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Much of the East Coast of the United States is set for a major blast of winter this weekend with snow totals of more than one foot forecast for the Washington DC area. The Congressional delegation of 21 lawmakers now in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference announced they would leave early in order to beat the snowstorm before it strikes the nation’s capital.
- Update, 5:15pm - Like the Congressional delegation, President Barack Obama said "because of weather constraints in Washington I am leaving before the final vote."
The climate summit began on December 7th and it seems like the ‘Gore Effect’ has been striking routinely since then.
Leading up to the event, much of the United States was plunged into a deep freeze. Snow fell in Houston, Denver experienced temperatures 30 degrees below normal and 370 new record low temperatures were set or tied in a three day span across the United States.
Not even the summit itself has been immune to the effect as a major snowstorm struck Copenhagen yesterday and temperatures plummeted. President Obama landed at the summit today amid snow falling. Denmark’s Meteorological Institute said that the nation may have its first white Christmas in 14 years.
Now, as delegates and world leaders are set to depart the summit when it ends today, weather in the United States is affecting travel plans for many. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office has said that the Congressional delegation would leave ‘several hours’ earlier than planned to beat a major winter storm set to hit.
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A variety of winter weather warnings have been issued for a large swath from South Carolina through New York. Washington DC could receive as much as 20 inches of snow, blizzard conditions are forecast for Baltimore and New York City could receive up to 10 inches of snow.
The term was coined in recent years for the unseasonable weather that oftentimes accompanies appearances by former vice president and Nobel Laureate Al Gore or when a global warming event is held. Cold and snow have followed Al Gore and these events across the globe with amazing frequency since 2004.
Is there something to the so-called Gore Effect?
- The Gore Effect strikes as the UN climate summit begins - Includes a look at past events where the 'effect' occurred
- The 'Gore Effect' sets in on Copenhagen as heavy snow is forecast
- Video - The 12 Days of Global Warming featuring Al Gore
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These climate change freaks are just trying to use their cause as a way to control the USA and other successful PRODUCTIVE nations. These whack jobs are dangerous and evil.....
You, sir, are a real moran....
President plane taking off.where is a flock of geese when you need them
Rather than find ways to uplift and improve themselves or root out corruption in their own governments, the agenda of most poorer countries at Copenhagen is to hamstring or leech off the productivity of the industrial world. Leaders like Obama and Gore who want that to happen aren't "progressive," they're patronizing, and seeing to it that those countries stay poor.
In my own mind I like to think this winter's snow fall is God's way to tell Al Gore to STFU!
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