Winter hits Austria

Winter 2010 is still far from over, but from what we have seen it is one of the most severe in recent memory. Even in a country as used to snow as Austria, people have been wondering when the white stuff will finally cease falling from the sky and the mercury will take a hike up the scale. Vienna, Austria. 01/03/2009.

Winter 2010 is still far from over, but from what we have seen it is one of the most severe in recent memory. Even in a country as used to snow as Austria, people have been wondering when the white stuff will finally cease falling from the sky and the mercury will take a hike up the scale. Vienna meterological service reports the most frigid temperatures since 1979. Many roads have been blocked, trains are routinely delayed, Vienna International Airport has also experienced more than its ususal share of problems. In retrospect it appears that we should be prepared for such amounts of snow and for temperatures hovering well below the freezing mark. Talking with older residents made me come to the conclusion that it is winter after all, and such high snowfall levels were once quite normal. Perhaps all the buzz about global warming was wrong after all...and we are faced with the prospect of the global cooldown. Some scientists have already taken up the cause of the inevitable ice age...