Snow....

[Malcolm Robinson]

Lets hope it keeps blowing that way!

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-New-York-New-Jersey-Connecticut-Blizzard-2015-NorEaster-Snow-Wind-Whiteout-Record-289770081.html

[threegee]

"Potentially Historic Blizzard", hmm... The old ones are always the best:

 

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past ...

 

According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".

 

"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.

 

The effects of snow-free winter in Britain are already becoming apparent. This year, for the first time ever, Hamleys, Britain's biggest toyshop, had no sledges on display in its Regent Street store. "It was a bit of a first," a spokesperson said.

 

Fen skating, once a popular sport on the fields of East Anglia, now takes place on indoor artificial rinks. Malcolm Robinson, of the Fenland Indoor Speed Skating Club in Peterborough, says they have not skated outside since 1997. "As a boy, I can remember being on ice most winters. Now it's few and far between," he said.

 

-- Monday 20 March 2000

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.html

[Malcolm Robinson]

Jeeeze I used to get around!

[threegee]

You're better off back in the more sheltered NE Malc. Those chilly East Anglian fens aren't the place to be this time of year, and at our time of life!  I wonder if the University of East Anglia CRU winter heating bills are available on FOI request?  Likely they'd show up heavily redacted anyway!

 

 

http://www.fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/more-snow-on-the-way-after-storms-1-6517157