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The Top 8 Videos From Alaska’s Massive, Record Snow

From Anchorage to the smaller town of Cordova, Alaska has been making headlines for its recent record-breaking amount of snow. While it may be natural to think “It’s Alaska — shouldn’t they know how to deal with snow?“, 15 feet in such a short amount of time makes for back-breaking work and a shortage of supplies. The Telegraph reports that Cordova, population 2,200, is even having newly manufactured shovels shipped in to deal with the snow.

Here are some YouTube videos depicting the good, the bad and the ugly of Alaska’s recent snowfall.

Even a time-lapsed video of shoveling out a car in Cordova looks like hard work:

Here’s a unique way to clean off a buried car. A dog fetching a snowball on top of a car (yes, there’s a car under there), wipes snow off as she slides down:

There’s a process for shoveling snow off the roof of an elementary school. Listen to a weary shoveler explain:

It’s not all about snow either. Sea ice is a problem as well. The Coast Guard Cutter Healy helps the tank vessel Renda cut through the ice-choked Bering Sea to make it to Nome, Alaska, with the much needed 1.3 million gallons of fuel. According to The Associated Press the tanker was shepherded by Healy for hundreds of miles and made it to Nome Thursday evening. Watch the footage of the two ships:

But for some, the snow hasn’t just meant work. Here are some Alaskans taking advantage of the weather for some fun and games in “Snowdova”:

What’s interesting about this next video is not the Jeeps or trucks braving the roads, which look surprisingly well-plowed and traveled. It’s the parking lot that comes up on the left. Car. Car. Car. Airplane? Must have been a prime parking spot:

Residents aren’t the only ones a little put out by the snow. The dogs in the following videos don’t seem particularly thrilled themselves:

If you have or have seen any other cool, scary or just plain shocking amounts of snow videos from Alaska, send them our way.

We’ve added a couple more videos. Check back periodically for more.

Comments (109)

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  • SoccerBall87
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:26pm

    Hence why they coined the phrase “Climate Change”.

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    • beverlee
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:29pm

      Winter . Spring . Summer . Fall = Climate Change

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Imagine the scientific community of the early 70s saying what? We are headed for another Ice age. Then reeling that back in after many mild winters throughout the US in the 80s/90s then alas concocting the whole global warming scheme which is falling apart year after wintry year and rainy springs and wet summers. Blaaaa

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    • mustang-2537
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:40pm

      Yup! Warmer here and colder there. Eventually it all evens out.

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    • sixtysix
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:05pm

      There is evidence that the climate changes every year. In winter it is cold, changes in the spring, warmer in the summer, cooler in fall and, guess what, the winter gets cold, again. Every hundred years it can come a mini ice age – conversely, a warming trend happens periodically. Back in the seventies the nuts were warning that the earth was getting cold. We were headed for global cooling. Now, they have found monetary increases by convincing idiots that it is warming. I don’t think any money was made in global cooling, except by Hollywood movies. But Gore figured out how to scam stupid people with warming (carbon credits – what a crock).

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:15pm

      If you want to see the climate change, come to Cincinnati. We have a saying here: If you don’t like the weather in Cincinnati, stick around for 10min. it will change.

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  • notreally
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:17pm

    I despise rap music as much as men wearing their pants down to their ankles: both shout, “Hey look/listen, I’m a dumb, uneducated ********!”

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    • Gypsy123
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:37pm

      I am with you on that rat music.

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    • ItsNotThatDifficult
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:45pm

      I agree about rap music, but the song in the first clip was by “Cake”. It’s actually pretty creative stuff.

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    • kcares
      Posted on January 14, 2012 at 3:53pm

      I’m with you about the rap music. Yuck

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  • 3monkeysmomma
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:09pm

    Most often said phrase in Alaska this week:

    “Global warming, my @$$!”

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:58pm

      Most common reply:

      “Climate Change” does not necessarily mean that there will be less snow or no snow at all, but that there will be greater extremes in the weather. Hence the record-breaking snowfall in such a short period of time.

