Wild Weather

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Multicar pileup as snowstorm hits Plains

A strong snowstorm that cut visibility nearly to zero in some places as it rolled across the Plains on Saturday caused numerous vehicle pileups and forced authorities to close portions of several major highways.

Dozens of vehicles were involved in a pileup on Interstate 29 in western Missouri, authorities said. Sections of some Oklahoma highways were closed because of whiteout conditions.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said preliminary reports indicated 20 to 40 vehicles, including three tractor-trailer rigs, were involved in the early afternoon chain-reaction wreck on Interstate 29 at St. Joseph.

Multiple ambulances were sent to the scene but there was no immediate indication how many people were injured or if there were any fatalities. Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph said it was treating several people from the accident though none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

The patrol closed about 100 miles of I-29 from Dearborn, which is between Kansas City and St. Joseph, to the Iowa state line. The storm blew locally heavy snow across Oklahoma, eastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri, plus parts of Nebraska and Iowa.

In Oklahoma, U.S. 412 near Mooreland was closed because 15 to 20 cars had slid off the road or had been involved in collisions, authorities said.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a six-car collision on U.S. 64 in the state's northwest corner involved an ambulance that was carrying victims from the scene of another accident. Parts of that highway and others in the Panhandle were closed because of blowing snow and low visibility.

The Kansas Department of Transportation said a 25-mile stretch of I-70 west of Topeka was closed because of a weather-related multiple-vehicle crash.

By early afternoon, the storm had dropped 3 inches of snow in the St. Joseph area, said National Weather Service meteorologist Julie Adolphson. Accumulations of up to 7 inches were possible in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas.

Wind was blowing at sustained speeds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph in Oklahoma, threatening to bring down tree limbs damaged during the severe ice storm early last week that blacked out hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.

Farther west, Colorado roads remained icy in spots following a storm Friday. Eastbound I-70 was closed about 20 miles east of Denver for more than two hours after a wreck in which five people were injured.

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Latest winter blast claims at least five lives

A winter storm packing heavy snow walloped the central United States, causing at least 5 deaths and dozens of injuries as multi-car pileups forced authorities to close parts of several major highways.

The storm Saturday blew heavy snow from Texas to Minnesota. Much of the region was still recovering from a severe ice storm early last week that knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.

At least three people in Minnesota and one person each in Texas and Kansas were killed in traffic accidents that authorities said were weather related. Strong winds could make traveling hazardous all weekend, said Craig Cogil, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, Iowa. Parts of the state were expected to get between 6 and 10 inches of snow by Sunday morning, he said.

In Minnesota, a man was killed when he lost control of his car on Highway 10 in Harris and went into the opposite lane and was hit by an oncoming car, according to the Chisago County Sheriff's Office. The victim was identified as John Marvin Becklin, 46, of Harris. Authorities said weather appeared to be a factor in the collision, which happened shortly after noon.

A 17-year-old girl died in an early-morning accident when she lost control of her car in Oak Grove, crossed the center line and was struck by a pickup truck, the Anoka County Sheriff's Office said. The name of the victim, who was from Oak Grove, was being withheld until relatives had been notified.

A 33-year-old West St. Paul man was killed when the car he was driving on icy Highway 7 slid sideways into oncoming traffic and was hit by an oncoming car, according to the State Patrol. The victim's 24-year-old passenger was critically injured in the crash. Their names were not immediately released.

The Minnesota State Patrol said it handled at least 347 accident reports of vehicles that ran off roads across the state.

In Texas, one person died in a chain-reaction pileup involving more than 50 vehicles, including several tractor-trailer rigs, on Interstate 40, police said. Authorities said it would take a few days to determine exactly how many were involved.

Eighteen people were taken to hospitals, two with life-threatening injuries, Sgt. Michael Poston said.

"There were cars crashing while they (firefighters) were there," Fire Department Capt. Bob Johnson told the Amarillo Globe-News for its Sunday editions. "They could hear them (the crashes), but they couldn't see them."

