Not by Fire but by Ice

THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

Discover What Killed the Dinosaurs . . . and Why it Could Soon Kill Us 

 I'm including extreme rainfall here because that's  what causes ice ages ... excess precipitation. If  you want to know how much snow would fall  if a rainstorm should change to snow, just add a  zero.  (One inch of rain - add a zero - will turn to 10 inches of snow.) Rainfall has increased so dramatically that I'm only including accumulations  of two inches or more.                                                     

Record Lows - 2007  
Record low temperatures in the United States  

  Click here to see  2009 /  2008  / 2006  /  2005 /  2004  / 2003 / 2002 / 2001 / 2000

Date

City

Degrees
Fahrenheit

24-hour rainfall through 8:00 am Saturday, Oct 27
Washington, DC---3.88"
Baltimore, MD---3.69"
Philadelphia, PA---1.70"

Rainfall in one day:
Lexington , KY ---3.77”
Louisville , KY ---3.38”
Rome , NY ---2.26”
Youngstown , OH ---2.05”

Rainfall in two days:
Marathon, FL---4.01"
Homestead, FL---2.40"

THE 15.18 INCHES FOR AUGUST 2007 ALSO SMASHED THE RECORD FOR THE
WETTEST CALENDAR MONTH EVER IN MADISON, WHICH WAS 10.93
INCHES SET N JULY 1950.

THE 22.69 INCHES THAT FELL DURING ...THE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY...AND AUGUST...WAS ALSO THE WETTEST EVER IN MADISON. THE PREVIOUS WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER IN MADISON WAS 21.58 INCHES...SET IN 1993.

BELOW IS THE LIST OF THE TOP 5 WETTEST CALENDAR MONTHS IN MADISON...

1...15.18 INCHES...AUG 2007
2...10.93 INCHES...JUL 1950
3...10.84 INCHES...MAY 2004
4...10.69 INCHES...SEP 1915
5...10.34 INCHES...SEP 1941

BELOW IS THE LIST OF THE TOP 10 WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMERS IN
MADISON...

1...22.69 INCHES...2007
2...21.58 INCHES...1993
3...21.21 INCHES...1880
4...19.86 INCHES...1950
5...19.20 INCHES...1883
6...18.82 INCHES...1885
7...18.30 INCHES...1884
8...17.29 INCHES...1882
9...16.86 INCHES...1981
10...16.41 INCHES...1952

WEATHER RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN MADISON SINCE 1871.
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

The National Weather Service gauge in Germain Davison's farmyard a mile south of Hokah (HOE'-kah) had 15-point-one inches in it when he measured it at 8 a.m. Sunday. The previous
 record, set July 22nd, 1972, at Fort Ripley, was 10.84 inches.
http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8R77TSO0&forumcomm_check_return
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

          Just think. If that 17 inches of rain had fallen as snow – 170 inches – 14 feet! 
          That would cover almost every warehouse and one-story house in town, and 
          just about every car and truck on the freeway. 

          This coming winter could be interesting.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/22/elbaflood/
Thanks to Larry Cook for this synopsis and link

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_233143509.html
Thanks to both Phillip Brennan and Alan Caruba for this link

In Oklahoma, a vehicle carrying the wife, daughter and granddaughter of Kiowa Chief 
Billy Horse was swept from a state highway by rising floodwaters. "The current must 
have grabbed them," Billy Horse told The Oklahoman. "We saw them go off the road, 
and float away like a boat. We didn’t see them after that."

In Minnesota, Roger Oldham, 65, thought the safest place he could go with his wife 
and mother-in-law to avoid the rising water was the roof of their one-story house.

Then violent flood waters from an adjacent drainage ditch blew out their basement wall, 
ripping the house from its foundation and sending Oldham and the others on a harrowing 
ride through the town of Stockton. The trio held on for their lives and screamed for help 
as the house floated about 1,000 feet through the yards of their neighbors, many of 
whom were also stranded in the dark.

In Wisconsin, up to 12 inches of rain triggered a mudslide that pushed a house onto 
state Highway 35 in Vernon County, said Wisconsin Emergency Management spokeswoman
Lori Getter. No injuries were reported.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20346539/
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

"I was relatively sure that it was August 19th when I woke up this morning at 4 a.m., 
however a quick glance out the window made me second guess myself. I thought perhaps 
I overslept by a couple months.

"We recorded a low of 29 degrees Fahrenheit this morning, tying the daily record low for
August 19th. The last time that temperature was recorded on this particular day was 1958. 
We were actually only about a half a degree away from breaking this record. Also, yesterday
we reached a low of 30 degrees, a mere half a degree away from tying the record low for 
August 18th.
Brian Clark – Observer
See www.mountwashington.org
Thanks to Phil Peterson for this link

Record rainfall in San Antonio - The 5.73 inches of rain at San Antonio International 
Airport yesterday not only broke the record for daily rainfall for August 16, it also broke 
the record for daily rainfall for the entire month of August. The previous wettest day in 
August was 5.57 inches on August 13, 1950.