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    • FrostyKev
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 2:24pm

      PublicPencilMan. Her quote was Global warming, not climate change. However I love the change that goes through when the theory doesn’t hold. First Global warming, but no its cooling, no its snowing, yeah, extreme climate is not global warming, so lets call it climate change. Isn’t that the weather? It is always changing, so hasn’t climate change been going on for a couple years now (many many many years,centuries, pick your measurement)

      Global warming, change, what a joke.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:43pm

      To everyone who thinks this is climate change brought about by man’s industrial activities….. It’s a snowstorm, you MORONS, in Alaska, you IDIOTS!!! This is not a record snow. I can guarantee that in the four and one half billion years this earth has been around, it has snowed more than this, perhaps millions of times. They will dig out, deal with it, and get on with life! You should too…

      River rafting will be great in the spring!!!!

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:57am

    @ YOUR SENSEI……….Last winter was the coldest winter in recent memory…..record snow fall and I live in GEORGIA……we had ice and snow on the ground for more that 2 weeks in GEORGIA, and that was the 1st time it snowed…it snowed more than 4 times last winter…in GEORGIA (not in the mountains). I froze my butt off last winter, however it found it’s way home in the spring! This global warming, climate change whatever hoax is nothing but redistribution of wealth…from the poor to the really wealthy…Solyndra comes to mind!

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    • TOMSERVO
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Definite candidate for dumbest comment of the day right there

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:55am

    Well after all it is Alaska and it’s ‘winter’.
    I have seen the same thing in the Tahoe area of California.
    This is not a new phenomena, it happens when it snows and all the snow lovers wax their skis and board and enjoy it!
    Why is it a big news alert to have some snow in January?

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  • longranger
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:36am

    This snow has NOTHING to do with G>W> PERIOD there was a volcanic eruption near the arctic circle in Greenland. The eruption seeded the stratosphere and now it is snowing as a result. last years GLOBAL weather was caused by two HUGE VOLCANIC eruptions near the equator in the Philippines!!! it has long been proven science that volcanoes cause world weather and only sence the G>W> crowd and JUNK SCIENCE that has been politically pushed has this been ignored

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    • Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:57am

      What a great response!! Glad to see common sense still lives. That is the same thing the scientist at the creation museum are saying.

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  • JohnTwoFeathers
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:19am

    I think the schmuck in chief should send Algore there to study this freak of nature. Snow in Alaska in winter….imagine that!!! What next…. Blazing heat in Death Valley?

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    • JohnTwoFeathers
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:36am

      How bout that…shovel ready jobs.

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    • wraith67
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:48am

      Well, either way the solution is the same: Pay a huge amount of taxes to the politicians so they can fix it! (by giving it to the third world as ecological reparations)

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    • Zipit
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 7:27pm

      Amen! Bro…

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  • EchoHawk
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:10am

    Climate change deniers don’t know the difference between climate and weather…. amongst other things.

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    • expatinontariocanada
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:50am

      You, apparently, don’t know the difference between the scientific method and a politically motivated hoax and money-grab. If you could politely explain to me what man did to cause and thaw the last glaciation oh about 11,000 years ago, I MIGHT believe man is causing whatever climate change you claim we’re causing now. Never forget “hide the decline” you dupe.

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    • INOGAWD
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:33pm

      @ EchoHawk
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:10am
      Climate change deniers don’t know the difference between climate and weather…. amongst other things.

      I know one thing for a fact El Stupido, Made (FatManBearPig) a multi-billionaire.. The Earth
      has been climate “ GHANGING ” for centuries…These F’N snake oil salesmen now have a
      way of taking our MONEY .“The Sky IS Falling” through fear mongering.. Some have nothing
      better to do, but slurp up all this swill…and as for the weather, it CHANGES by the minute..
      we have no control over the WEATHER.. GOOD GAWD..

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    • Fight for America82
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 4:26pm

      @ echodummyhawk

      You’re just another as***** that has no common sense. Drive your prius off a cliff dumb dumb. People in America are sick of your kind. Get a life and find something better to do with your time. Maybe puzzles?? Scale models?? Anything so we don’t have to be subjected to your moronic liberal green bs!!

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    • JackSparrow
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:03pm

      I agree with you Echohawk. They don’t think for themselves. Either won‘t or can’t. Knuckle dragging caveman mentality. OOPS! They don’t believe the earth is old enough to have had cavemen either!

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  • KSherrell
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:08am

    What is amazing to me is that Alaskan’s are so perplexed that there is so much snow. It’s ALASKA for crying out loud, near the Arctic…wouldn’t they assume there would be lots of snow? Just sayin’

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    • Skytrash
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:58am

      I‘m an Alaskan and can say we’re not perplexed, it is an ace-load of snow no matter where you live!! I don’t live in a community on Prince William Sound (where Cordova is), actually just north of there and I welcome the snow as most Alaskans do. Most of us live here because we love outdoor sports, especially winter sports so we welcome the snow! But what Cordova is going through would suck.