Many were holiday travelers, including families with small children not dressed for the weather, Sgt. Shawn McLeland said. Other drivers spotted them and opened Christmas presents to provide warmer clothing for the children.

The tangle of twisted cars and trucks shut down the interstate for most of the day. Authorities believe the pileup was caused by blowing snow and the resulting zero visibility.

In northeast Kansas, at least one person was killed in a 30-car pileup on Interstate 70, prompting authorities to close a 40-mile stretch of the highway. The pileup occurred about 30 miles west of Topeka.

The fierce snowstorm caused another wreck involving 20 to 40 vehicles, including three tractor-trailer rigs, on Interstate 29 in St. Joseph in western Missouri. Police closed about 100 miles of I-29 to the Iowa state line.

Wind was blowing at sustained speeds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph in Oklahoma, where U.S. 412 near Mooreland in western Oklahoma was closed after up to 20 cars slid off the road or crashed, authorities said.

The storm also impacted flights at airports in the Midwest, as the busy pre-Christmas weekend travel was getting underway. The delays rippled across the country, affecting flights in the New York region.

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Midwest storm leaves 8 dead, snarls holiday travel
Official: 'Everything is just an ice rink out there'; thousands lose power

Highways were hazardous for holiday travelers Sunday and thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity in the Midwest as a storm blew through the region with heavy snow and howling wind.

At least eight deaths had been blamed on the storm.

Winter storm warnings were posted for parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan on Sunday as the core of the storm headed north across the Great Lakes. Parts of Wisconsin already had a foot of snow, and up to a foot was forecast Sunday in northeastern Minnesota, the National Weather Service said.

Radar showed snow falling across much of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota on Sunday and moving into parts of Michigan and Indiana.

"Everything is just an ice rink out there," Rock County Sheriff's Sergeant Steve Selby said Sunday morning.

The weather system also spread locally heavy rain on Sunday from the Southeast to the lower Great Lakes.

The storm rolled through Colorado and Wyoming on Friday, then spread snow and ice on Saturday from the Texas Panhandle to Minnesota. Multi-car pileups closed parts of several major highways Saturday in the Plains states.

The area of Madison, Wis., got three to four hours of freezing rain early Sunday, said weather service meteorologist intern Bill Borghoff at Sullivan. The combination of icy pavement and gusty wind there was making driving treacherous, he said.

"It's quite a mess out there," Borghoff said.

Weather knocks out power
Wind gusting to more than 50 mph uprooted trees in parts of Michigan. "I can see the snow moving basically sideways," weather service meteorologist Wayne Hoepner said in Grand Rapids.

More than 11,000 homes and businesses were without power in Wisconsin on Saturday because of the freezing rain, ice, gusty wind and heavy snow, utilities said.

Some 114,000 customers were without power Sunday morning in Michigan, and in Illinois about 58,000 customers were blacked out in the Chicago metro area.

At least three people in Minnesota, three in Wyoming and one person each in Texas and Kansas were killed in traffic accidents that authorities said stemmed from the storm.

The fatality in Texas came in a chain-reaction pileup involving more than 50 vehicles, including several tractor-trailer rigs, on Interstate 40, police said. At least 16 people were taken to hospitals, two with life-threatening injuries, Sgt. Michael Poston said.

"We're not really sure how many cars, probably in excess of 40 cars and in excess of 20 semi-trailers," Amarillo police Sgt. Greg Fisher said Sunday.

Many were holiday travelers, including families with small children not dressed for the weather, Sgt. Shawn McLeland said. Other drivers spotted them and opened Christmas presents to provide warmer clothing for the children.

Authorities believe the pileup, which shut down the highway for most of the day, was caused by near zero visibility in blowing snow and slippery pavement. Multi-vehicle wrecks on Saturday also blocked sections of I-70 in Kansas and I-29 in Missouri.

