Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Snow causes serious disruptions on major roads in Germany and neighboring countries | DW News" video.

  1. For your info, Munich hasn't seen this much snow since they started keeping records. 44 cm of snow is even exceptional for New York City, which is subject to the lake effect of the Great Lakes. Murican much?
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  2.  @maxineporter8848  Oh, I've experienced a badly snowed-under Manhattan, and I'm not easily perturbed by snow -- I was born smack on the Arctic Circle. However, in NYC snow comes quickly and goes quickly. In the Arctic, the first snow falls in September and the last bits melt in June. It tends to pile up, too. One and a half metres is pretty normal and that's for months on end.
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  3.  @NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz  They dig pipes deeper in Siberia. I've experienced extreme cold, as it happens, in the likes of northern Scandinavia and Canada, well above the Arctic Circle. The sky is cloudless on the coldest days. When clouds appear and it starts to snow, everyone knows they're in for a respite.
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  4. It is extreme if you aren't prepared for it, which is painfully apparent here. In more northern snow-rich climes, this would be just another day at the office.
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  5. Actually, global warming increases the likelihood of heavy snowfall. As the atmosphere heats up, it holds more moisture. In the winter, the moisture comes down as snow. Keep learning.
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  6.  @1ACL  Global warming is still a valid term. Firstly, a warmer atmosphere leads to heavier snowfall. Secondly, northerners associate snowfall with warmer temperatures and clear wintery skies with cold snaps. True enough, it's never that cold when it snows in earnest.
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  7. It puts more moisture into the atmosphere. In the winter, it comes down as snow. More snow than usual.
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  8. Clever. The Scandinavians would have to hibernate all winter.
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  9. Someone should take you apart and explain how climate change causes weather extremes. You'd spare yourself a lot of embarrassment.
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  10.  @johnbartholf777  Of course there have been weather extremes throughout the ages. The point here is that extremes are getting more pronounced and more frequent. There's no question that human activity has given rise to CO2 levels, which contributes to global warming. 97% of scientists believe there's a connection between between global warming and climate change. You're with a rare breed -- and don't take this as a compliment.
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  11. Go to Snow City Singapore if you crave it so much.
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  12. When you're not prepared for it. Don't flatter yourselves, everyone is prepared for what is the norm. This falls outside of the norm.
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  13.  @nathanlkoch  Maybe you can fashion yourself a date from snow -- a snowman or a snowwoman, whichever takes your fancy.
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  14. Stop global warming? The obvious eludes many.
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  15.  @hape3862  Right-o, but amazingly, the Krembots still insist that Putin won the Energy War. Russia lost and only hastened its economic demise as the world shifts to renewable and nuclear energy, now at an even more rapid pace. What little hydrocarbons are still needed, the Arabs can supply at a considerable lower production cost. Future Russians won't remember Putin fondly.
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  16.  @NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz  New York experiences occasional heavy snowfall owing to the lake effect of the Great Lakes. Hardly permafrost, since it's usually gone just as quickly as it comes.
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  17.  @NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz  Did I just waste time on a conspiracy theorist?
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