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    • Skytrash
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:05pm

      And we love the rest of the times of year and harvesting her bounties!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlW6IdwWGEI

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  • kentuckypatriot
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:06am

    I’m thankful for my “snow storm ” yesterday of 1″. LOL

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    • DAVIDTHETANK
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 3:18pm

      Kentucky,
      Me too I’m in the same state. People around here go nuts when we get an inch of snow.

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  • Sugabee
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:01am

    Actually, it looks to me like the dogs are enjoying the snow!

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  • 66 bronco
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:51am

    Look at all the wonderful snow! Well… “Green Energy”, “going Green”, and “Green Movement” only represents the color of money! The more we keep giving in and/or supporting the Green Movement crap the more we line the pockets of people like Al Gore with green!

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    • leklogic
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:04am

      Don’t forget about those polar bears that need to be saved. Wouldn‘t it also mean that those pesky icebergs aren’t melting. God gives in His time not ours.

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    • EchoHawk
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:06am

      WTF does record snow fall have to do with green energy you dope?

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    • rambosharley
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:09am

      Isn’t that the truth!

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    • 66 bronco
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:30pm

      @ECHOHAWK
      I’m sorry…. most people could figure out and connect the dots but for someone like yourself I’ll slow it down for you. You see the “Green Movement” supports the “Green Energy” power sources like windmills and solar panels aka “renewable energy.“ The ”Green Movement” is against conventional fossil fuel power plants because of the amount of hydrocarbons released into the environment. Their theory is more hydrocarbons in the atmosphere = more “Green House” effect which means warmer earth = smaller polar ice caps = rising ocean levels. Are you OK am I going to fast for you??? So the “Green” people push for more “Green Energy” which really does what? It creates a need for more windmills and solar panels which = more money to “Green” companies like….. guess who? That’s right G.E. …..”we bring things to life.” So more money to companies like G.E. = less money to companies that sell oil, coal, and natural gas…. how fitting? So how does the record snow fall tie into all of the “Green Movement?” Well it doesn‘t because you can’t claim the glaciers are shrinking when they are getting record snow falls in the areas where they have glaciers like Alaska.

      Long before you were born way- way back in the late 60‘s and the 70’s the scientists were claiming “global warming” nope they were claiming “global cooling” actually they claimed the world was heading into an “ice age.” Wow pretty scary stuff! So what happen? There was no money to be m

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    • 66 bronco
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:00pm

      oops… There was no money to be made!

      Last thing for your global warming people! The experts (geologists) claim there were 5 major ice ages in the history of the world! That is not counting any minor cool down periods. They don’t know what started the 5 major “ice ages” and/or what ended the “ice ages” but they know they ended because we exist today. LET ME SAY THIS REAL SLOW…. if there were 5 major “ice ages” then there had to be at least 4 major “global warming” periods too! And that happen long before there were: people, automobiles, “evil SUV’s”, coal or oil burning power plates, and/or anything that uses fuel that make HYDROCARBONS!

      So is there reasonable theory that the world warms and cools by itself and/or is effected directly by the hottest thing in our solar system like our SUN??? The problem with that theory is it doesn’t make any money…. unless you sell…. that’s right you guessed…. sun block!!!

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  • mcFirst
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:51am

    OMG Snow in Alaska – what’s next – are you going to tell me there are hookers in New Orleans.

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    • caleejr
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:08am

      did you ever stop to think it’s because in some places there are Record snowfall events….and it’s in the news?
      *rolls eyes*

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  • JustJP
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:48am

    Paging Al Gore…….

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    • IRONRANGER
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:50am

      He didn’t invent pagers. Please send him an email as he did invent the internet.

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  • God-Gold-Guns
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:44am

    All this snow is from Global Warming, wait isn’t Global Warming when the weather gets Hot? What The Fudge?

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  • IRONRANGER
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:44am

    Tim Tebow could fix the snow issue…

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  • God-Gold-Guns
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:42am

    Wait, Where’s “gobal warming”? Snow is cold not hot?

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    • your sensei
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:14am

      You forgot “gays.” Get your agenda straight or you’ll be removed from the mailing list, lemming.

