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Peru cold snap kills 70 children

news.bbc.co.uk — At least 70 children have died during a spell of freezing weather in the Andean regions of Peru, officials have said.

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  • Nighttime, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Global Warming: A private firm's downgrade of its hurricane forecast raises an obvious question: If scientists can't get near-future projections in a limited area right, how can they predict the climate decades from now?
    Why the change? "Because," said WSI forecaster Todd Crawford, "ocean temperatures have not yet rebounded from the significant drop in late spring."


    http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=270256634686203
  • LadyAmerica, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3From article: "Forecasters in Peru are predicting the cold spell will continue until September.
    "Even low-lying jungle regions are facing unusually cold weather, with temperatures dropping to 10C (50F).
    "Many adults have also died during the harsh winter, and thousands of people are suffering from pneumonia and other respiratory infections."

    WAIT! Can this be true? Al Gore said the Earth has a fever that's getting hotter and hotter!

    Well, who's right??? Here's some (mostly) very recent global climate references that show COOLING, not warming (dates at beginning: 070312 = March 12, 2007). I have deliberately left off the warming stuff as that's all over the MSM news – the stuff below isn't P.C., so often not reported.

    051130 Failing ocean current raises fears of mini ice age - in Europe www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398
    061117 Arctic resists warming www.adn.com/news/environment/warming/story/8417240p-8310749c.html
    061128 Cold set to snap city record (Calgary) calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/11/28/2530545-sun.html
    070215 Antarctic temperatures disagree with climate model predictions www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/osu-atd021207.php
    070312 Frostbite ends Bancroft-Arnesen trek—global warming expedition stopped due to extreme cold news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_sc/polar_trek_1
    070400 April 2007 cooler - NOAA www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/na.html
    070500 May – Cold & Snow epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=bb2807f0-802a-23ad-45b3-6f25e4365be1&Region_id=&Issue_id=
    070524 Climbers get the cold shoulder—Pike’s Peak snowiest sprint in decade www.gazette.com/articles/snow_22774___article.html/summit_cadets.html
    070525 Trees downed, cars damaged in wintry overnight blast (Canada 5-25-07) calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2007/05/25/4207137-sun.html
    070526 Late Snow Falls In Western North Dakota (5-26-07) www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=7421
    070528 Now snow's on the way (Britain 5-28-07) www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007230784,00.html
    070529 Argentina Rations Gas to Companies, Chile Amid Cold www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=latin_america&sid=av0tvGQPKLKU
    070529 Freak snow storm hits Nepal www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070529095234381C871116
    070529 If you thought our weekend was bad look at the weather across the water (EU) www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=458562&in_page_id=1811
    070601 Argentina cold snap causes energy woes news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_bi_ge/argentina_energy_woes_1
    070608 Denver Sees Coldest June Morning In Over 50 Years www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/13467296/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news
    070608 Snow, winds cause travel problems (Cheyenne, WY) www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2007/06/07/news/top_story/doc4668725066912744978453.txt
    070613 Six thousands trucks stranded by snow blocked Andes tunnel (S.Amer) www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=10722&formato=html
    070614 Heavy snow falls in southern NSW (Australia) www.smh.com.au/news/National/Heavy-snow-falls-in-southern-NSW/2007/06/14/1181414440614.html
    070614 Snow falling in central Sweden www.thelocal.se/7602/20070614/
    070617 Snow flurries forcast at Yellowstone National Park, WY forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?map.x=27&map.y=34&site=RIW
    070710 Buenos Aires sees rare snowfall news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6286484.stm
    070714 Fear of a global 'coldening'-coldest June since 1950 in AU www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,,22069080-5001031,00.html
    070725 Peru cold snap kills 70 children (& many adults) news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6916717.stm

    Lesson? Be cautious. Don't believe all the hype and scare tactics on global warming.

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