The storm also impacted flights at airports in the Midwest, as the busy pre-Christmas weekend travel was getting underway. The delays rippled across the country, affecting flights in the New York region.

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Meteorologists are calling for 5 of these storms to come across the nation in the next 8 days.

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Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia
Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:58pm EST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Landslides and floods caused by torrential rains have left up to 81 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Central Java province, police and rescue officials said on Wednesday.

A provincial official said the landslides were the worst to hit the region in quarter of a century as thousands of people moved to shelters after their homes were buried or washed away.

Rescue workers and police were struggling to reach the affected areas as roads were cut off by floods and mud, said provincial police spokesman Syahroni.

By late afternoon, 36 bodies had been recovered while 30 others were still buried under thick mud in Karang Anyar district near the banks of the Bengawan Solo river, said Heru, head of the local disaster coordinator agency.

Another person was found dead and 14 were missing after landslides and floods in Central Java's Wonogiri and Sukoharjo districts, said Sarjono, a spokesman for the provincial government.

Landslides are frequent in Indonesia, where tropical downpours can quickly soak hillsides and years of deforestation often means there is little vegetation to hold the soil.

But Heru said he did not believe deforestation had contributed to the latest landslides.

"The forest in the area is thick," he said.

A lack of heavy equipment was slowing rescue efforts, officials said.

"It is difficult for any help to reach the area, so the local teams are left on their own," said Julianto, another official with the provincial government.

"The landslides took us by surprise. This is the first time in the last 25 years anything of this scale occurred here in Central Java."

Thousands of villagers in areas who lost their homes to floods or landslides have moved into temporary shelters in buildings and tents set up by emergency response teams, Julianto said.

Metro TV showed footage of ruined houses and residents wading through neck-high water.

Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia

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Rain saves Atlanta from drought record

ATLANTA - This year was almost one for the record books, but then it rained. A lot. After a fourth consecutive day of rain Sunday, 2007 barely missed becoming Atlanta's driest year on record. That dubious honor goes to 1954, when only 31.80 inches of rain fell.

Atlanta is at the center of a historic drought that has engulfed more than one-third of the Southeast. The affected region includes most of Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, as well as parts of Kentucky and Virginia.

Even four days of rain couldn't touch the epic dry spell, but normal rainfall levels over the next few months could help return disappearing lakes, rivers and streams to their former glory, Lynn said.

Sunday's showers pushed the city up to 31.85 inches for the year, where it is expected to stay as forecasters say Monday - the final day of 2007 - will be mostly dry.

Light rain was possible for counties in north Georgia early Monday morning as a system moved through the region, said Brian Lynn, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service station in Peachtree City.

A parade of rainstorms that began the week before Christmas helped Atlanta escape its driest year on record. Rain fell in the city on 10 of the last 12 days.

But the moisture had only a small effect on Lake Lanier, the metropolitan area's main source of drinking water. The reservoir rose only about a foot from the rain after hitting an all-time low earlier last week.

"What's falling now won't show up until tomorrow or the next day," said Rob Holland, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the reservoir.

"Anything that stops the level from falling is a good thing," he added. "But we'd like to get a whole lot more."

The lack of rainfall across the region has set off intense fighting between Georgia, Florida and Alabama over the federal government's management of water in the region.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has asked the federal government to release less water from its reservoirs, such as Lanier, but Alabama and Florida are concerned about how that would affect their supplies. Last month, Perdue held a public prayer vigil for rain on the steps of the Capitol.

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New Year's Snowstorm Hits Mich. Hard

A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled the flight home for holiday travelers and threatened to do the same in New England.

Thousands of people in Michigan and Ohio lost power. Authorities reported no deaths or serious injuries from the six-hour burst of snow in Michigan that started around midnight, but they said there were many spinouts and minor accidents.

The storm left 10 to 16 inches of snow across parts of Oakland, Lapeer and St. Clair counties north of Detroit, the National Weather Service said. The western St. Clair County community of Capac reported 16 inches.

