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Old Jan 13th 2005, 9:16 pm
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Earl Evleth
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Many wondering what happened to Europe's winter.

**VIENNA, Austria - Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation.
So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens.
Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are
chilling out in hotel pools.

**Forgoing a White Christmas was one thing, but the utter absence of snow
for weeks on end has many Europeans pining for what seems - so far, anyway -
like the winter that wasn't. "Hope springs eternal," Austria's Kleine
Zeitung newspaper headlined Tuesday over a photo of a lone snowflake.

**The country's alpine ski slopes have plenty of white stuff, but Vienna and
much of eastern Austria haven't had more than a dusting since early
December.

**Although temperatures have been dropping to near freezing overnight, warm
air pumped up from the Azores has produced a string of sunny, balmy days
ranging up to 12 C across much of the continent.

**Belgium had its warmest Jan. 10 on record Monday, when the mercury peaked
at 14 C in Brussels. Scores of people took to their terraces to soak up the
sun, and others strolled along North Sea beaches.

**It was even warmer - a touch under 16 C - in the southern Czech city of
Ceske Budejovice on Saturday, the balmiest Jan. 8 recorded in 230 years.

**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power

**In parts of the Czech Republic and neighbouring Slovakia, the springlike
weather gave an early wakeup call to some brown bears, whose interrupted
hibernation left them as grumpy as anyone roused early from a deep sleep.
Naturalists warned that the testy animals were unlikely to fall back to
sleep and could be dangerous later in the season.

**Even corners of southern Europe, where winter is just a state of mind,
have been affected. Months of mostly dry, sunny weather have brought drought
conditions to parts of Portugal, parching farmland and leaving some
reservoirs at 15 per cent of capacity.

**The warmth has created unstable conditions in Romania's Carpathian
Mountains and in Austria's Alps, where authorities raised the avalanche
alert to its highest level.

**Although most alpine ski centres had plenty of snow, poor conditions
prompted World Cup organizers to cancel some events last weekend in southern
Germany, where Bavaria's famed beer gardens opened for scores of thirsty
visitors.

**Skiers packed Bosnia's two best-known resorts, Mount Bjelasnica and Mount
Jahorina. But with the slopes largely devoid of snow, most took long walks
or relaxed in hotel pools and saunas.

**"We go skiing once a year, and for us, lack of snow is the worst thing
that can happen," Ignjat Markov, a student from Serbia, said in disgust. "We
spent money to come here, and now we're playing cards."

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Old Jan 13th 2005, 9:43 pm
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The Reids
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Following up to Earl Evleth

    >**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power

me included.
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Old Jan 13th 2005, 10:02 pm
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:16:23 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
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    >**Belgium had its warmest Jan. 10 on record Monday, when the mercury peaked
    >at 14 C in Brussels. Scores of people took to their terraces to soak up the
    >sun, and others strolled along North Sea beaches.

In the gale? :-)
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Old Jan 13th 2005, 10:22 pm
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"Earl Evleth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Many wondering what happened to Europe's winter.

It's right here! I'm freezing my arse off today.
 
Old Jan 13th 2005, 10:22 pm
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:43:15 +0000, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to Earl Evleth
    >>**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power
    >me included.

Dead or powerless? :-)

We have roses still flowering in the front garden and snow drops out
on the lawn.
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Old Jan 13th 2005, 10:32 pm
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:22:46 +0100, nitram wrote:

    > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:43:15 +0000, The Reids
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>Following up to Earl Evleth
    >>>**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >>>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power
    >>me included.
    >
    > Dead or powerless? :-)
    >
    > We have roses still flowering in the front garden and snow drops out
    > on the lawn.

We got some snow last night - just a cm or two. The first since - oh
November sometime iirc. Despite the weather forecasters saying it's sunny
everywhere, apart from a couple of days it's been pea-souper here since
before Christmas. Bloody miserable. Jan 13th in 2003 it was -19.8C here.
Yesterday was about +4C. I'm hoping the winter doesn't come in April and
kill off the new shoots in the garden.

