicted due to screwing up the environment, it's going to get warmer, which is has; as well as colder, which it did last year.

what part of the climate is going to change regardless of whether people are present or not do you not understand?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

what part of the climate is going to change regardless of whether people are present or not do you not understand?

We're all going to age, Charles, but how would you feel if your doctor told you that within the next month, your body will age to that of a 90 year old man, and you'll probably not make it to the end of this month? Now suppose the doctor told you that you could slow the aging process down to a normal rate, but it would require you making some lifestyle changes. Some of us want to grow old and see our children grow up and have children of their own. Preservation of the species is a natural instinct.

[Ban Hammer 14,357]

We're all going to age, Charles, but how would you feel if your doctor told you that within the next month, your body will age to that of a 90 year old man, and you'll probably not make it to the end of this month? Now suppose the doctor told you that you could slow the aging process down to a normal rate, but it would require you making some lifestyle changes. Some of us want to grow old and see our children grow up and have children of their own. Preservation of the species is a natural instinct.

it's called the natural cycle of things, steven. witch doctors won't make much of a difference.

[^_^ 5,021]

We're all going to age, Charles, but how would you feel if your doctor told you that within the next month, your body will age to that of a 90 year old man, and you'll probably not make it to the end of this month? Now suppose the doctor told you that you could slow the aging process down to a normal rate, but it would require you making some lifestyle changes. Some of us want to grow old and see our children grow up and have children of their own. Preservation of the species is a natural instinct.

With all due respect, the species is not going to go extinct. What we're looking at is another bottleneck event. We'll all be dead but Charles will survive thanks to his guns; Madame Cleo will also survive thanks to her organic and fully self-sufficient garden. The big question is, will the two put their enmity aside and work together for the good of the species?

[TBoneTX 47,675]

will the two put their enmity aside and work together for the good of the species?

This would require the mutual, immediate, and enthusiastic administration of wedgies, si man.

[^_^ 5,021]

This would require the mutual, immediate, and enthusiastic administration of wedgies, si man.

Wedgies? No! I'd rather the species go extinct than to have our sole remaining ** sapiens resort to that barbaric practice!

[TBoneTX 47,675]

Wedgies? No! I'd rather the species go extinct than to have our sole remaining ** sapiens resort to that barbaric practice!

Well, what do you think happened to the Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon man, and all the others, at least until the invention of underwear, huh man? Homos who are truly sapient (uh, did that come out right?) will administer and submit to as many wedgies as possible, si man. The action -- actually incredibly civilized, despite misleading reports in the mainstream media -- is a sign of commitment in personal relationships and of social bonding in general, si man.

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... is a sign of commitment in personal relationships and of social bonding in general, si man.

I disagree. When observed in fully adult ** sapiens, it's a sign of social imbecility and general mental retardation.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.

The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe.

So, it will finally be that cold day in hell everybody has been waiting for!

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

[TBoneTX 47,675]

I disagree. When observed in fully adult ** sapiens, it's a sign of social imbecility and general mental retardation.

Sorry to perceive that you have fallen for the bad press, sigh man. Regarding this issue, perhaps, in time, you can be persuaded to join the ranks of Right-Thinking Folk who have seen the light and who Believe, si man.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

what part of the climate is going to change regardless of whether people are present or not do you not understand?

Whoa there big fella....... that's way too complicated to understand.

Either write in all CAPS or yell while you type for better comprehension.