Snowpocalypses
As we gear up for another winter, it's appropriate to put the weather in perspective. The storm of January 2011 (pictured) is one of the more recent storms to make national headlines — and a great opportunity to roll out the oh-so-useful term "Snowpocalypse" — but it's not the worst. In Januarry, a series of major blizzards hit the East Coast, dropping about 20 inches of snow fell in Central Park, 2 feet in Brooklyn and 18 inches in Boston. Some New York City subway riders were trapped in cars for more than 10 hours, and thousands of flights, buses and trains were cancelled. Even the NFL took the unusual (and unpopular) step of postponing a game in the face of the storm.
These storms joined a long list of major U.S. blizzards that are as notable for their snowfall totals as they are for their disruptive reach. The biggest blizzards are the ones that shut down entire swaths of the country — the ones that close airports, shutter businesses, and keep the kids at home from school, often for days and weeks on end. Without further ado, here are seven of the biggest U.S. snowstorms in recorded history. (Text: Shea Gunther)
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Check this global view of what's up, all related to global atmospheric circulations as we chickens run around watching the sky falling, the sea-level rising at the end of an interglacial? Oh, sea-level rising? huh? that's not in any textbook on ice-ages I can find, in them sea-level goes down at the end of an interglacial ... ooops ... duh, how do we cool this planet down?
Humpty-dumpty ... all the Crays & nuclear bombs couldn't cool the planet back down again, so we have 3-feet.... More
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=48882
Sad to see that a CNN published journalist does not know the difference between 'adieu' - 'goodbye' in French - and 'ado'.
Is this the result of millennial multi-taskers that don't write-revise-edit-review again?
You want to try and read a newspaper in the UK without finding 'Americanisms' left right and ...... out of left field (Football?), it grinds my gears ..... sorry gets up my nose, like the smell of sneakers ....... trainers etc etc
Okay, so six out of the seven "biggest" blizzards were all on the east coast? Really? Are you serious?
Nice picture of Central Park in the white. Ienjoyed a walk there when it was green. I prefer the green season.
from NY, cold is why I moved to FL, but have to admit, I miss it!
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