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Delvey Wright puts his chains away to wait for a tow truck after sliding off Interstate 15 in Lehi, Utah, Jan. 28, 2008. (AP)
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The roofs of several businesses collapsed under the weight of snow Monday in northern Idaho, while avalanches forced the evacuations of dozens of homes. There were no injuries.
The Navajo Nation declared an emergency on its sprawling reservation.
About 20 inches of snow fell around Coeur d'Alene. "They got clobbered," John Livingston, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said of residents of that northern city.
The storm system arrived from hard-hit California and combined with another emerging from the Gulf of Alaska, stalling over eastern Washington and northern Idaho, said Livingston.
Forecasters predicted a new storm could roll in on Tuesday, bringing 1 to 3 more inches of snow in low-lying areas of Idaho and 2 to 4 inches in the mountains. The weather service posted heavy snow warnings for parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
The snow closed Coeur d'Alene schools on Monday, the first time since November 1996 that a winter storm closed the city's schools, officials said.
About 2,800 Idaho customers lost power during the storm but officials said service to most was restored by late Monday.
Colorado's San Juan Mountains were socked with 30 inches of snow and wind gusts as high as 100 mph. In Durango, Colo., about 340 miles southwest of Denver, even the sledding hills were at risk of avalanches after 18 inches of snow fell.
"Anybody who's going out sledding should be letting their parents know where they are, and parents be aware of the slide potential, particularly on north-facing slopes," La Plata County sheriff's Lt. Dan Bender said.
A record 13.7 inches of snow fell at Spokane, Wash. Officials closed City Hall, urged residents to stay home Monday to give snowplows a chance to catch up, and told nonessential city and county workers to stay home.
In eastern Oregon's Wallowa Mountains, authorities found two snowmobilers missing over the weekend in the 4 feet of snow that fell there.
Avalanches in Idaho damaged four houses and a garage northwest of Ketchum and police evacuated 71 homes in the area as a precaution for much of Monday, said police spokeswoman Kim Rogers.
The storm caused hundreds of wrecks all over Utah and Idaho, and multiple road closures, including Interstate 84 at the Idaho-Utah line.
Skiers were stuck at Utah's Snowbird resort because Little Cottonwood Canyon was closed to traffic for avalanche control, spokeswoman Laura Schaffer.
The threat of flooding as heavy snow melted brought an emergency declaration on the Navajo reservation - sprawling across parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.
"Protecting life, limb and property is always our first priority," said Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. "Real dangers exists in our remote areas miles from paved roads."
At lower elevations of Arizona, heavy rain flooded some creeks and rivers. Some residents of the town of Carrizo fled for a time because of fear that two dams might fail. The evacuations were canceled after water levels lowered and an inspection found no apparent damage to the dams.
California finally saw clearing weather Monday after a week of downpours and heavy snowfall, but the reprieve might not last long. There was a 20 percent chance of rain Wednesday, and two more storms, weaker than the storms that hit during the past weekend, were forecast to reach the region on Friday.
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Algore said in his book "Earth in the Lurch" that we would stop seeing winter because of man-made global warming.
This is the kind of winters we used to get back in the ''70''s all the time. Looks like a normal, natural cycle to me.
That must mean their is no global warming.
I can''t figure out how the pro-pollution people can expect anybody to believe them?
Yipee!
Global warming is gone forever!
Thanks hawkspricks
If it''s really hot, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If it''s really cold, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If it''s really dry, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If it''s really wet, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If it doeesn''t snow, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If it snows too much, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If there''s hurricanes, it''s because of man-made global warming.
If there''s no hurricanes, it''s because of man-made global warming.
I mean, how can anyone argue against such superior logic and circular reasoning?
Everytime one of these articles appear, the sheeps in wool start writing but when an article appears about Phoenix having the hottest summer EVER, or the fires in CA or the drought in some other state and they stay away from those articles like the cowards they truly are.
You are wrong. Whenever a heat wave hits a place like Phoenix, those of us who haven''t been sucked into the Global Warming hysteria are right there pointing out that there have been hot summers before and asking what caused them.
And also pointing out that it get hot in the desert in July.
Posted by hawksprings at 01:58 PM
Keep lying, global warming or not it fits you well.
