May 29, 2025
Swiss Avalanch
Timothy Birdnow
This is the benefit of a cool climate.
Yes, a glacier in Switzerland collapsed and buried a village. And of course it's all because of Global Warming, they tell us.
Doesn't this illustrate the dangers of all that ice hanging above your head in Switzerland instead?
We have been told over and over that landslides are being caused by climate change, by a whopping 1* f. of warming. But if that is so why did we have so many historical accounts of similar events in bygone days? In fact landslides usually happen when there is a LOT OF SNOW, not a dearth of it.
National Geographic says this about avalanches:
Yet we are repeatedly told tthe glaciers are melting away, particularly in Switzerland. How is it there is a landslide from a collapsing glacier when there is Less of the glacier to begin with?
Anyone who has ever shoveled wet snow knows it is stickier than new, dry snow. Yes, water under ice can sometimes cause the ice to slide off a roof and melting glaciers can and do collapse in this fashion, but not when we are talking about a lilliputian rise in temperature. a single degree of warming would not lead to such a collapse.
Temperatures in Switzerland have risen by just 1.5* C since 1864.
This is the benefit of a cool climate.
Yes, a glacier in Switzerland collapsed and buried a village. And of course it's all because of Global Warming, they tell us.
Doesn't this illustrate the dangers of all that ice hanging above your head in Switzerland instead?
We have been told over and over that landslides are being caused by climate change, by a whopping 1* f. of warming. But if that is so why did we have so many historical accounts of similar events in bygone days? In fact landslides usually happen when there is a LOT OF SNOW, not a dearth of it.
National Geographic says this about avalanches:
"Snow avalanches are most likely to occur after a fresh snowfall adds a new layer to a snowpack . If new snow piles up during a storm, the snowpack may become overloaded, setting off a slide.
Yet we are repeatedly told tthe glaciers are melting away, particularly in Switzerland. How is it there is a landslide from a collapsing glacier when there is Less of the glacier to begin with?
Anyone who has ever shoveled wet snow knows it is stickier than new, dry snow. Yes, water under ice can sometimes cause the ice to slide off a roof and melting glaciers can and do collapse in this fashion, but not when we are talking about a lilliputian rise in temperature. a single degree of warming would not lead to such a collapse.
Temperatures in Switzerland have risen by just 1.5* C since 1864.
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