In fact, with 2 weeks remaining, January to August of 2007 has already been the 
wettest first 8 months of any year for San Antonio since 1871.

From the Weather Underground website (wunderground.com)
Thanks to Mark Kennedy for this info

"The cause of the cascading outages across the mass transportation system this morning 
was the inability of our drainage system to handle what was, we believe, three inches of rain
 within a one-hour period," Mr. Spitzer said. The drainage system was designed to handle 
only about an inch and a half of rain over an hour, he said.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/flooding-cripples-subway-system/
Thanks to Hans Schreuder in the UK for this link

We're talking, for once, about the all-time lowest maximums, instead of the all-time 
highest. Monday's downtown high was just 74 degrees, 3 degrees cooler than the 
previous record of 77 degrees set in 1906, according to the National Weather Service. 
Sunday's downtown high of 76 frosted the previous low maximum of 78, set in 1962. 
"These were the coldest highs for Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 that we've ever recorded," said
 meteorologist Cynthia Palmer of the National Weather Service office in Sacramento.

The normal high this time of year is 93; normal low is 61.

The impact of the sudden drop in temperatures was obvious Monday in east Sacramento's
McKinley Park. At 1:10 p.m. under overcast skies, bored lifeguards surveyed an empty
swimming pool. Uneasy geese sat in the mud, heads tucked under their wings. Happy tennis
players raced around courts that had been deserted and stifling 48 hours before.

Over at the pool, lifeguard Melanie Worthen, 19, zipped her jacket to the top. Only a chilly
breeze stirred the water -- but no belly flops or cannonballs. "This is so weird," she said.
 "On a normal August day, this pool is packed." She shook her head. "This is so weird."
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/312002.html

Parts of northern Uvalde and Medina counties got as much as 17 inches of rain between 
10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, said Pat McDonald, a National Weather Service forecaster.

Seco Creek overflowed, inundating the town of D’Hanis near San Antonio, flooding many
businesses with 3 to 4 feet of water.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19891418/
Thanks to skier Ken for this link

More than seven inches of rain in one day in Wisconsin
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN---7.31
BURTON---3.52
MILLVILLE---2.99
LANCASTER---2.60
PLATTEVILLE---2.44
ROCKVILLE---2.14
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/scripts/getlocalprod.php?prod=MKETOTSNW
Thanks to Kate Salvati for this link

The six-hour total since midnight at the Dickinson airport was a record 3.03 inches,
the weather service said. It topped the mark of 1.54 inches set in 1997.

Farmers were especially hard hit, after signs of bumper crops earlier this year.

"(Farmers) will have crop insurance and in some cases they'll have crop-hail 
insurance, but it just doesn't replace that quality crop," Hoeven said.

Sunday's storm brought heavy rains, strong winds and hail to a large part of 
southeastern North Dakota. The Steele County community of Colgate was one
 that was recovering.

"We had the best-looking crop we ever had here, until (the storm) ... it looks 
like somebody just smashed it," said farmer Ray Mewes.

In Colgate, full-grown evergreen trees were snapped in half by the wind, and 
other trees were damaged.

"It's hard to see the trees. Some of the trees that have gone down are over 
100 years old," Mewes said. "But everybody's house is still intact."

In the small Stutsman County town of Millarton, "The wind was so strong it 
cracked some rafters in the barn." Tom Sklebar said.
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/printer.cfm?id=172156&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&
CFID=23697444&CFTOKEN=75384130&jsessionid=8830a1b6497f2a476725
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

Record lows
Hibbing , MN
International Falls , MN
Dubuque , IA

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Rainfall in one day:
Greenwood, MS---3.10"
Muscle Shoals, AL---3.03"
Greenville, MS---2.75"

The Neosho River was expected to set a record late Sunday, cresting at 40.5 feet at Erie in
 Neosho County. Flood stage is 29 feet.

"It's pretty unbelievable," said Robb Lawson, a weather service meteorologist in Wichita.

Rainfall in one day:
Farlington, KS---5.25"
Miller, MO---5.16"
Batesville, AR---5.12"

More rain fell Thursday in flood-weary parts of Texas, where residents were bracing for
 even more of the constant downpours that have killed 11 people in recent days.

The lakeside community of Marble Falls was drenched by as much as 18 inches of rain 
early Wednesday.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q2AABG1&show_article=1
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

Kevin Scasny, Meteorologist, e-mailed to tell me about some incredible rain fall rate/accumulation happening right now in Central-North Texas (Wednesday, Jun 27, 2007).

Moderate to locally heavy and excessive rain will continue to pound Oklahoma
and especially central Texas with widespread accumulations reaching to
near 3 inches with up to an incredible additional 15 inches+ in areas of central
TX. Rain fall rates are in the 4 inches+ per hour range this morning.
Flood warnings are widespread from the central Red River area of OK/TX
south to north of Austin, TX.

(Thanks for the info, Kevin)

Rainfall in two days:
Dallas, TX---4.32"
McAlester, OK---3.01"
Tulsa, OK---2.81"

The worst flooding was in Williamson, Lampasas and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill 
Country northwest of Austin.

