Spain - Third serious white winter in a row

By Mark Duchamp

10 Mar 10 - Spring is around the corner, yet it was minus 6ºC last night in Madrid. The region of Catalonia had the worst snow storm in 25 years. Barcelona received enough snow to cause a collapse in traffic, and its beaches were covered in the white stuff. It is worse in the rest of the region, which is struggling under up to 60 cm of snow (more in the mountains). Snow tires are unknown in the country, so people struggle to put on chains when they are stranded (not an easy job, and your fingers freeze quickly while doing it).

Thirty three high tension pylons collapsed under high winds which also caused 7-meter-high waves to crash on the coast. Two hundred thousand homes are still without electricity. Thousands of truck were stuck on the roads, and traffic jams on the motorway to France were 50 km long. Snow in the streets turned into ice, causing multiple accidents, and making sidewalks dangerous to walk on.

This is the third serious white winter Northern Spain had in a row. Further south, in Andalusia, it's been raining for 3 months, and they hadn't seen so much water in decades. The countryside is flooded in many parts, and some old houses have collapsed. Locals hadn't experienced such inundations since the great one of 1963.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.global-warming/browse_thread/thread/acb04c5139777430?pl i=1

http://www.europapress.es/nacional/noticia-temporal-barcelona-revive-nevada-historica-25-a nos-despues-20100308195705.html

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Desalojados/inundaciones/1500/vecinos/Sevilla/Cordob a/Jaen/elpepuesp/20100224elpepunac_2/Tes
Thanks to Mark Duchamp for these links

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