Ness Rowlah
Norwegian Wood
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-89, and WIND. That is some serious cold.
Norway is mild in comparison,
the coldest temp back home was -51 (in 1886 and 1999).
As a Norwegian living in the UK I would find this whole "extreme weather"
thing laughable, but the general crappines of the buildings can make it
a bit chilly when you are inside.
Heating did not work at work the other day and even if
I now live in in a flat with double-glazing the windows are so badly constructed
that wind blows through on the sides.
And if this cold is costing billions (like the flu, the World Cup in football, the Olympics, Fred Goodwin's pension), then why not invest a few millions in trains (hello Eurostar!) and trucks, buses, gritters etc that would make the UK go round?
I never believed in these "event X cost Britan Y" estimates, surely work will just be postponed and London still seems to be full of tourists.
Vostok, Antarctica is the home of the coldest temperature on Earth at a cool -89 °C (183 K). At the Russian research station the temperature is regularly in the -30 to the -60 °C mark. This chilly weather is due to the exceptionally high speed of the arctic winds. The katabatic or downward type winds that bring the brisk temperature, travel with speeds up to 200 mph (about 90 m/s) from inland toward the coast of the continent.
-89, and WIND. That is some serious cold.
Norway is mild in comparison,
the coldest temp back home was -51 (in 1886 and 1999).
As a Norwegian living in the UK I would find this whole "extreme weather"
thing laughable, but the general crappines of the buildings can make it
a bit chilly when you are inside.
Heating did not work at work the other day and even if
I now live in in a flat with double-glazing the windows are so badly constructed
that wind blows through on the sides.
And if this cold is costing billions (like the flu, the World Cup in football, the Olympics, Fred Goodwin's pension), then why not invest a few millions in trains (hello Eurostar!) and trucks, buses, gritters etc that would make the UK go round?
I never believed in these "event X cost Britan Y" estimates, surely work will just be postponed and London still seems to be full of tourists.