"We got hard facts of 18-plus inches of rain in a couple of those places since midnight,"
 Austin-Travis County emergency medical services spokesman Warren Hassinger said 
just after 7 a.m. More rain was expected, the National Weather Service said.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q1A6EO2&show_article=1
Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link

Rainfall in one day:
Burnet, TX---4.80"
Fort Worth, TX---3.90"
Terrell, TX---3.00"
Dallas, TX---2.91"

See entire article by Steve Stone at the Virginian-Pilot
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=126729&ran=242189

Rainfall in one day:
Greenwood, MS---3.38"

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has closed Chain of Craters road, along with parts of Crater
Rim Drive. Visitors are being evacuated.
USGS Quake List: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

Heavy Rain, Snow, & Gusty Wind Hit Western and Central Wyoming - The Bighorn
Mountains north of Powder River Pass received around one foot of snow, while amounts 
at the south end of the range were generally from two to six inches. The higher terrain of 
the Absarokas also received a nice snowfall from this event.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=riw&storyid=8567&source=0

Snowfall in 36 hours in western Montana and central Idaho
Meadow Lake, ID---12"
Schwartz Lake, ID---4"
Leadore Creek, ID---5"
Hoodoo Basin, MT (Lower Clark Fork region)---3.5"
Saddle Mountain, MT---8"
Skalkaho Summit, MT---7"
Black Pine, MT---5"
Twin Lakes, MT---8"
Barker Lakes, MT---8"
Warm Springs, MT 15.0
Peterson Meadows, MT----4"
Basin Creek, MT---4"
North Fork Elk Creek, MT---7"
Georgetown Lake, MT---8"
Stuart Mountain, MT---8"
Point, MT---10"
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/textproduct.php?pil=PNS
Thanks to Kate Salvati for this link

(Just imagine if that rain had fallen as snow. Twenty inches of snow per hour. That’s 
how ice ages begin.)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/24/131826.shtml?s=us
Thanks to Peter Pesola for this info

The southwestern mountains of Colorado are under a snow advisory, with up to 8 inches of
accumulation possible by early evening.

A freeze watch is in effect for tonight in the San Luis Valley region and much of southeastern
Colorado is under a flash flood watch.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5551185,00.html
Thanks to Alan Caruba for this link

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Remaining snow at Mt. Baker Ski Area as of April 29, 2007:
Base at Heather Meadows: 167 inches (13.9’’ feet) (424 cm)
Base at Pan Dome: 174 inches (14.5 feet) (442 cm)
See: http://www.mtbaker.us/snowreport/

Gov. Mike Beebe’s disaster proclamation now includes 52 of the state’s 75 counties. The
declaration supports efforts by farmers in applying for federal assistance because of crop
losses during the record-setting early April cold snap.

State Agriculture Director Richard Bell said Tuesday that freezing temperatures earlier this
month damaged crops across the state.

"It is more severe than I anticipated," Bell said. "It’s much wider spread and much farther 
south than I thought."

Corn and wheat were particularly affected by the cold temperatures, the agriculture 
secretary said.

Bell said he attended a meeting in Clarksville last week where farmers complained about 
losing their peaches, berries and grape crops in the freezing temperatures.

Many farmers around the state also have reported losing entire fields of corn and wheat, 
he said. Before the freeze, 70 percent of the state’s wheat crop was "rated as good to excellent."
The rating is now 14 percent at "good to excellent," 22 percent very poor, 42 percent poor and
22 percent fair, he said.

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2007/04/25/news/news1.txt
Thanks to Charles Patrick for this link

"There's cars sliding off the roads everywhere," said Rick Olde, owner of Olde's 
Convenience Store in Evergreen.

Hail the diameter of quarters peppered parts of southeastern Colorado, and authorities 
said some rural roads were blocked by flooding from heavy rain in northeast Colorado,
 northwest Kansas and southwest Nebraska.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8ON55MG0&show_article=1
Thanks to Jeffry Reed for this link

Extension Agent Bob Ary said most, if not all of the county's strawberry crop will be wiped out,
adding that early reports indicate the entire crop of apples and peaches was also lost for the year.

"I just had a peach and apple grower in here and he just said he lost his whole crop.
He said it was 14 degrees in his orchard," he said.

(In my book "Not by Fire but by Ice," I say that we’ll be fighting in the streets for food long
before we’re covered by ice. I fear that that time is getting closer.)

See full article By Jeremy Johnson in the Hendersonville Star News
http://my.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070411/MICRO060301/304110015/1316/MICRO060301
Thanks to C. LaFleur in Memphis for this link

Vermont got about 17 inches of snow, with snow still falling Monday across parts of
Pennsylvania, New York and Maine. Snow drifts stranded tractor-trailers on highways 
in Pennsylvania. Washouts, flooding, mudslides and fallen trees blocked roads from 
Kentucky to New England.

Pounding waves completely covered the beach at Hampton Beach, N.H., where residents
reported up to 5 feet of water pouring through their front doors.
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/04/16/638403.html&cvqh=itn_rainsnow

TONIGHT
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK. WINDY WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.

