Icicles that kill

While on the theme of ice... Plummeting chunks of ice is an annual hazard for pedestrians in Russia during the spring when the sun finally melts thick layers of ice and snow which build up on roofs over months of freezing temperatures and darkness.Medical authorities in the region of Samara told ITAR-TASS that five people died in the city of Samara and another person died in the nearby town of Otradny between February 23 and February 25.

Ice Tsunami

I have come across some of the most spectacular photos of Antarctica and its "Ice tsunamis". This really illustrates the point that "a freeze" happens very rapidly.
here is the link http://m3.bestpicever.com/piles/?s=icetsunami
just to tantalise your taste buds I am posting a couple of the photos.
Enjoy!

Glacial Volcanoes

New research of a previously unknown underwater volcano first discovered in 2004 off the coast of Antarctica has just been released. The presence of a volcano was first suggested in sonar studies during the January 2004 research expedition. The finding helps explain mariners' historical reports of discolored water in the area. Material from underwater volcanoes is known to cause discoloration in water over them.
Published this Sunday (Jan. 2008) in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers Hugh Corr and David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey, report the identification of a layer of volcanic ash and glass shards frozen within an ice sheet in western Antarctica. Vaughan states: "This is the first time we have seen a volcano beneath the ice sheet punch a hole through the ice sheet."The eruption occurred close to the massive Pine Island Glacier, an area where movement of glacial ice towards the sea has been accelerating alarmingly in recent decades. Co-researcher Hugh Corr states: "We believe this was the biggest eruption in Antarctica during the last 10,000 years. It blew a substantial hole in the icesheet and generated a plume of ash and gas that rose around 12 kms (eight miles) into the air."Volcanic heat could still be melting ice to water and contributing to thinning and speeding up of the Pine Island glacier, which passes nearby. Vaughan suggests the heat from volcanoes is the cause of glacier melt. This report adds another damaging blow to the Al Gore regime.

Asteroid TU24

For as long as TU24 is inside Earth's magnetosphere there is going to be disturbance.
Severe weather is being reported worldwide since TU24's entry into the magnetosphere. From extreme conditions in China where thousands of motorists have been stranded on roads in blizzard conditions to Canada and the States to extreme cold in the Middle East and snow in Jerusalem and torrential dumping of rain in Australia. Cobar Shire Council is investigating State Government disaster relief to help the dozens of businesses and homes that were flooded when 100 millimetres of rain came down.There have been bitumen roads ripped up, fences lost, a problem at the cemetery with some of the grave sites sinking, homes completely flooded. The Mayor, Lillian Brady, says she has never seen so much rain.
Across the Midwest of USA the temperatures are plummeting by as much as 30 degrees in just a few hours. Meanwhile, a storm along the leading edge of the cold air mass led to an outbreak of blizzard conditions across eastern Iowa.
The severe cold can lead to hypothermia and frostbite after a brief period of exposure. Anyone spending extended periods outdoors and motorists traveling in isolated areas should be prepared for the extreme cold and snow.
There is severe risk of electromagnetic disturbance and extreme weather conditions between the dates of January 29 and February 5 2008 when the asteroid is closest to the Earth and well within our magnetosphere.