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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Snow, cold, in Saudi Arabia: “Worst in 30 Years”. Snow in Maui Too!

By Anthony Watts on Watts Up With That

According to wire reports, temperatures reached their lowest point in 30 years, reaching to -2C in the capital, Riyadh, and to -6C in mountainous regions blanketed by snow.  At least 10 people have died in the country as a weather system driven South from Siberia sent temperatures plummeting. Apparently its gotten so bad (or they just aren’t prepared to deal with it) that King Saud ordered that government assistance should be given in the affected areas, which witnessed sub-zero temperatures this week.

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I had to laugh at the photo above and the caption:  Saudi Arabians are used to getting stuck in the sand, but snow is a new challenge for many. It almosts seems Pythonesque.

While I’m enjoying pointing out these uncommon phenomena, I’d also point out that even though both the northern and southern hemispheres have both seen some record cold events in the past 6 months, that doesn’t necessarily equate to “climate change”. Still, something seems afoot as we are seeing more and more events like this. Maybe the massive La Nina now stretching across the Pacific ocean has something to do with this.

Oh but wait, there’s more! Snow was seen yesterday atop Maui’s Mount Haleakala in Hawaii.

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Yeah, somethings up.  See the full story and many more photos from the middle east and Hawaii on Anthony’s site here.

Posted on 01/31 at 05:39 PM
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