"This storm most definitely packed quite a wallop," said Weather Service meteorologist David Shuler in Oakland County. "This will be a memorable storm for the amount of snow it dumped in such a short amount of time."

He said it was the region's heaviest New Year's Day snowstorm on record and was unusual for its intensity. In the heart of the storm, snow fell at a rate of at least 2 inches an hour, with periods of 4 inches an hour.

Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, one of the nation's busiest, canceled about 150 flights Tuesday and reported delays of around 45 minutes because of blowing snow. Passengers also experienced morning delays at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, but operations were back to normal by the afternoon, spokesman Michael Conway said.

Utility officials reported scattered power failures affecting more than 36,000 homes and businesses at one time or another.

The storm also blacked out 10,000 customers in northeast Ohio, mainly in areas east of Cleveland, said Chris Eck, a spokesman for FirstEnergy Corp. Wind gusted to 51 mph at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport, the Weather Service said.

FirstEnergy repair crews had difficulty keeping up with the storm, Eck said. "As they're getting lights on, lights are going off. They're just fighting it as it happens," he said.

Farther east, the weather system spread snow across upstate New York and northern New England, where it was expected to last into Wednesday and drop as much as a foot of snow on parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

That followed a storm in the Northeast on Monday that made it the snowiest December in the region in decades. December's snowfall at Concord, N.H., totaled 44.5 inches, toppling a record of 43 inches that had stood since 1876. Burlington, Vt., got 45.7 inches, far above its 17.2-inch December average, and Portland, Maine, amassed 37.7 inches for its third-snowiest December on record.

New Hampshire has already spent $30 million on snow removal out of the $75 million budgeted for the entire winter, said highway department spokesman Bill Boynton.

However, New England ski resorts enjoyed the flurry of storms after last year's lack of snow early in the season.

In Maine, it provided a fresh layer on top of the roughly 6 feet that the state's two biggest ski resorts, Sugarloaf USA and Sunday River, each got last month.

"It's been unbelievable," Sugarloaf spokesman Bill Swain said. "It just keeps coming."

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California hit with powerful storm

A fierce arctic storm lashed California on Friday, toppling trees, soaking a coastal landscape already charred by wildfires and threatening to paralyze the mountains with deep snow.

The northern half of the state was being hit with strong rain, 85-mph wind and heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, National Weather Service forecaster Andrew Rorke said.

In Southern California, the storm was gathering strength off the coast and was expected to strike the region by mid-afternoon, Rorke said.

"We're watching it really blossom on satellite," he said.

Homeowners rushed to stack sandbags around houses lying below fire-ravaged hillsides in Southern California, while Northern California residents - like those along the Gulf Coast before a hurricane - scurried to stock up on last-minute provisions. Forecasters warned the high wind and other extreme weather would last through the weekend.

In the eastern Sierra ski town of Mammoth Lakes, resident Barbara Sholle went to the supermarket after receiving a call from the town's reverse-911 system. She waited an hour to pay for her groceries amid a crush of residents.

"People were waiting in line for shopping carts," she said.

The storm system began dumping rain and snow Thursday in parts of Northern California. Power outages, damaged electrical lines and downed trees were reported by nightfall.

Nearly 150,000 people were without power in parts of California, utilities companies said, with about two-thirds of them in the Sacramento area.

The U.S. Forest Service issued an avalanche warning for Mount Shasta, in the Cascade Range in far Northern California, while the National Weather Service issued a rare blizzard advisory for the Sierra Nevada.

The storm system brought high wind warnings along the coast. Ocean tides were expected to swell to 30 feet, leading the Coast Guard to caution boaters to remain in port.

"If you don't have to go out this weekend, it might be a nice weekend to stay at home after the holidays," said Frank McCarton, chief deputy director of the California Office of Emergency Services.

A rare blizzard warning for the mountains and Lake Tahoe region remained in effect until Saturday morning, and chains or snow tires were required on all vehicles in mountain passes. Forecasters said several feet of snow was expected, along with winds gusting to 150 mph and zero visibility.

