January 8, 2008 by webmaster.

SOFIA, Bulgaria - A bitterly cold winter storm swept parts of Europe on Thursday.
At least thee seamen died when a Bulgarian ship sank in rough waters at while approaching the Black Sea, while heavy, drifting snow stranded thousands at airports, on mountain roads and in remote villages. Forecasters said temperatures fell to -20 Celsius, while snow drifts were up to two metres deep.
Authorities in northeastern Bulgaria declared a state of emergency, with the army called in to help civil defence officials clear roads and reach stranded motorists.
The nasty weather also caused problems in neighbouring Romania, where Bucharest’s two main airports were closed.
Parts of Turkey and Greece, as well as Western Europe, were also affected.
Some 311 Bulgarian villages were left without electricity and dozens were cut off without food supplies or fresh water, authorities said.

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January 7, 2008 by webmaster.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Heavy snow blanketed Romania and Bulgaria on Thursday, cutting power to hundreds of towns and villages, blocking roads and forcing Bucharest’s two airports and some Black Sea ports to close.
Meteorologists said the snow, which had been falling for two days, was expected to continue throughout Romania until late on Thursday, with temperatures expected to fall as low as minus 16 degrees Celsius (3 degrees Fahrenheit).
After that, further snow was forecast only for the south.
The customs post at Giurgiu on the Danube river border with Bulgaria was closed and the Foreign Ministry said 1,300 Romanian tourists were stranded in the neighboring country because of the weather.

Snow Reached even 2 meters in some parts of Romania (Teleorman)

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December 4, 2007 by webmaster.

I’ve had enough of it. Ninnying fatuous self-important morons who demand that everyone else make sacrifices in the name of mother earth while they zoom around in CO2 belching private jets and lavish themselves in heated swimming pools are hypocrites but perhaps we should be grateful that their frothing absurdities are causing the man-made global warming cult to lose whatever credibility it has left. Last week, singer Sheryl Crow demanded that we all use one square of toilet paper per bathroom visit to help save the planet. Shortly after these ridiculous comments, the Smoking Gun website uncovered documents showing Crow’s touring requirements, which include three tractor trailers, four buses and six cars. I don’t even drive a car, so to be lectured about what I can and can’t do after I take a shit is a bit rich coming from someone whose “carbon footprint” is bigger than King Kong’s treads.

Private jet flying, CO2 belching, bags made by slaves in China transported thousands of miles buying, bulb banning, Al Gore worshipping morons wagging their finger at me when I don’t even drive a car get under my skin
Paul Joseph Watson

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November 30, 2007 by webmaster.

“I realised then that a baby would pollute the planet - and that never having a child was the most environmentally friendly thing I could do.”
Had Toni Vernelli gone ahead with her pregnancy ten years ago, she would know at first hand what it is like to cradle her own baby, to have a pair of innocent eyes gazing up at her with unconditional love, to feel a little hand slipping into hers - and a voice calling her Mummy. But the very thought makes her shudder with horror. Because when Toni terminated her pregnancy, she did so in the firm belief she was helping to save the planet. Incredibly, so determined was she that the terrible “mistake” of pregnancy should never happen again, that she begged the doctor who performed the abortion to sterilise her at the same time. He refused, but Toni - who works for an environmental charity - “relentlessly hunted down a doctor who would perform the irreversible surgery.

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October 13, 2007 by webmaster.

An Oregon resident grew a 691-kg (1,524 lbs) pumpkin and won a competition weight-off in Half Moon Bay, California, local media said on October 9, Tuesday.
“I’m ecstatic,” Thad Starr said. “I’m very, very happy. You always want to hope. You always want to dream. That’s why we do this.”
The giant pumpkin set a contest record, and its owner received a prize of about 13 dollars for each kilogram, or $9,144 dollars in total.
Starr, who was competing for just his second year, defeated 80 contesters, including Joel Holland, the three-time champion. This time Holland finished second with a pumpkin weighing 627 kg (1,384 lbs), setting his own personal record.
While the farmers were squaring off for top honors, other participants were simply enjoying the event, like students from Mountain View’s Frank Huff School, who grew a 144.7 kg (319 lbs) pumpkin as a class project.

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