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Unusually cold spring in Europe and the Southeast U.S. due to the Arctic Oscillation

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Wunderground.com - 4/25/13, Dr. Jeff Masters

 

 

Figure 2. The Arctic Oscillation (AO) is a pattern of varying pressure and winds over the Northern Hemisphere that can strongly influence mid-latitude weather patterns. When the AO is in its positive phase, jet stream winds are strong and the jet stream tends to blow mostly west to east, with low-amplitude waves (troughs and ridges.) Since the jet stream marks the boundary between cold Arctic air to the north and warm subtropical air to the south, cold air stays bottled up in the Arctic. When the AO is in its negative phase, the winds of the jet stream slow down, allowing the jet to take on more wavy pattern with high-amplitude troughs and ridges. High amplitude troughs typically set up over the Eastern U.S. and Western Europe during negative AO episodes, allowing cold air to spill southwards in those regions and create unusally cold weather.

 

Moderate 5.6 earthquake strikes region of Afghanistan

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The Extinction Protocol, 4/24/13

 

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April 24, 2013 – AFGHANISTAN - A moderate earthquake hit Afghanistan Wednesday and its tremors were felt in Kabul, Islamabad and as far away as New Delhi. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.6-magnitude earthquake was 65 kilometers deep and struck 25 kilometers northwest of Jalalabad, the main town in eastern Afghanistan which is close to the Pakistani border. Pakistan’s meteorological office put the magnitude at 6.2. Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a provincial government spokesman, tells VOA that six people have died and 64 others were injured in the quake and that a large number of structures in Nangahar province have been damaged. Some buildings reportedly swayed in New Delhi, causing a mild panic. Last week a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed 41 people in the Baluchistan region of Pakistan, and just a few days later a 6.6-magnitude earthquake killed about 600 people in southeastern China. –VOA NEWS

 

Giant, Disease-Carrying Snails Invade Florida

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Weather.com - 4/24/13, Jess Baker

Destructive, disease-carrying devils are invading Florida at an alarming pace.

The Florida Dept. of Agriculture shows off the invasive African land snails in Miami-Dade County. (Image: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

 

Giant African Snails, which can grow to be eight inches long, can can eat through plaster and stucco (yes, that means your home). They chow down on 500 different types of plants. Even worse - as National Geographic reports - the snails "eat rat feces and contract rat lungworm, which can cause a rare form of meningitis" in humans.

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