Early Blizzard – Millions in Damage in Iceland
September 17th, 2012 at 1:55 am by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
A very early season blizzard caused millions of dollars in damage in Iceland. Snow piled up 6 to 10 feet deep in drifts! Wind gusts during the storm were 40-50 mph. It is believed to be a new record for snowfall at this time of the year. A State of Emergency was declared. Damage to power lines along was estimated to be equal to 2.4 million U.S. Dollars! Thousands of sheep were buried in the snow and they have been frantically trying to find them and dig them out. 250 Search and Rescue personnel were helping farmers look for the sheep. Check out this video. Roads became impassible. 34 tourists were rescued from their cars north of the Dettifoss waterfall. The damage to power lines is the worst in North Iceland in 17 years. It is believed to be a new record for snowfall at this time of the year. The cool weather continues in Iceland. Reykjavik hasn’t had a day warmer than average since Sept. 3rd. This all comes after record snowfall last winter.
Hope it stays up there all the way til April.
Hope this isn’t a sign of the ‘good old days’ we used to have years ago when we had those high drifts out here too.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD ASK AL GORE TO BRING HIS GLOBAL WARMING MACHINE OVER THERE
You’re making yourself look silly. Climate Change brings more severe weather events. Higher global temperatures (by a few degrees) lead to more evaporation and more powerful storms. Storms travel and when they unload their moisture in a cold part of the world, it snows. You’re welcome.
Let’s take a look at your claim that “Climate Change brings more severe weather events”. Here’s a graph of strong tornadoes (EF3 to EF5) since good records began in 1950: http://blogs.woodtv.com/files/2012/04/ef3-to-ef5-tornadoes.png There’s no increase in these severe weather events. How about hurricanes? Here’s the Ace Index (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/background_information.shtml): http://policlimate.com/tropical/global_major_freq.png You can see that hurricane activity (this index is based on the intensity of tropical cyclones) has actually decreased in the last 15 years.
Did you know that unicorns really exist?
Did you happen to notice that we are having the warmest year on record or do you just listen to what Limbaugh says? You point to this one thing to say global warming doesn’t exist and forget anything that may go against your belief! Hard to take someone like you seriously. Seems I remember the warmest day in GR in 78 years. How foolish you seem. Bet your voting for the Mittster!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of foolish….
What does voting for Mitt Romney have to do with global warming? If voting for Obama somehow saves the planet, then I say kudos to you and the rest of the blind throng who would rather hold onto rhetoric than facts. You’re an idiot.
Should be interesting to see how our winter plays out this year.
Hope it is headed our way very soon!!!
Notice how the storm is now the next few weeks and this will be our winter pattern. Alaska had record cold last and this year things point to a much milder pattern and so you wonder where the cold is going to be. I’ll let you figure that on your own.
Correct, we are usually experiencing the exact opposite of what Alaska does.
That should have read storm track is now for.
The JMA model sure says BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR……
Yikes…and they can keep it thank you very much (-;
but if they set a record last year and they got an early start this year, does that mean we’ll be warmer this winter? Sure hope not, although I did get stuff done I normally wouldn’t have last winter. Ski area’s need a good snow this year, along with the folks up north that depend on visitors during the winter months.