"It's been several years since we've seen a storm this impressive," said Chris Jordan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno, Nev.

As the storms barreled into the West, forecasters were expecting a freeze in the East to subside. After a freezing day virtually everywhere east of the Mississippi River, temperatures in the East were to climb Friday.

Florida's citrus growers might have been spared major damage from the cold snap, which produced flurries in the Daytona Beach area, but it will be Saturday or later before strawberry farmers know the extent of their losses.

A serious freeze would have been devastating to the Florida's citrus trees, already struggling from years of diseases and hurricanes. But most groves are in central and South Florida, where temperatures hovered in high 20s and low 30s. Trees can be ruined when temperatures fall to 28 degrees for four hours.

"It could have been far, far worse," said Terry McElroy, a spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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Huge storm slams entire West Coast

A woman dies in Central Point as eastern Oregon and northern California take the brunt of the destruction

A thousand-mile storm stretching from Southern California to southern Alaska plowed into the West Coast on Friday, generating blizzard-like conditions in many areas.

The storm cut power to at least a million people in northern California, overturned trucks in eastern Oregon, caused heavy surf up and down the Pacific coast and dumped snow by the foot in the Sierra Nevada. But, as with a major storm last month that killed 14 people and devastated large swaths of Oregon and Washington, Friday's weather largely spared the Portland area.

At least one person -- a 50-year old Central Point woman -- died when a tree crushed her car. Forecasters said a blizzard in southern Oregon and northern California stretching into today could threaten more lives.

"It was a big old storm," said Clinton Rockey, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in Portland. "It's the kind you see once or twice every winter."

Although the system was considerably less powerful than the coastal gales and flooding that brought misery to Oregon and Washington in early December, Friday's storm was striking because of its size.

In Oregon, high winds and mounting surf forced the U.S. Coast Guard to close the Tillamook Bay and Columbia River bars.

The Columbia River bar closure stalled ship traffic at ports in Washington and Oregon and is expected to continue in effect until at least Sunday morning.

Mark Hanson, vice president at Transmarine Navigation Corp. in Portland, said the closure costs ship owners $50,000 to $100,000 a day as wheat, new cars and logs wait for the weather to clear.

Eastern Oregon

Across the eastern part of the state, the storm toppled trees, blew roofs off buildings, blocked traffic on Interstate 84 and other roads, and left thousands without power. Wind gusts to 70 and 80 mph left residents and businesses without electricity in La Grande, Elgin, Haines, John Day, Milton-Freewater and elsewhere.

"It came on very, very suddenly," said Shannon Fitch at the Oregon Department of Transportation offices in La Grande.

All of Wallowa County was without power for about an hour, and several persons were stranded in their vehicles by snowdrifts, said Paul Karvoski, emergency services manager for the county in Enterprise.

Union County commissioners in La Grande declared a local disaster at the height of the storm at mid-morning, said J.B. Brock, the county's emergency manager.

"We actually had houses that had their roofs blown off," he said. "There were power poles that were blown down."

Friday evening, Gov. Ted Kulongoski declared a state of emergency for Umatilla County, at the request of county commissioners. Oregon emergency management officials were monitoring the situation, said Patty Wentz, a Kulongoski spokeswman.

High winds flipped over three commercial trucks and a camper towed by a pickup on I-84 east of Pendleton, the Oregon State Police reported.

Transportation crews barricaded the east- and westbound lanes of the freeway near Hermiston about 8 a.m., when blowing dust and snow hampered visibility, said Tom Strandberg, an ODOT spokesman in La Grande.

Several of the overturned vehicles were pelted by wind-driven rocks. The freeway was reopened but later closed farther to the east, between Hermiston and Baker City -- a 109-mile stretch of the freeway.

"It was a very strong storm," said Jon Mittelstadt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pendleton. "We don't get them this strong every winter."