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  • gmoneytx
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:33am

    It’s a result of global warming, just ask Al Gore?

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:20am

    “Oh the weather’s going to do what it does.” Pathetic. They have certainly created a wonderful template in the minds of people will all the global warming hocus-pocus.”Oh money is going to do what it does, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad.” Duh!

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:22am

      Bravo, bravo. Now it‘s time for God to have his play isn’t it.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:30am

      God could start by oh I don’t know how about cooling down the planet and letting drift a little farther from the sun.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:31am

      You know kind of the way men a drifting farther away from the son.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:34am

      I’m pretty sure Jesus said that everything in the world (but also universe) is inside the imagination of God.

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    • gmoneytx
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:35am

      ELIASIM, dude you’re nuts…God wouldn’t do anything of the nature. He‘ll allow us to do what we’re doing and keep doing it.

      Don‘t think for a minute he’ll interfere with this plane. His concern is after this pathetic existence is finished.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:46am

      gmoneytx,
      No actually I’m not nuts, but that I know there is a Lord Almighty. But you don’t, not really or you wouldn’t call me “Nuts.” No, see the Father in Heaven is like a good dad should be (even though 99.9 percent are not) in that God does things and you don’t know God is doing things. And science credits some slime struck by lightning and just chance of things happening.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:48am

      Case in point just a very slight undetected change in the suns radiation, can mutate life here on earth with new molecules.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:56am

      It’s funny how people put God in a neat little box they can understand. In that people twist God into being earthly as men are, and they think God understands as men do, because that’s what people feel comfortable believing.

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  • eifer
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:07am

    Yup I love San Diego

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    • JustJP
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:50am

      Me too. Lake San Marcos 77 degrees!

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:00am

    I love snow never get to see any but these video’s are awesome. Wish we had more snow in NC. Seems it has all gone away.

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    • stadylady
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:20am

      I feel the same way. We haven’t had any snow or moisture here in the CA central valley/mts this entire winter.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:31am

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    Stupid Humans…..That’s Birds Fly South in the winter…………..

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:48am

      .
      oop’s…That’s why Birds Fly South in the winter………..

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:24am

    Record snow, caused by global warming….

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:59am

      Come-on Detroit Paperboy. We all know Global Warming isn’t real. It’s Climate Change! (lol)

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    • your sensei
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:34am

      Last winter was the fifth warmest on record. This winter is even warmer. But hey, look, it’s snow! Don’t you people EVER have a correct or original thought? One-sided 45 records all of you.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 1:15pm

      Last winter was one of the coldest on record.

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  • MIlitary Nurse
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:20am

    Crazy stuff

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  • indy1
    Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:17am

    That global warming is such a problem- the polar bears are going to suffocate with all the snow drifts!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 9:21am

      You‘da thunk they would have learned from last year’s record snowfalls and temperatures across the US, but reality isn’t something native to the eco-freaks.

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    • your sensei
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 10:35am

      ERRONEOUS T IRRELEVANT . . .last year was the 5th warmest winter on record. But thanks for proving you don;t care about facts, only Fox.

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    • randy
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:06am

      @yourenonsensical.
      MInd offering some facts?
      Was this the 5th warmest since? when? 1871?
      Show me your evidence…
      Mars is warming up also, Greenhouse gases? or ya think just maybe the sun activity
      might have something to do with it moron.?

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    • your sensei
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:18am

      I know the facts. Quit being such a typical lazy-a$$ conservatard and do your own homework. Geez, always looking for someone else to do your work for you. You are the reason the work ethic has waned in this country. Pathetic.

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    • AmazingGrace8
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 11:38am

      @YourSense

      The ole’ Dragnet series: The Facts, Mam’, just the Facts….does apply to a crime-scene but trying to EXPLAIN yearly weather patterns and reasons why….mankind is not as smart as the Creator. When you CON people that a few people in the universe know the Creator’s REASONS FOR THE SEASONS….great job if you want to con your fellowman. You have your facts so you might be able to explain this to your Creator, however, that might not be your priority at the time…just saying. Relax and enjoy your life…God’s gift to you…..Obey God And Leave All The Consequences To Him. Have a Blessed Day!

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    • republitarian
      Posted on January 13, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Ha ha, Sensei. Busted!

      There has been no evidence of global warming in the 32 years of the theory’s existence. Go ahead. Try to find some.

      BTW Love your posts! You’re a splash of color on an otherwise drab canvas.

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