MONDAY
SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 10 TO 20 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

MONDAY NIGHT
RAIN...MIXED WITH SNOW ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

TUESDAY
SNOW AND RAIN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 90 PERCENT.

TUESDAY NIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 30. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.

As my friend Ken, asks,
"Where is the global warming Al ??"

Storm warnings and watches were posted all along the East Coast, with flood 
warnings extending from North Carolina to the New York area. Winter storm 
warnings were in effect for parts of New England and eastern New York state.

The storm rained out the New York Mets at New York's Shea Stadium, the 
Pittsburgh Pirates home game against San Francisco, the Houston Astros at 
Philadelphia, the Kansas City Royals at Baltimore, and the Los Angeles Angels 
at Boston. Last weekend, snow wiped out scheduled Mariners-Indians games 
at Cleveland for four straight days.

Up to 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in southern West Virginia since early Saturday 
and streams were still rising Sunday, said weather service meteorologist Dan 
Bartholf in Charleston.

At least 3 inches of rain fell in eastern Kentucky, where a 50-foot section of 
highway collapsed near Pikeville.
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/04/15/637175.html&cvqh=itn_rainsnow

Traffic was ridiculous, the Cubs were snowed out and the heavy wet stuff brought 
down power lines and trees across the city.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/338364,CST-NWS-snow12.article
Thanks to Larry Cook for this info

Alabama and Kentucky were still estimating losses. Kentucky officials said as much 
as 90 percent of the state's peach and apple crops may have been destroyed, but they
cautioned the figures were preliminary.

The freeze also killed off a large portion of Georgia's $60 million-a-year blueberry crop.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070412/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_2

Read full article by Gordon Weixel in the Bismarck Tribune
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/04/12/news/topnews/131842.txt
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

"I think it's terrible, and it's the reason why I'm never living in the Midwest again after this
 year," said Molly Gray, 22, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Milwaukee smashed a snowfall record for the date on Wednesday with 7 inches. North Dakota
 and South Dakota also measured snowfalls of about 7 inches. Some areas of northern Illinois
 reported up to six inches, with another inch to 1.5 inches of snow expected.

Wednesday's Chicago Cubs game was postponed because of the storm. Last weekend, heavy
 snow wiped out scheduled Mariners-Indians games for four straight days at Cleveland.
http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/04/12/634476.html&cvqh=itn_storm

That not only broke the low-temperature record for the date, but it was the coldest for any April day in Charlotte history. At the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Sunday morning’s unofficial low of 24 degrees also was the coldest ever in April.

Up to 10 inches of snow accumulated in parts of North Carolina’s mountains, including 1.5 inches of snow in Asheville – the first recorded April snowfall in that city in 20 years.
http://charlotte.com/115/story/78479.html
Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

Temperatures in Columbia, S.C. dropped to the upper 20s, and for the second day in a row, and with more than a foot of snow in Cleveland, the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians had to cancel a doubleheader.

Nashville, Tenn., bottomed out Sunday at 23 degrees, knocking one degree off the Easter Sunday record set on March 24, 1940, while visitors to the nation's capital saw cherry blossoms coated with snow. Snow also fell in metro Atlanta, and even in parts of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle.

Farmers were worried about the impact the weather could have on crops. Blueberries could be particularly affected, said Stanley Scarborough, production manager of Sunnyridge Farms, which has fields in Baxley and Homerville, Ga.

"At 26 or 27 degrees, you would probably lose half of the Georgia crop," valued at about $20 million to $25 million dollars, Scarborough said.
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/04/08/631077.html&cvqh=itn_cold

Temperatures through the south central part of the United States will be at least 30 degrees
below normal Saturday, and it may snow in Texas! Simply, this is as cold as you're ever going to see in April."

Story by AccuWeather.com Expert Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=0
Thanks to skier Ken for this link

Officials closed a 100-mile stretch of I-90 and 45 miles of I-25. Thirteen other state 
roads were closed.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-03-29-tornado-colorado_N.htm?csp=24

"THE COLD AIR OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS
FOR LENGTH OF COLD. FAIRBANKS IS POISED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
MONTH WITHOUT EVER GOING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...ALTHOUGH IT
COULD BE CLOSE ON SATURDAY. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN
MODERN HISTORY FOR THAT MARK TO BE ACHIEVED"

"Just the fact that this hasn't happened before in modern times," says Kate, "should 
sound alarm bells for many for several reasons."

"One would be that the current global warming theory states that the poles are the areas 
to be affected worst by this warming. Since Fairbanks is a polar location it goes against 
the GW theory.

"Second, not only is Fairbanks on track for breaking its record coldest March of -2.7ºF, 
it is going to shatter it! As of today the average temperature for the month in Fairbanks 
is -8.6ºF, about 6 degrees colder than the previous record. Normally when longer-term 
records are broken, they aren't broken by more than 2 degrees. This record could be 
broken by 5 degrees."