In Walla Walla, a tree fell on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, forcing officials to evacuate the buildings and establish an emergency operations center.

No patients or employees were injured during the storm, officials said, but all clinics were shut down and appointments for the day were canceled.

Farther south, Rosetta Costello of Central Point died when a "very big, very heavy" tree crushed her Suzuki sedan, said Jackson County Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan.

It was about 6 a.m., and Costello, 50, had just left for her job at Bear Creek Corp., parent company of Harry & David, when the power went out on her street.

"We'd had a night of very heavy rain and winds, which we believe loosened the root base" of the tree, Fagan said. "It's very tragic."

Gusts in valley, coast

High winds for the most part spared the Willamette Valley, where the peak gust was 55 mph at McMinnville about 2 p.m. Hillsboro recorded a gust of 52 mph. In Tigard, a tree fell on a house Friday evening, but nobody was home at the time.

Most other locations reported gusts of 35 to 45 mph, Rockey said. A gust of 48 mph, followed by heavy rain and lightning, hit Portland International Airport shortly after 4 p.m., The airports in Aurora and Eugene also had 48 mph gusts during the day; winds gusted to 53 mph in Vancouver.

On the Oregon coast, peak wind gusts included 93 mph at Newport; 85 mph at Cape Meares; 82 mph at Cape Foulweather; 80 mph near Yachats, with lightning and pea-size hail; and 79 mph at Mount Hebo.

But the worst effects were felt in northern California. Justin Roberti, a forecaster for Accuweather in State College, Pa., said snow amounts could rank among the top 15 snowstorm totals in the Sierra Nevada during the past 50 years.

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Millions lose power as storms slam West

A monster storm system spanning the length of the West Coast slammed into California Friday, knocking out power to a million homes and threatening the weather-weary state with deep snow, mudslides and flash floods.

The wildfires and droughts of last year were replaced by extreme arctic conditions: hurricane-force gusts, swelling ocean tides and forecasts for 10 feet of snow and 12 inches of rain in some regions.

"It's a whiteout here," said Neil Erasmus, general manager of the Ice Lake Lodge and Rain Lodge in Soda Springs, near Lake Tahoe. "We're plowing and grooming, plowing and grooming to keep us from being buried in."

Across the northern part of the state, roads were shut down, ski resorts closed and flights were canceled. Further south, homeowners scurried to put up sandbags.

There were no reports of deaths or serious injuries, but trucks were barred from the Golden Gate Bridge as winds topped 55 mph.

The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in San Francisco was closed after big rigs were blown over on both decks of the span during the morning commute.

"Be alert for flying debris," the National Weather Service warned, predicting that winds could gust to 145 mph, the strength of a Category 4 hurricane, in the mountains.

After its driest year on record, Southern California is bracing for its biggest rainfall since January 2005.

Flash-flood watches were ordered for Los Angeles and San Diego. Swaths of hillside burned in last year's wildfires were primed for mudslides.

Supermarkets were packed as residents girded for the worst.

"People were waiting in line for shopping carts," said Barbara Sholle, who waited an hour to buy groceries in the mountain resort area Mammoth Lakes.

Shelters were set up for those who lost power, and there was little hope of quick relief.

"Because of the strong winds and heavy rains, restoration is taking longer than normal," said Darlene Chiu, a spokeswoman for Pacific Gas and Electric.

[Shammu]

Millions lose power as storms slam West

Yes I know (6 hours), I lost power here and I'm here in Arizona.

[Soldier4Christ]

Israel deals with drought

Like many parts of the U.S., the Holy Land is suffering through drought conditions.

Covering roughly 64 square miles (about one-third the size of Lake Tahoe) and sitting about 700 feet below sea level, the surface of the Sea of Galilee level is always subject to considerable seasonal and periodic changes. The New York Times says the sea dropped almost 20 feet from 1998 to 2002, and that each foot in variance amounts to about a tenth of Israel's annual water consumption.

