A retention pond wall collapsed yesterday at a Tennessee power plant run by the nation's largest public utility. (Knoxville News Sentinel via Associated Press)
Actually, with the settlement from the insurance company or power plant (one would hope), maybe the mortgage might get paid, huh?
"Tenn. dam bursts, damaging homes
HARRIMAN, Tenn. - An earthen dam holding back a retention pond broke early yesterday at a power plant run by the nation's largest public utility, releasing a frigid mix of water, ash, and mud that damaged 12 homes and put hundreds of acres of rural land under water.
The 40-acre pond was used by the
Investigators were trying to determine exactly what caused the breach, but the TVA spokesman said heavy rains and freezing temperatures may be to blame. Forecasters said the overnight temperature dropped to 14 degrees in Harriman and Francis said there had been 4.9 inches of rain this month so far compared with 2.8 inches in a typical December.
Yeah, global warming, right.
Also see: The History of Global Cooling for more on the rain.
Related: AmeriKan MSM Admits Global Warming/Cooling Occuring Naturally
More confirmation (no global warming articles to be found today):
"Winter gets an early, robust start across much of the nation; Weather provides a holiday obstacle for travel, business" by Polly Anderson, Associated Press | December 23, 2008
Yeah, it's been here for a week already!
The weather outside was frightful from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., yesterday, with last-minute holiday shoppers shivering and stranded travelers hoping for the best as Christmas rapidly approached. The little town of Eustis, Maine, got nearly 3.5 feet of snow by yesterday morning.
In Marysville, Wash., north of Seattle, heavy snow yesterday collapsed part of the roof at the Whitley Evergreen factory, which makes modular buildings. No one was injured, but inspectors were dispatched to make sure other buildings in the business park were safe.
A 14.5-inch snowfall Sunday in Portland, Maine, surpassed the old record for Dec. 21 of 12.4 inches, set in 1933. On the other side of the country, between 11 and 13 inches in Portland, Ore., was the largest snowfall since January 1980. Depending on how much more fell late yesterday as the snow trailed off, the storm could rank as one of the city's 10 biggest on record.
"It is amazing," said Dave Thompson, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation. "You say to yourself: 'That's Portland?' The roads are snowpacked, covered with ice and it's freezing rain."
Kim Osgood, who owns Paloma Clothing in the Hillsdale Shopping Center in southwest Portland, Ore., served hot cocoa on Sunday and gave away $24 crampons - foot gear for ice and snow climbs - to anyone who was spending $50 or more in her store. "This is the worst Christmas I have ever seen in 33 years," Osgood said.
Temperatures in Chicago - hard hit over the weekend with subzero readings as winter officially began - were up to the single digits yesterday and could rise to the mid-20s today. But that should coincide with several inches of snowfall today and tomorrow, forecasters said.
Snowfall was relatively scant in the Midwest and East, but high winds whipped up snow along roadways and, along with ice, made driving hazardous for holiday travelers. In western New York, a 134-mile stretch of the state Thruway between Rochester and Pennsylvania was closed for six hours overnight because of blowing snow.
In Pittsburgh, schools were initially to open two hours late but were closed for the day instead because of below-zero wind chills. The big snowfall in Maine was the result of a northeaster. Before the storm even arrived, the National Weather Service issued a rare blizzard warning for eastern and northern Maine.
And the global warming protest was canceled.
Repeat: the global warming protest was canceled.
--more--"All that cold and snow heading this way, which makes this next report either enraging or baffling:
"When dealing with snow, all storms are political; Last year's mess was still fresh for state, local leaders" by Donovan Slack, Globe Staff | December 23, 2008
.... Yesterday, Boston schoolchildren started their Christmas break two days early, under crystal blue skies and warming temperatures....
Oh, man. They are either NUTS or a LIAR!! It was SINGLE DIGITS HERE, and it is 19 right now (keep that in mind as we proceed).
So what is it about snow - the fluffiest, most picturesque and seemingly peaceful of seasonal traditions - that can turn residents into raving complainers?
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Oh, I don't know, YOUR LIES maybe?
Oh, and the INSULTS don't help; all they get you is my bile at your disingenuous treatment of your readers!
"Central Mass. utility gets complaints over long power outages" by Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | December 23, 2008The latest storm to sock Massachusetts left behind biting cold, sidewalks slick with ice, and a deep current of anger among residents and town officials who were forced to go without power for 11 days. Some 2,500 residents, mostly in Central Massachusetts, were still without power yesterday, and many were fuming....
In Boston, residents' biggest concern wasn't power, but ice, after the weekend's mix of snow and freezing rain had turned into a hard, dangerous shell on sidewalks and streets.
"Terrible, horrible," grumbled 16-year-old Alexandria Mattocks as she tried to navigate from the MBTA's JFK/UMass Station to Sovereign Bank in Dorchester, where she is a shipment worker. "There is no walkway. They didn't clean this up very good."
Where are those tax dollars going, huh?
.... During the snow emergency in effect from 9 a.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday, the city towed 329 cars and issued 4,215 parking tickets at $45 each.
Cha-ching for the city, huh?
Royer said he was hoping the rain forecast for tonight and tomorrow, when temperatures are expected to reach 50 degrees, would help melt the persistent coating of ice....
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