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And here are some key excerpts that Kate sent along from the Fairbanks News Miner.

"The last time I saw it this bad was the winter of 1988-89," said Lynn, referring to a winter that is legendary among those living in Fairbanks at the time. "I think this may have that beat."

"We’re at the end of the winter and the frost line has really gotten down there," said Lynn, dressed in a pair of insulated Carhartt bibs and bunny boots. "I’ve heard about people with (underground) water tanks that are frozen solid. Septic tanks are freezing."

The period from Feb. 12 to March 20 was the coldest on record, according to Aycock. The average temperature was minus 13.1 degrees Fahrenheit, 17.1 degrees colder than normal.
http://newsminer.com/2007/03/24/6116/
Thanks, Kate

Lubbuck, TX has received 3.67" of rain so far this month, setting a new record 
for Lubbuck for the entire month ... and March has several days to go.

As of 4 a.m. Wednesday, a new city record for snowfall was set. This year's 
194.6 inches to date edged the record set in the winter of 1964-1965 by three-
tenths of an inch.

"Avalanches can travel well over 100 mph so there will be little or no warning," 
said Capital City Fire and Rescue Chief Eric Mohrmann.

http://www.adn.com/front/picture_inset/story/8729829p-8631557c.html
Thanks to Erik Bernhardson for this link

See also: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_re_us/juneau_avalanche_4

Record lows
Massena , NY
Burlington , VT
Redmond , OR
Satus Pass , OR

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This year isn't much different. Anderson is certainly ready to fish. He just can't go 
anywhere. The reason?

"The ice is killing me," said Anderson, owner and operator of Norm's Saltwater Adventures.
"I've had to cancel close to 50 trips this winter because I just can't get out of the harbor."

"It’s a little later in the year for ice to be socked in the harbor," said Homer Harbormaster
 Steve Dean. "It usually happens sometime in December or January. Currently, both our
 response harbor tug and our skiff are completely frozen in"

With more than six inches of ice surrounding some boats, some owners are walking 
around their boats and between floats on the frozen harbor surface.

And with commercial halibut season looming and a March 24 Winter King Salmon 
Tournament hinging on fishing-ground accessibility, everyone is eager to see things 
flowing freely again.

March is headed to being one of the coldest on record, weather experts say. If the cold 
hangs on, this year could beat 1956 as Anchorage's coldest..

Anchorage hasn't recorded a temperature above freezing since February 3 - 41 days of 
freezing.

See full article by Sean Pearson of the Homer Tribune

http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/8712298p-8614502c.html
Thanks to Erik Bernhardson for this link

(When you get to the link, make sure to click on the photo,
which will bring up other great photos.)

Snowfall in one day:
Windham, NY---24"
Albrightsville, PA---18"
Worcester, MA---16.9"
Francestown, NH---15"
High Point, NJ---13"
Shamokin, PA---12"
York, PA---11.5"
Manchester, CT---10"
Harrisburg, PA---9.5"
State College, PA---8"

Rainfall in one day:
Beaumont , TX ---2.84”
Rockport , TX ---2.53”
Palacios , TX ---2.15”
Houston , TX ---2.06”

...LATE WINTER CHILL CONTINUES...
SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN
FAIRBANKS OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH MARCH 10
IS 16.1 DEGREES WITH AN AVERAGE LOW OF -9.0 DEGREES. DURING THIS
3 WEEK PERIOD...THIS YEAR...FAIRBANKS RECORDED AN AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF -5.7 DEGREES ... THE COLDEST RECORDED SINCE 1904.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF -29.8 DEGREES DURING THE SAME
PERIOD RANKS AS THE THIRD COLDEST SINCE 1904...WITH -35.0
SET IN 1932 AND -30.1 SET IN 1956 BEING THE ONLY OTHER COLDER
YEARS DURING THIS SAME PERIOD.

THE NORMAL DAILY TEMPERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD IS 3.6 DEGREES.
THIS YEAR THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS -17.8 DEGREES WHICH IS
21.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

http://www.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=NOAK49PAFG&type=public
Thanks to Jim.Hager for this link.

http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=5
Thanks to Ken for this link

http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&zip Chg=1&article=0

In northwestern Wisconsin, as much as 20 inches of snow could fall through Friday 
morning, up to 16 inches could fall across other northern and central areas of the state.

In Nebraska, up to 9 inches of snow had fallen on the Omaha area Thursday morning,

Whiteout conditions in eastern Nebraska forced closure of about 75 miles of I-80 in 
both directions between Omaha and Utica, and a 100-mile stretch I-80 just west of 
Des Moines, Iowa, to the Nebraska line.

In some parts of Omaha, snow was falling 2 inches an hour.

By Friday, snowfall totals were expected to be a foot or more in southern and central 
Minnesota and two feet in northeastern Minnesota. The weather service warned of 
blowing snow and possible blizzard conditions in the countryside.

It's the second major snowstorm in a week for Minnesota area. Winona, in the 
southeastern corner of the state, got 28 inches.

http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=
/2007/03/01/599507.html&cvqh=itn_storms

"We've got close to 2,500 poles down — over 500 miles of line down," Alliant Energy
spokesman Ryan Stensland said of conditions in Iowa.

