Europe shivers in grip of deadly cold spell

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Eastern Europe shivered Tuesday in the coldest conditions seen this winter, with below-freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall leading to deaths, frostbite and widespread travel disruption.

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It's funny in Australia at the moment. On one side of the country we have record heat waves and on the other side (my side) we have flood warnings starting today until Friday. The world is going crazy!
 
Kesa said:
It's funny in Australia at the moment. On one side of the country we have record heat waves and on the other side (my side) we have flood warnings starting today until Friday. The world is going crazy!
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It is 2012, the Mayans saw it coming...
 
The real reason the Mayans stopped making calendars is the Spanish wiped them off the planet.;)
 
Death Freeze Grips Europe, Killing 80

The Ukraine has suffered the most fatalities as emergency ministries confirmed 43 people had perished in minus-28 degree temperatures.
While hospitals in Ukraine have treated more than 600 people for frostbite and pneumonia, many of the dead were homeless people who were unable to find shelter at night.

As Poland experienced minus-22 degree conditions, seven more deaths have been confirmed. Five were said to be homeless people.

Several people have also died in the Baltic states - the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia and Romania and Bulgaria - where until now temperatures had been well above normal for midwinter.

The heavy snow has caused transport chaos across Europe.
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-7 degrees here this morning.

Not as cold as last year but still too cold for my liking.
 
faethor said:
The real reason the Mayans stopped making calendars is the Spanish wiped them off the planet.;)
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The Maya and their descendants still form sizable populations throughout the Yucatan and maintain a distinctive set of traditions and beliefs. Many Mayan dialects continue to be spoken in these areas as the primary language today. It took the Spanish 170 years before the Maya were completely conquered.

The Maya didn't do enough human sacrifices and ritual cannibalism to keep their gods happy. They didn't offer enough children's hearts at the beginning of the Maya calendar year and the gods were displeased.
 
Robert said:
That's the trouble with gods - they're never f*cking happy, are they?

Buncha greetin-faced bastards, the lot of them!
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the "happy gods" of the Aztecs
Chicomecoatl (Aztec mythology) was the goddess of maize and fertility. Every September, she received a sacrifice of a young girl, decapitated. The sacrifice's blood was poured on a statue of Chicmecoatl and then her skin was worn by a priest.
Xochipilli ("flower prince") was the god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song.
Xochiquetzal (Flower-Feather) is the goddess of Flower and Song and goddess of the arts.

The Greeks had several:
Euphrosyne (Greek goddess) of Joy and one of the three graces. She is the happy smiling one, bubbling over with laughter.
Komodia (Greek goddess ) of Happiness and Amusement. More like the personification of it.
Koros (Greek goddess ) of Extravagant Joy and Exuberance.
 
Robert said:
That's the trouble with gods - they're never f*cking happy, are they?

Buncha greetin-faced bastards, the lot of them!
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No doubt. I know of one particular one who is supposedly all powerful, but he's unwilling to help the hungry in Africa or print his own money.
 
A year ago Northern Minnesota experienced -60F temps. This year the low is in the 20s and high was 37.
 
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