Global warming is piling up in Paris as one of the biggest early December blizzards in decades sweeps across Europe. And as if re-enacting one of the country’s many humiliating military defeats, French bureaucrats immediately ran up the white flag.
The BBC is in the know on the snow:
Heavy snow in Paris brought buses to a halt on Wednesday, suspended flights at Charles de Gaulle airport and prompted the closure of the Eiffel Tower.
Motorways in the Paris region were described as impassable as snow that had already hit other areas of France spread to the capital.
… The Meteo France service reported that one of its Paris weather stations had recorded 11cm (4.5in) of snow. The French capital has not seen a larger one-day snowfall since 1987.
Although the Paris Metro and rail network were operating normally on Wednesday, Charles de Gaulle airport closed for part of the afternoon until workers were able to clear the runways of snow.
The operators of the Eiffel Tower decided to close the monument as salt could not be used to tackle the snow and ice because of possible damage to the iron structure.
The national centre for traffic information described secondary routes in the Paris region as “catastrophic”. By mid-afternoon, the bus operator RATP declared that not a single bus was running.
In fact, the only thing that’s still running in Paris is the people. And they’re running away from the global warming scam just as fast as they can.
Source: BBC
This post was last modified on December 12, 2010
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Can you SEE a white flag in a blizzard? (and does 4.5 inches qualify as a blizzard???)
Only 4.5" of snow brought Paris to a dead stop?
Next time I hear some francophile leftist bashing the American South is going to be FUN!
From eBay this morning... unused French items up for bid (with NO RESERVE):
1) Snow removal equipment;
2) 20th Century military rifles;
3) Women's razors;
4) Common-sense immigration policy;
5) Humility;
6) Modern gratitude for WWII liberation.
Reuben. You should point out that the military rifles while never being fired, have been dropped, once.
You guys should take it easy on the French. Have you ever tried to fire a rifle in one direction, while running at full speed in the other direction? I'm sure it's hard to do.
I would, but, cleverly, you already have :o)
I just found proof of global warming. When I got up this morning it was 12 below zero (F) and now at 10 AM it is 8 below. That oughta convince you non-believers. (I have to work outside all afternoon. Hopefully it is only 5 below then. But screw you Algore, I'm going to wear a coat...a heavy one.)