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Old Jan 13th 2005, 10:42 pm
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:32:28 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:22:46 +0100, nitram wrote:
    >> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:43:15 +0000, The Reids
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>>Following up to Earl Evleth
    >>>>**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >>>>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power
    >>>me included.
    >>
    >> Dead or powerless? :-)
    >>
    >> We have roses still flowering in the front garden and snow drops out
    >> on the lawn.
    >We got some snow last night - just a cm or two. The first since - oh
    >November sometime iirc. Despite the weather forecasters saying it's sunny
    >everywhere, apart from a couple of days it's been pea-souper here since
    >before Christmas. Bloody miserable. Jan 13th in 2003 it was -19.8C here.
    >Yesterday was about +4C. I'm hoping the winter doesn't come in April and
    >kill off the new shoots in the garden.

I blame all these people who study geography :-)

Ever wondered what people with a geography degree do for a living?
Newcastle University reveals all
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/course/F800/careers
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Old Jan 13th 2005, 11:34 pm
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"Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1105702129.4e49bde57ae8890a30ecd71416a9251d@t eranews...
    > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:22:46 +0100, nitram wrote:
    > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:43:15 +0000, The Reids
    > > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >>Following up to Earl Evleth
    > >>
    > >>> In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    > >>>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without
power
    > >>
    > >>me included.
    > >
    > > Dead or powerless? :-)
    > >
    > > We have roses still flowering in the front garden and snow drops out
    > > on the lawn.
    > We got some snow last night - just a cm or two. The first since - oh
    > November sometime iirc. Despite the weather forecasters saying it's sunny
    > everywhere, apart from a couple of days it's been pea-souper here since
    > before Christmas. Bloody miserable. Jan 13th in 2003 it was -19.8C here.
    > Yesterday was about +4C. I'm hoping the winter doesn't come in April and
    > kill off the new shoots in the garden.
No snow or any other probs at all in Surrey as yet.

Surreyman
 
Old Jan 13th 2005, 11:34 pm
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"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > > I blame all these people who study geography :-)

Or meteorology, anyway. :-))

    > Ever wondered what people with a geography degree do for a living?

Sit here posting to you from Surrey!

Surreyman
 
Old Jan 13th 2005, 11:39 pm
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Following up to nitram

    >>>**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >>>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power
    >>me included.
    >Dead or powerless? :-)

I was in Cumbria remember! :-(
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Old Jan 13th 2005, 11:44 pm
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:34:50 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> > I blame all these people who study geography :-)
    >Or meteorology, anyway. :-))

Meteorologists normally study physics or maths at university.

    >> Ever wondered what people with a geography degree do for a living?
    >Sit here posting to you from Surrey!

Where's that? :-)
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Martin
 
Old Jan 13th 2005, 11:57 pm
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"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > > Where's that? :-)
    > --

Had to look it up. Virginia! :-))

Surreyman
 
Old Jan 14th 2005, 12:02 am
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in article [email protected], Mark Hewitt at
[email protected] wrote on 14/01/05 12:22:

    >>
    >> Many wondering what happened to Europe's winter.
    >
    > It's right here! I'm freezing my arse off today.


We have had such warm weather in Paris, above 10°C, the current
cool spell (low 1°C, high 7°) seems like an ass freezing event.

The facts are than the water in the gutters have not frozen
once this year in our quartier, and that I have not see
before in our 30 years here.

Earl
 
Old Jan 14th 2005, 1:35 am
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:39:25 +0000, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Following up to nitram
    >>>>**In marked contrast, winter storms in some regions of northern Europe
    >>>>accounted for at least 17 deaths and left tens of thousands without power
    >>>me included.
    >>Dead or powerless? :-)
    >I was in Cumbria remember! :-(

and now you are only with us in spirit?
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Old Jan 14th 2005, 1:37 am
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:57:51 GMT, "a.spencer3"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"nitram" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected].. .
    >> > Where's that? :-)
    >> --
    >Had to look it up. Virginia! :-))

Who are you calling Virginia? :-)
The Surrey with the fringe on top?
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Martin
 


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