Saturday, February 5, 2011

These are the current weather headlines on Yahoo News -- it looks like the "new normal". Aren't you glad global warming is a "hoax"?


"# Ten more dead in Philippine floods (AFP) "- 50 minutes ago"

AFP - Ten more people have been killed in floods and landslides after nearly a week of heavy rains in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 20, according to the government.
# Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia (AFP) "- 2 hours ago"AFP - Torrential rains and flash floods trapped scores of people in homes and cars following a massive cyclone, piling more misery on Australia after weeks of record inundations.
# Thirteen dead in fresh Sri Lanka floods (AFP) "- 2 hours ago"AFP - Renewed rains in Sri Lanka have flooded a large number of towns and villages and killed at least 13 people, officials said Saturday.
# Harsh winter triggers New York City manhole explosions (Reuters) "- 9 hours ago"Reuters - Record snowfall is turning the city's mean streets even meaner, with 65 manholes exploding or catching fire since New Years, a utility spokesman said on Friday.
# Tulsa residents trapped by snow 4 days after storm (AP) "- 9 hours ago"AP - Marnie Fernandez had four children and a sick husband at home Friday but almost no milk or toilet paper. The blizzard that dumped 20 inches of snow, sleet and ice on Tulsa on Tuesday still had th...
# Facebook fails to ignite protests in Syria (AFP) "- 11 hours ago"AFP - Rain, not protesters, flooded the streets of Damascus on Friday after Muslim prayers when a "day of anger" had been promoted by online activists in an echo of Egypt's popular uprising.
# With no room to put snow, Eastern waterways beckon (AP) "- 13 hours ago"AP - Imagine the East Coast's largest cities mixing a brew of salt, motor oil, trash and grocery carts and dumping it into rivers and harbors.
# Midwest, Plains brace for deep freeze next week (Reuters) "- 14 hours ago"Reuters - The U.S. heartland has been bracing for more subzero temperatures next week which will add stress to the dormant wheat crop and limit grain movement, a forecaster said on Friday.
# Super Bowl fans scramble for flights to Dallas (Reuters) "- 16 hours ago"Reuters - Super Bowl fans may have to scramble for alternate flights after American and Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights to and from hubs in Dallas on Friday because of another winter s...
# More floods in Australia as cyclone damage tallied (AP) "- "

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