2012-01-06
An Express year
“Winter is coming.”
- BRITAIN FACES AN EARLY BIG FREEZE (Sep 20)
- -20°C TO HIT US IN WEEKS (Oct 8)
- BRITAIN FACES A MINI ‘ICE AGE’ (Oct 10)
- ARCTIC BLAST TO BRING SNOW (Oct 15)
- BIG FREEZE WILL KILL THOUSANDS (Oct 20)
- ARMY PUT ON SNOW ALERT (Oct 30)
- BIG SIBERIAN FREEZE TO HIT BRITAIN (Nov 2)
- BRITAIN FACES KILLER ARCTIC BLAST (Dec 8)
- IT’S A WHITE CHRISTMAS! (Dec 17)
An excerpt from a fantastic, terrifying glimpse into the world of the Daily Express (“like the Daily Mail but cheaper”) from Ned Morrell. As George Monbiot noted this week, the newspapers like making weather predictions, but they don’t often get called out when they’re wrong. (Christmas Day 2011 was mild in most of the UK.)
2011-12-22
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Lenticular clouds over West Yorkshire by Brian Middleton, from a gallery at BBC News (thanks Chris).
2011-12-08
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Stuart McMahon sent in this stunning image of a turbine at Ardrossan Windfarm bursting into flames during severe weather
2011-06-16
2011-06-05
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A NASA visualisation of the wind patterns from a year that, like this year, cause extensive flooding along the Mississippi. From “winds of drought, winds of flood” at mammoth, via new-aesthetic.
2010-12-23
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2010-12-01
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Snow blankets Gatwick (although the adjective “thick” seems inadvised, but still). Surprisingly pretty, but no doubt incredibly annoying if you’re actually expecting to get anywhere.
