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A foot of snow on top of a half-inch of ice made our driveway unpassable for a few days.  The heavy ice coat caused about two dozen trees to lean or fall and block the driveway.

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A massive ice storm has hit the state of Kentucky at the end of January.  We missed the brunt of the storm and received only about 1/2” of ice covered by about a foot of snow.  This was enough to coat all the trees and cause some damage, but nowhere near as bad as in the western part of the state.

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The frozen interior of Antarctica had long been the counter-example to global warming, with some areas getting even colder as the rest of the world warmed rapidly.

But climate researchers have now proven this to be false.  A study by Penn State University shows that the entire continent has actually been warming for the past 50 years.  "Antarctica is warming, and it’s warming at the same rate as the rest of the planet," said study co-author Michael Mann.

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Intellicast has one of the best snow-cover maps on the Web:

Intellicast also has some of the best snow forecast maps on the Web.

24-Hour Snow Forecast Map

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Temperatures throughout the world ranged from -65 degrees Fahrenheit in Alaska to 105 degrees in Sydney, Australia this week.  Rain and high winds lashed Washington state as cold temperatures and snow blanketed Europe.  The Sacramento Bee has assembled a collection of 22 extreme weather photos from around the world.

In the photo above, a canopy of trees hangs heavy with snow on Friday, January 2, 2009 in Spokane, Washington.  Spokane finished December with 61.5 inches of snow, far eclipsing the previous one-month record of 56.9 inches set in January 1950.  Photo by AP / The Spokesman-Review / Christopher Anderson.

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