The Wisconsin State Patrol said blowing and drifting snow made portions of I-43 in 
Walworth and Waukesha counties impassable for several hours Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service in Michigan warned of widespread snow, strong wind 
and near blizzard conditions in parts of the state, with up to a foot of snow.

New York City sanitation workers were preparing for up to 7 inches of snow.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-02-25-winter-storm_x.htm?csp=24

Parts of Wisconsin could get up to 24 inches of snow, said Tom Zajdel, a meteorologis
t with the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wis.

The storm knocked out power to more than 100,000 in Iowa, plus parts of Illinois, 
Nebraska and Ohio. Crews for Mid American Energy reported ice 2 inches thick 
coating power lines in Illinois' Mercer County.

I-70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 400 miles in both directions 
Saturday from just east of Denver to Salina, Kansas. A number of other highway
s also were closed in Wyoming and Nebraska. Seven-foot snowdrifts were reported 
in areas of western Kansas.

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/02/25/595748.html&cvqh=itn_snowstorms

According to State Police, some motorists are jumping around flares to enter the 
highway. Motorists aren't the only ones looking for answers in the wake of the 
nightmare on I -78. State Representative Doug Reichley of Berks and Lehigh counties 
is calling for an investigation into the handling of the situation on I-78. He says he 
of Transportation to prevent this from happening again. Governor Rendell held a 
news conference in Philadelphia to discuss the status of road treatment efforts 
and road closures.

It has also been a busy time for those providing relief to people caught in traffic 
jams on I-78, 81 and 80. More than 130 troops from 10 units of the Pennsylvania 
National Guard were sent to provide relief as part of what was called "Operation 
Cold Freeze." 

Troops have been providing traffic control, meals, water, blankets and other necessities 
for motorists stranded on the highways. By last evening, officials said more than 1400 
meals had been provided to folks on I- 78 and 900 more were being flown in to motorists
suffering the same fate on I-81, but officials say the effort is far from over.

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=61562&t=english_breaking_news
Thanks to Dominick in New York City for this link

Interstate 78, site of a huge traffic tie-up Thursday, as well as large portions of I-81 
and I-80, remained closed so workers could clear them. The icy mixture, up to six inches 
thick, became rock-hard as overnight temperatures plummeted to the low teens and single digits.

"How could you operate a state like this? It’s totally disgusting," said Eugene Coleman, 
who was trapped in the Pennsylvania jam for 20 hours, along with his girlfriend and 
pregnant daughter. At least 22 deaths were blamed on the huge storm system.

The traffic jam on a 50-mile stretch of Pennsyovania’s I-78 was so bad that National 
Guardsmen in Humvees had to ferry food, fuel and baby supplies Thursday to 
stranded motorists.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17183915/

Sheriff's offices in several Ohio counties closed roads to all but emergency workers. 
Anyone else caught driving could be arrested.

In Illinois, Springfield recorded nearly 16 inches of snow fell in Springfield, while 
Champaign recorded at least 12 inches.

In Indianapolis, Tuesday’s 7.4 inches of snow set a record for the date. Areas of northern Pennsylvania were expecting more than 12 inches of snow.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-02-14-winter-snow_x.htm?csp=24

Snowfall in one day:
Springfield, IL---6.2"
Urbana, IL---5.3"
Dayton, OH---5"
Indianapolis, IN---4.8"

Unofficially, the squalls have dumped 12 feet, 2 inches of snow at Redfield. If accurate, 
that would break the state record of 10 feet, 7 inches of snow that fell in nearby Montague 
over seven days ending Jan. 1, 2002, said Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist for the 
National Weather Service in Buffalo.

"We may get one more burst of snow. But then it's over. Finally, some mercy," 
McLaughlin said. However, the forecaster noted that a coastal winter storm expected 
midweek could bring another 6 to 12 inches.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070212/D8N872980.html
Thanks to Jeff Reed for this link.

Front doors are buried and footprints lead to second-story windows. Sidewalks that have 
been dug out look like miniature canyons.
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/02/10/583991.html&cvqh=itn_snow

Late Thursday the northern parts of Oswego County were accumulating as much 
as 3 inches per hour, said Dave Sage, a meteorologist with the National Weather 
Service in Buffalo. At times, the snow has fallen at a rate of as much as 5 inches an 
hour. The snowfall was accompanied by high winds, creating whiteouts and other 
problems around the state.

On Thursday, Gov. Eliot Spitzer declared a state disaster emergency in Oswego County.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17063535/

"When you get 5 feet of snow in 24 hours, it’s tough," said Oswego Fire Chief Ed Geers.

Whiteout conditions—the snow has been falling at a rate of 5 inches an hour at times
—forced closure of 15 miles of Interstate 81 between Central Square and Pulaski.

The bitter cold and slippery roads have contributed to at least 19 deaths.

