The Extreme Weather & "Natural" Disaster Thread (new title)

[Spiral]

LONG-RANGE weather forecasters warned tonight that Britain should prepare for heavy and persistent snow for up to THREE MONTHS with winter 2013 set to be the worst in more than 60 years.



The latest detailed forecasts for winter 2013 ALL point to months of relentless extreme cold with heavy snow likely across the country.

Arctic air will roar in from the North Pole later this week, triggering the start of the worst winter in many people's lifetimes.

Experts in long-range weather forecasting said the WHOLE of Britain should be prepared for this winter to be the most severe since 1947, which saw the UK hit by relentless snow and some of the lowest temperatures on record.

Source; http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/443...orecast-for-UK

Be prepared, store tinned & packet food, get a gas twin ring camping stove & a big bottle of gas (not the camping gaz stuff its very expensive), think ahead for things that will not be available when the snow hits, like snow chains for your car.

If you depend on your car make sure that it has newish antifreeze in the radiator (it degrades after a few years) a battery that is not on its last legs, snow chains, & things in the boot such as walking boots/ wellies, a big coat, something to eat & drink, a spade, torch, jump leads, & a tow strap. A sleeping bag if you have to use motorways might be a life saver too.

[The One]

Even though i agree with most of the above and the weather is getting worse LONG-RANGE weather forecasters have been known to be wrong on many occasions.That's why most of them don't even predict more than a week in advance now because of how many times they have predicted wrongly even with the technology they use.

I hope the above does not happen but it wont surprise me if it did

[Sooz]

Well, here down under, were I live, (sub-tropical) we've had wild storms for the last 4 nights. Not damaging storms, quite nice ones, lol, if you like storms.

Summer here of course now. But I do feel for those of you up there that have fierce winters. I have lived in London twice - bloody ice on the car windows and all that. Nothing like that here. Thank god.

However we have the other extremes, like bushfires, extreme heat and humidity, cyclones.

Hope you all prepare and make sure you can survive the winter season.

Sooz

[Spiral]

Anyone worried about heating costs or how to stay warm if the electric (all central heating systems use electric to function ) or gas gets cut off ought to check out this thread ; http://jandeane81.com/threads/1311-h...ight=heat+home

Stock up on "tea lights" !

[BabaRa]

Is this because the Gulf Stream, which becomes the North Atlantic drift hasn't kicked in since the BP Gulf disaster? I know it stopped flowing after the disaster (which it occasionally does) and naturally "experts" said this stop had nothing to do with the oil disaster and all the corexit they pumped into the Gulf.

What I don't know is if it ever started again. Based on the extreme winters both the East coast of US have been having as well as UK and N.Europe, I'm guessing it hasn't, but can't find any info on current status. It turns out there is a rock group called North Atlantic Drift and I keep getting info on them!

Explanation of North Atlantic Drift: It is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. West of Continental Europe it splits into two major branches. One branch goes southeast, later to become the Canary Current as it passes northwest Africa and turns southwest. The other major branch continues north along the coast of northwestern Europe. It is thought to have a considerable warming influence on the climate, The relatively warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift are responsible for moderating the climate of western Europe, so that winters are less cold than would otherwise be expected at its latitude. Without the warm North Atlantic Drift, the UK and other places in Europe would be as cold as Canada, at the same latitude. For example, without this steady stream of warmth the British Isles winters are estimated to be more than 5 °C cooler, bringing the average December temperature in London to about 2°C.......

[monk]

Its only snow, better than 40 degree, global warming, "rapture" style heatwaves...easier to warm up than cool down. Well, if people aren't idiots and switch from any one of the big 6 energy gangsters it should be easier. I advise OVO energy, should Malc wish to remove this post just know you may have killed some pensioners by doing so.

[The One]

The UK is in a panic and grinds to a halt with just a few days snow.It like omg cant get to work trains,planes and everything else stops . If we get this, and I do mean IF then we will be screwed. We don't have enough grit for the roads most years. And the councils never seem to learn. Our winters are getting colder yet they still don't prepare enough by planning ahead.

[Black Panther]

Is this because the Gulf Stream, which becomes the North Atlantic drift hasn't kicked in since the BP Gulf disaster?

Reminds me of waking up, started by looking at the BP oil spill and
the effect it would have on Europe in the wintertime back in 2010

And choosing my online name Black Panther, for short BP

It will be difficult to hide as a Black Panther in the snow

[Wolf Khan]

This is not a natural event occuring. The whole climate change being warmer is to distract us from the worsening natural cooling that is taking place, another cabal crime they will pay for. They aren't responsibile for the cooling that is happening, as it is a genuinely natural process. The dark here are trying to use these means to kill us off, however, we are more adept at dealing with these extremes than we are credited with at being.

[Spiral]

The UK is in a panic and grinds to a halt with just a few days snow.It like omg cant get to work trains,planes and everything else stops . If we get this, and I do mean IF then we will be screwed. We don't have enough grit for the roads most years. And the councils never seem to learn. Our winters are getting colder yet they still don't prepare enough by planning ahead.

When I was a kid the council used ex-army 4 wheel drive trucks with army tyres for gritters, they could get through anything, now they are ordinary wagons and get bogged in the snow, hopeless !

[john parslow]

This sounds like a load more fear porn to me. What they are promising is a part of the natural cycle in this part of the world. Look out everyone we can expect Winter, well what a surprise! It happens every year, some years granted worse than others but still just one of the natural seasons - I hear this might be followed by a thaw and regrowth, in my day we just called it Spring ... tongue in cheek! JP

[Calz]

This sounds like a load more fear porn to me.

Perhaps ...

Some climate scientists are calling for a "mini ice age" (at least some not on the cabal payroll).

If there is truth to the "transatlantic current" being shut down (due likely to the gulf oil spill) then UK would be effected sooner and more severely than the rest of the world.


This jedi a scientist I am not so simply regurgitating 2nd hand news that sounds reasonable I am ...

[Spiral]

Well ok, it is a bit fear pornesque, but there is no harm in prepping for winter, and if the Gulf Stream is packing in things could get very cold in common with other countries at the same latitude, such as Canada.

[Calabash]

Strange weather worldwide, I think. This was on the David Icke web page today . . . . Perhaps we should have a weather channel so that we can monitor the world's weather, especially if one of the poles is melting and the other pole is freezing . . .

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jUc2-U0MUU

[Tonz]

Sorta noticed over the years that if the countries along the equator start receiving a pounding , say floods, typhoons ect , that means a lot of really hot rising winds, so much so its like a rush of turbulence of hot air pockets crashing and racing up high then drawn towards the north pole (northern hemisphere cycle) that means a huge amount of hot air reaching the pole, freezing racing down at low levels due to its new density that will be racing towards the equator once again.
Its the natural cycle of things, so to be able to predict a severe harsh weather for the U.K. they predicting the harsh Atlantic winds from the north or perhaps Siberian winds freezing most of Europe. As this cannot happen without the start of the cycle in the tropics. The main tropic disaster at the moment is of course the Philippines.