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Monday, December 20, 2010

London's weather problems

As a result of Sunday's snowstorm, London's Heathrow and other nearby airports are totally out of service, with less than half the flights managing to depart or land, all with extreme delays.  Heathrow is unprepared to deal with the snow because it's atypical that it should be there at all, since it usually not cold enough.  And as a result everything shuts down during a snowstorm (kind of like in Washington D.C.).

Scientific studies already confirmed in 2007 that global warming is responsible for the increase in rainfall in England over the years.  In addition, climate change models have long forecast that the British continent will actually experience cooling as a result of "global warming," because the warm ocean current that now passes by the UK will change its path.  London needs to get a serious strategy for dealing with such weather problems in the future, since they're only going to get worst.  Because it's pathetic to watch such a developed cities basically close down one of the busiest European airports right before the winter holidays.  

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