By Katherine Rushton, US Business Editor

The American big freeze has put an icy chill on business, as flights are cancelled and people cocoon themselves at home instead of going to the shops or to work.

The cold snap, which broke records as temperatures plunged below zero in all 50 states on Tuesday, could cost around $5bn, and shave the equivalent of 0.2pc a year off US GDP in the first quarter. Continue Reading »

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Global warming zealots tell us that during warm winters, global warming makes the weather warmer. During cold winters, they say that global warming makes the weather colder.

In pictures: Niagara Falls freeze over on US side – Telegraph

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UPDATE

US Temperatures Plummeting Over The Last 16 Years

Over the last 16 years, US temperatures have plummeted at a rate of almost 8°F per century

NOAA talked endlessly about the outlier year of 2012, but apparently has no interest in telling the public that US temperatures have been dropping like a rock over the last 16 years.

The only year that alarmists can see is 2012.

Data Source : rss_monthly_msu_amsu_channel_tlt_anomalies_land_and_ocean_v03_3.txt

H/t to @alamairs

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Polar Vortex Related :

• The Great Global Warming Climate Shift | CACA
• BBC – Blogs – Weather – Real risk of a Maunder minimum ‘Little Ice Age’ says leading scientist
• It’s so cold that now HELL has frozen over: Michigan town falls victim to record cold temperatures | Mail Online
• Polar vortex grips USA – Telegraph
• Polar Vortex Can Be Used For Almost Any Climate Scam | Real Science
• Time Magazine Goes Both Ways On The Polar Vortex | Real Science
• MUST READ : Latest From The US Climatologist In Chief | Real Science
• Chicago Weather Officially Too Cold For Polar Bears
• Cold Is The Enemy Of Mankind | CACA

For Bill Maher and the Zealots :

• NATURE STUDY Confirms Global Warming Stopped 15 Years Ago | CACA
• Eighty Year Decline In US Temperatures Continues | CACA
• WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE LOOKS LIKE – Before Mann Made Climate Change | Real Science
• Five Of The Six Snowiest Winters Have Occurred Since David Viner Declared The End Of Snow | CACA
• Leading climate stupidity experts predicted an ice-free Arctic in 2013
• In 1999 NASA’s fmr Climate Expert Activist, James Hansen Claimed “there has been little [US] temperature change in the past 50 years” ….
• The Great Global Warming Climate Shift | CACA
• Sea Level Rise slowed from 2004 – Deceleration, not acceleration as CO² rises | CACA
  
• Official IPCC Words : ”We Do Not Know If The Climate Is Becoming More Extreme“

Global Cooling Related:

• MUST READ : To The Horror Of Global Warming Alarmists, Global Cooling Is Here – Forbes
• IPCC In Complete Denial That The Sun Is Causing Global Cooling | CACA
• Polar Vortex Theory – Basic Physics For Climate Morons | Real Science
• Climate guru puts ‘global warming’ on ice | WND Exclusive
• Solar activity heads for lowest low in four centuries – environment – 01 November 2013 – New Scientist
• MUST READ : Global Cooling – Why Humans Don’t Have Much To Do With Climate Change | Lawrence Solomon
• Global warming? No, actually we’re cooling, claim scientists
• Forget global warming!? Earth undergoing global COOLING since 2002!
• Global Cooling is Here | Global Research
• Global Warming Theory – Circular reasoning at its best | CACA
• Before Mann Made Climate Change, Chicago was buried under a mile of Ice. | Real Science
• MUST SEE Solar Science – CERN CLOUD Experiment Shows Mini Ice Age 2015
• Shifting of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation from its warm mode to cool mode assures global cooling for the next three decades. | Watts Up With That?
• Major Danish Daily Warns: “Globe May Be On Path To Little Ice Age…Much Colder Winters…Dramatic Consequences”!