Keep bending over for the likes of Algore.
That way he has easier access to your.... wallet.
I see you are still struggling with weather vs climate.
Or maybe just trolling for an argument? LOL
It''s always fun to argue, tho I''ve mellowed over the years.
It''s frickin'' cold here today! We''re just getting the wind and cold from these storms, no snow... but lots of wind...
Your probably in the 50''s aren''t you?
Nope, 48. I am still just a pup.
This is what Bush said last night. Is he wrong? I take you for a Bush supporter.
Bush said the United States is committed to working with major economies and the United Nations to complete an international agreement that "has the potential to slow, stop and eventually reverse the growth of greenhouse gases."
"This agreement will be effective only if it includes commitments by every major economy and gives none a free ride," Bush said. "The United States is committed to strengthening our energy security and confronting global climate change."
"This agreement will be effective only if it includes commitments by every major economy and gives none a free ride," Bush said. "The United States is committed to strengthening our energy security and confronting global climate change."
Posted by jimfinster at 02:58 PM : Jan 29, 2008
Biggest greenhouse gas is "water vapor" not CO2. Taken a look at the weather lately, the Artic Ocean is freezing over at a record rate.
Posted by jowand
Red herring. Water vapor stays fairly constant despite human activity. Nice try at obfuscating the issue.
Posted by jowand at 03:19 PM
Biggest greenhouse gas is coming out of your azz.
El Nino and la Nina. There''s you reason
I meant are your temps in the 50''s not your age.
So snow in the winter is an ''unusual variation''?
High temps in Phoenix in the summer is an ''unusual variation''?
All this "weather" is the same ol'' same ol'' that''s been going on for millenia. It''s happened before and it will happen again.
We humans aren''t causing it, and we can''t prevent it.
We''re only along for the ride.
Posted by hawksprings at 04:37 PM
Ignorance is bliss.
Enjoy the rest of your life in your ignorance, you''ll be happy for the rest of your days.
I realize why you chose "hawk" instead of "eagle" as part of your log in.
There is a difference.
and remember it never rains in California . . . .
Hawksprings is a town in Wyoming. I have family connections there.
But as long as we''re making suggestions about our log-in names, you could use "Rushlemmingdrug". It would fit your blind allegiance to the man-made global warming hysteria.
Posted by hawksprings at 05:14 PM
thanks, I just collected on a bet.
The climate wonks take such data and use number of models to guestimate what our climate will do in response to a stimulus (such as incresed CO2 or Methane concentration). Based on the results they extrapolate what any particular region''s weather will likely to be in the next 10, 20, 50 or whatever years. The results vary with the model.
These climate modelers can also take a set of present weather data (such as this month''s harsh weather), run through it, and working backwards alter what ever patrameters the they wish (again CO2 or Methane as an example) and tell us how much more severe; or even how much less severe our present winter weather would have been if CO2 or Methane were the levels they were in 1900.
Anybody out there who knows how to do that stuff and has the data set care to give it a try?
Global warming is based on the average annual GLOBAL temperature trends. (Granted this is difficult to define.) It is NOT the temperature in YOUR back yard at any given TIME of year.
There-in lies the problem.
Whenever there''s a heat wave or drought or hurricane or such, the Global Warming Sheep point to that as proof of man-made global warming.
But if us "deniers" point out a cold spell or large snow fall, we are immediately chastized by the comment: "You can''t look at one weather incident."
There''s no arguing with them. Man-made Global Warming is a religion, a belief system.
[Posted by squidly8 at 05:46 PM : Jan 29, 2008]
also disturbing is the thought that there are those that would discount the possibility that a complex model like that which defines our ecosystem would not be affected by minor variations to one or more of it''s key elements.
The entire premise of man-made global warming disaster RESTS ENTIRELY on the unproven assumption that because of a small increase of ONE single gas, CO2, there will be climatic disaster of biblical proportions.
Aside from the FACT that it has not been proven that an increase in CO2 concentrations will raise the global temps, the climate is INFINITELY more complex than we even know.
That''s why our computer models are a joke, and why weather forecasters are barely 50% accurate predicting less than 24 hours out.
This whole CO2 thing is laughable.
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