Now the heat and lack of rain in Israel have put the Sea of Galilee -- Israel's only sizable body of fresh water -- at its lowest level in five years, says Israel's Water Authority.

The body of water, also known as Lake Kinneret, was central in the earthly ministry of Jesus. The Bible notes that he recruited four of his disciples from its shores, walked on its water, and calmed a storm while sailing on it. Today the lake is Israel's primary source of drinking water, and its low level has led the country to ask its citizens to conserve water in their homes.

In addition to that public relations step, ASSIST News Service reports Israel also has plans to construct three more desalination plants near the Mediterranean Sea. Once those three plants are built, says the report, most of the Holy Land's drinking water will then come from the Mediterranean.

[HisDaughter]

Yes I know (6 hours), I lost power here and I'm here in Arizona.

Still have power in Seattle!  Hooray!

[nChrist]

Brothers and Sisters,

This is a change for us in Oklahoma, but I'm happy to report that we aren't having any big problems right now. This has been a very hard year for wild weather in Oklahoma. We're in SW Oklahoma, so we just barely missed most of the horrible ice storms recently that killed 36 in Oklahoma. Large portions of the state are still recovering from that one. I can't remember now the number of times that Oklahoma was declared a Disaster in the last year. I guess that we had a little bit of everything:  ice, snow, fires, and floods. For Al Gore's information, we didn't suffer from any heat waves. In fact, our summer temperatures didn't get nearly as high as normal. We really could have used a visit from Al Gore since he's full of hot air. Doesn't everyone know this by now? However, he is writing another book on global warming.

There will be a time in the future of global warming, but it will be GOD'S Appointed time and a fulfillment of Bible Prophecy. It won't have anything to do with how much hot air Al Gore spouts, and mankind won't be able to do a thing about it. Mankind has been able to read all about this in the Bible for thousands of years, and there will be NO ESCAPE from the searing heat. The cause of this is also listed in the Bible - disobedience and rejection of GOD. This is just a tiny portion of the wrath that will be poured out on evil mankind. That time isn't here yet, but I think that time is soon!

Nobody knows the day or the hour when GOD'S Plans will be carried out most perfectly, but that time will come. There are a host of details in the Holy Bible with descriptions of many events and times. Many of the things happening around the world are beginning to resemble the descriptions in GOD'S WORD, so many believe that the end days of this Age of Grace are growing near. Mankind won't be able to do ANYTHING to slow or stop the events. However, mankind will have the vanity to TRY.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable GIFT, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour Forever!

[Soldier4Christ]

Doesn't everyone know this by now?

Everyone should by now except for those with perfect vision and hearing that still are blind and deaf to the truth.

We are having some high temps here today and tomorrow. It is supposed to get up to 61 today and 68 tomorrow. That is not really unusual though as today's record is 61 set many years ago, long before any man made co2 levels were involved.

Brothers and Sisters,

There will be a time in the future of global warming, but it will be GOD'S Appointed time and a fulfillment of Bible Prophecy. It won't have anything to do with how much hot air Al Gore spouts, and mankind won't be able to do a thing about it. Mankind has been able to read all about this in the Bible for thousands of years, and there will be NO ESCAPE from the searing heat. The cause of this is also listed in the Bible - disobedience and rejection of GOD. This is just a tiny portion of the wrath that will be poured out on evil mankind. That time isn't here yet, but I think that time is soon!

Nobody knows the day or the hour when GOD'S Plans will be carried out most perfectly, but that time will come. There are a host of details in the Holy Bible with descriptions of many events and times. Many of the things happening around the world are beginning to resemble the descriptions in GOD'S WORD, so many believe that the end days of this Age of Grace are growing near. Mankind won't be able to do ANYTHING to slow or stop the events. However, mankind will have the vanity to TRY.

Amen, brother, it will indeed be caused by man but not the man made CO2 levels that it is attained to. That nonsense is nothing more than man trying to control God and trying prove God's word is wrong. The truth will be known to all in God's time.