Climate refugees in Manitoba; Coldest spring in US history so far
| Overheated Atmosphere Creates Climate Refugees In Manitoba
Posted on May 12, 2013by stevengoddard
A local state of emergency has been declared in a western Manitoba municipality after homes in Ochre Beach were destroyed and seriously damaged by a wave of lake ice.
Area officials told CBC News the wind pushed built-up ice off Dauphin Lake on Friday evening and caused it to pile up in the community, located on the lake’s southern shore.
The piles of ice, which were more than nine metres tall in some cases, destroyed at least six homes and cottages, according to the Rural Municipality of Ochre River.
Another 14 homes suffered extensive damage, with some structures knocked off their foundations.
Clayton Watts, Ochre River’s deputy reeve, said it’s a miracle no one was hurt.
He told CBC News one minute people were watching hockey in their living rooms, the next they heard something that sounded like a freight train near their homes.
Wall of ice destroys Manitoba homes, cottages – Manitoba – CBC News
h/t to Tom Nelson
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Midway through May, so far this has been the coldest spring in US history.
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Hmm: As CO2 hits its highest level since 1958, Nenana Ice Classic threatens one of its latest breakup dates since 1907
Breakup watch: Nenana Ice Classic clock gets hooked up this weekend - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
This year's breakup is already one of the latest on record in the 97-year-old Ice Classic, which was started as a betting game between railroad engineers in 1917. The ice has gone out on May 11 or later only 16 times in 97 years.
If the ice holds through the weekend, this year's breakup will rank among the top 10 latest on record.
The latest breakup in Ice Classic history is May 20, 1964, one of the few winters that lasted longer than the current one. That year Fairbanks didn't have its first 50-degree day until May 23.
"I don't know if it's going to make it another 10 days or not," Forness said on Friday. "It might hang in there.
"It would be cool it if it did," she said.
tomnelson.blogspot.com
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And it's not just a cold spring in north America, but in Europe ( dotnet.sys-con.com ) and Japan ( japantoday.com ) as well.
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