In West Virginia, where as much as 9 inches of snow has fallen, officials called 
snowplow drivers out of retirement to clear the roads.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17042993/
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link.
Larry asks, "Where do you put eight feet of snow?"

Almost a foot of snow fell on Buffalo, forcing closure of a 38-mile stretch of the New York Thruway, with more snow expected. Meanwhile, ice on the Hudson River forced New York Waterway officials to shut down ferry service from Haverstraw to Ossining.

More than 600 schools were closed in the Cleveland area, where wind chills reached -20. All Milwaukee schools closed after wind chills dropped to almost 40 below.

The coldest spot was Embarrass, Minn., where thermometers plunged to -42.

In Denver, record snowfall so far this season has already topped the annual average of 61.7 inches, with four months to go.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16992784/

JANUARY 2007 ALSO INCLUDED 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BELOW FREEZING, THE 
LONGEST TIME BELOW FREEZING SINCE DECEMBER OF 1983...AND THE 7TH LONGEST 
ON RECORD.

AS OF FEBRUARY 1...GOODLAND HAS HAD AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE 
GROUND FOR 43 CONSECUTIVE DAYS...THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ALL-TIME RECORD 
FOR GOODLAND.
Thanks to skier Ken for this info

A winter storm warning covered the western Carolinas and northern Georgia on 
Thursday afternoon, and more than 4 inches of snow fell in spots.

Oklahoma, meanwhile, grappled with a second, trailing storm that kept roads slick 
and dangerous.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-02-01-winter-weather_x.htm?csp=24

Anchorage‘s snow-removal budget of two million dollars is set by a yearly snowfall 
of under 70 inches. So far this season, Anchorage has seen more than 74 inches of the 
white stuff--more than normally falls in an entire winter. And there are still four months 
left in the snow season.
http://www.ktva.com/topstory/ci_5096272
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

According to the city, it's reaching a crisis level. The city can plow the 
roads, but where to put the snow? Two-lane roads are quickly becoming one.

"I've lived in Alaska since 1967 and I don't remember ever having this much 
snow before," said resident Joyce Elliston.

The city is already $2 million over budget for snow removal this season.

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=5986863
Thanks to both Jack Bailey and Martin Hoer for this info.

More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more 
inches were possible Monday.

Winter weather has also hit hard on the East Coast, bringing snow, sleet and 
freezing rain to Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=3
Thanks to both skier Ken and Craig Adkins for this link.

Snow also fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday.
Residents in West Los Angeles said that several inches of snow fell in their yards.

The last snowfall recorded at LAX was in January 1962, according to the National
Weather Service.

In Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles, a portion of State Route 33 about
12 miles north of Ojai, was closed due to snow and ice.
http://knbc.nbcweatherplus.com/weathernews/10773559/detail.html
Thanks to David Swineford for this link

Scattered snow showers were also forecast across parts of the western Great Lakes 
and Upper Midwest, while another barrage of storms was set to bring up to 8 inches 
of snow to the Plains by late Friday.

Frigid conditions prevailed around the country. The entire state of Maine fell into 
the single digits or lower, reaching minus-16F in Caribou.

Snow fell briefly in normally sunny Malibu, snow plows cleared a major road through 
the Malibu mountains, and Valencia - 30 miles north of Los Angeles - saw snow for the 
first time in more than 20 years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117850/

Houston and San Antonio were under rare ice warnings, while a 300-mile stretch 
of I-10 from Fort Stockton to San Antonio was closed because of fresh snow atop 
a layer of ice.

That same cold air mass moved into the Northeast Wednesday, where thermometers 
plunged to16 below at Caribou, Maine, and 19 above in New York City.

In Buffalo, Missouri, nearly all stores, gas stations and restaurants were closed 
Tuesday. "There are no services," Mayor Jerry Hardesty said. "I’ve talked to residents 
who have lived here 50 years and nobody can remember it ever being this bad."

The private forecasting company DTN Meteorlogix expects 2 to 6 inches of snow from 
the Texas panhandle to the Kansas border and 1 to 3 inches in southern Kansas this 
weekend. 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117850/

In Missouri, about 210,000 homes and businesses still had no electricity, along with tens 
of thousands of customers in Michigan, New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634187/from/ET/

In addition to those without power in the Midwest, a layer of ice up to a half-inch 
thick knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers in northern New York and 
at least 4,500 in New Hampshire. During the weekend, water pipes froze in the 
Phoenix area.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634187/
Thanks to Paul R. Stanko for this link.

Nebraska, which has been pummeled by winter storms in the past month, received 
even more snow. The storm was expected to continue heading northeast, dumping 
more than a foot of snow on Lower Michigan and parts of New England.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634187/

Missouri’s governor declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. 
He said the worst wave may come Sunday.

