No dramatic
effects? “Many doomsday theorists have tried to take this natural geological
occurrence and suggest it could lead to Earth’s destruction. But would there be
any dramatic effects? The answer, from the geologic and fossil records we have
from hundreds of past magnetic polarity reversals, seems to be ‘no.’”
RUSSIA – Unrelenting
snowfalls have caused unprecedented chaos in Russia. Over the past week, the
country has seen scores of traffic accidents, flight delays and, in some cases,
the complete isolation of some remote settlements and towns. While the
snowstorms have caused inconvenience for large population centers in western
Russia, they have been life-threatening further east in the country. Falling
snow and ice caused many accidents due to poor visibility and bad road
conditions. Moscow witnessed a 13-kilometer jam on MKAD, one of the city’s main
highways, reducing speeds to 10 to 25 kph in the capital. More than 12,000 snow
removal trucks worked around-the-clock to clean up the mess, but their efforts
did little, with the city coming to an effective standstill. The chair of the
Duma’s transport committee called for local transport officials to face legal
sanctions for failing to cope with the winter weather. “Until local bureaucrats
face the wrath of the law, winter will always be a surprise occurrence. They
will continue to do nothing, as people suffer,” Mikhail Bryachak told
Kommersant FM radio.
The polar circle city of
Norilsk has been buried under 10 feet of snow – entire apartment blocks,
markets, stores and offices were buried under snow overnight. Banks of snow
were as high as two people put together, reaching the second-story windows of
some apartment buildings.
Cars, stores, garages were
blocked. Norilsk metropolitan workers were forced to dig passageways through
the snow banks to create access between the outside world and the barricaded
city. Meanwhile, icicles up to three feet in length have formed off the ledges
of buildings, breaking at random and causing a lethal hazard for pedestrians
below. Elsewhere, the extreme weather continues. In the Altai Republic in
Western Siberia, 12 Russian settlements were isolated because of the snowstorm.
Seven settlements, with a total population of 1,300 people, remain cut off from
the outside world due to the snow drifts. Emergency crews are currently en
route to deliver needed supplies to the stranded populations. Snow accompanied
by strong winds has caused flight delays in the airport of Russia’s far eastern
town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The runway has been cleared, but planes are
not risking takeoff due to strong side-winds. Flights were also delayed in
Russia’s easternmost cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk. More snow storms are
predicted in Western Siberia and the Western Urals over the weekend. In the end
of 2012, Russia saw extreme winter not witnessed since 1938. The coldest-ever
December in Russia led to the evacuation of hundreds of people in Siberia,
where temperatures fell below -50 degrees Celsius; Moscow also saw its coldest
night ever for the season. More than 90 Russians died during the cold snap, and
more than 600 people were taken to hospital due to the extremely dangerous
weather, which is 10 degrees below the December norm. Nearly 200 people have
died throughout Russia as a direct result of weather-related accidents and
hypothermia this season, according to official statistics, although the extreme
conditions have likely contributed to many more fatalities.
Coincidence? While northern Russia sees record snowfall and cold
temperatures, Sydney Australia, in the southern Hemisphere, is experiencing
searing temperatures of 46 C (115.7°F). Is this only the beginning of more
dramatic climate changes to come?
Record heat in
southern hemisphere: The mercury topped 45.8 at Sydney’s Observatory
Hill at 2.55pm, breaking the previous record set in 1939 by half a degree. The
city’s highest temperature was a scorching 46.5 degrees, recorded in Penrith at
2.15pm, while Camden, Richmond and Sydney Airport all reached 46.4 degrees.
More than 220 people had been treated for heat exposure or fainting by late
afternoon, the Ambulance Service of NSW said. The heat-wave also stranded
thousands of commuters, with dozens of trains delayed as steel wires buckled and
a hose used to run a key signaling system melted. On the central coast, the
heat caused an overhead wire to buckle onto a train at about 1.30pm, trapping
about 250 passengers for half an hour. The monorail ground to a halt, spitting
sparks that started a soon-extinguished grass fire next to Darling Harbour.
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