In Southern California, thermometers registered just 8 degrees at Lancaster, 22 at 
Palmdale and 30 in Santa Barbara. The storm was expected to continue through the 
weekend, laying down a coat of ice and snow from Texas to Oklahoma to Wisconsin 
to Illinois.
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/01/13/561708.html

Several inches of ice was expected in parts of Kansas by the end of the weekend. 
Freezing temperatures and up to 2 inches of snow were also forecast for southern 
Nevada. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2007-01-11-ice-storm_x.htm

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS 
ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... 
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY 
LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT 
ADD TO THE DANGER.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2007/01/usa_today_weath_8.html

A winter storm also pushed into Utah and Nevada on Thursday, bringing snowfalls of
4 to 6 inches to parts of Utah.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/12012007news.shtml

Although Prowers County officials declined to comment on the county's cost,
officials in Lamar said the cost for their town alone may be as much as $1
million, which would cripple the town. Officials in La Junta also estimate the
cost to their town at $1 million.

The blizzard's fierce winds created snow drifts as high as 15 feet in some
places, causing widespread destruction and trapping people in their homes
and travelers in their vehicles.

By the time the storm passed, it dropped 30 plus feet of snow throughout the
valley. There have been no reported human deaths but officials estimate that
about 3,500 cattle may have been killed.

Several buildings throughout the valley collapsed because of the weight of
the heavy, melting snow.

See much more at: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/10690113/detail.html
Thanks to Charles Patrick for this link.

The roofs of two buildings — the Walsh post office and a restaurant in Elizabeth 
— collapsed under the weight of the accumulated snow. No injuries were reported.

Officials were still determining how to deal with the carcasses of thousands of 
livestock killed by the blizzard in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico and 
Oklahoma. An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died in six southeastern 
Colorado counties alone.

After dumping nearly a foot of snow in the foothills west of Denver, the new 
storm was headed for Kansas, where an estimated 60,000 people were still without 
power after more than a week. 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16484056/

Snowfall around Anchorage during the last 24 hours:

O'Malley and Hillside - 22.0 inches
Mid Hillside - 17.0 inches
Upper DeArmoun - 17.0 inches
Abbott Loop Rd. - 15.0 inches
Glen Alps - 12.0 inches

So far, Anchorage has accumulated 57.60 inches of snow this winter, a new record 
for snowfall as of Jan. 3.

The Anchorage Police Department said accidents occurred at a pace of a collision 
every 10 minutes today.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=5889112
Thanks to Elma Sabo for this link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/03012007news.shtml#no_url
Thanks to John Brown in Scotland for this link.

Airplane crews searched highways and fields for stranded travelers, in some places 
using heat-sensing equipment to locate cattle. No one wants a repeat of 1997, when 
a blizzard killed up to 30,000 farm animals.

Ice and heavy snow also bent over electrical towers and downed hundreds of miles of 
power lines, leaving at least 80,000 homes and businesses without power in Kansas, 
Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389942/

One month earlier, November became Seattle's all-time rainiest month — 15.63 inches, 
compared to its 5.9 average. December also was wetter than normal — 7.3 inches vs. 5.62.
Where’s the global warming?
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2007-01-01-weather-travel_x.htm?csp=24

"This is a very significant storm; it’s in the record books," said Scott Blair, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Up to 32 inches of snow had fallen in western Kansas and wind piled it into drifts 15 feet high. Albuquerque received 26 inches of snow, and parts of the Oklahoma Panhandle saw 18 inches of snow.

With 3 inches of ice on wires and connectors in Kansas, at least 50,000 homes and businesses were still blacked out on Monday. Five entire towns in the Oklahoma Panhandle lost power, and another 15,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark in Nebraska.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389942/

Total snowfall:
Angel Fire Resort, NM---58"
Otero County, CO---44"
Sharon Springs, KS---32"
Strawberry, AZ---18.0"
Ashley, ND---16.0"
Gettysburg, SD---15.0"
Manila & Dagget, UT---13.0"
Wishek, ND---12.2"
Furnas County, NE---14.0"
Mankato, MN---9.5"
Indian Creek, WY---9.0"
Froid, MT--- 6.0"
Pecos County, TX---4.0"

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=community

Monster winter storm moves into Plains; motorists disappearing under 10-foot drifts
A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the 
Rockies on Saturday, trapping drivers in 10-foot drifts.National Guard troops in tracked vehicles crawled through the blizzard to rescue 
hundreds of stranded motorists. "They're telling me it's zero visibility," said Maj. 
Gen. Mason Whitney, the state adjutant general. "They'll kind of bump into 
something and it'll turn out to be a car with people in it."

Parts of Interstate 70 from the Rockies to Kansas remained closed, along with several 
other major east-west highways. In New Mexico, Interstate 25 from Pueblo to Santa Fe 
was also closed, and most major roads from Kansas into Colorado remain closed until 
Colorado officials reopen their routes.

In Kansas, up to 18 inches of snow had fallen by Saturday in some areas, while up to 
a foot fell in southwestern and central Nebraska.

In North Dakota, transportation officials pulled snowplows off many roads because 
of reduced visibility. Bismarck reported more than 7 inches of snow, and areas south 
could get 14 inches by Sunday.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/printer.cfm?id=151289&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_
check&CFID=12905623&CFTOKEN=27866128&jsessionid=8830aff8f1eb554b3324
Thanks to Larry Cook for this link.