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Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel due to cold weather (Global Warming Alert!)
BBC ^
| 12/19/09
| BBC
Posted on 12/18/2009 5:45:47 PM PST by jimbo123
Three Eurostar trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in parts of Britain.
The temperature difference between the chilly open air and warm tunnel under the English Channel caused the trains to break down, Eurostar said.
It said a rescue locomotive was trying to get them out.
More snow and freezing temperatures are is expected for parts of Scotland and south-east and eastern England.
The three trains were all from Paris to London. Two further trains travelling from Brussels and Paris heading for the tunnel were turned back.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chunnel; globalcooling; globalwarming; hatewhenthathappens
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:45:49 PM PST
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:47:32 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: jimbo123
The poor polar bears won’t be able to find their cookies and cocoa.
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:49:36 PM PST
by
Mobties
To: jimbo123
Climate change is nosing ahead of global warming toward the finish line.
The gamblers are in a frenzy as to which one to put their money on.
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:54:13 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: rom
Jesus’ sense of humor ping!
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:58:34 PM PST
by
ROTB
(40% get gubmint money. Public Option vs. Insurance: Armed men at my door demanding payment vs a bill)
To: Doogle
You, sir, are too kind.
I would have posted the Simpson "Ha Ha" pic and then told them to call Al Gore for help with this climate situation.
He is the expert, after all.
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posted on
12/18/2009 5:59:51 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: jimbo123
Great, I hope it gets cold and stays there and their stupid trains don’t run again until June.
Got no sympathy, none for those globull warming acolytes.
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posted on
12/18/2009 6:10:05 PM PST
by
1scrappymom
(Hook Em Horns!!)
To: Mobties
LOL! Polar bears, cookies and cocoa. Priceless.
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posted on
12/18/2009 6:10:05 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
To: jimbo123
Excellent design work, Euros. Trains that can’t go from cold to warm or vice versa. Brilliant. I wonder how they get their airplanes down from 37,000 feet where it’s -70F.
To: jimbo123
THREE?
Wait wait. Les tres rois?
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posted on
12/18/2009 6:26:03 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: jimbo123
“Two further trains travelling from Brussels and Paris heading for the tunnel were turned back.”
No room at the inn, huh.
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posted on
12/18/2009 6:27:42 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
To: jimbo123
I just checked London weather ,, it's 28 and they expect a whopping 2" of snow , temps for the next several days are consistant 30's day and night.. doesn't sound too extreme to me. What causes a train to break down when temps go slightly below freezing?
To: Neidermeyer
“What causes a train to break down when temps go slightly below freezing?”
Probably labor unions
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posted on
12/18/2009 6:39:26 PM PST
by
Mobties
To: jimbo123
Wouldn’t the tunnel be at a fairly constant temp of 50 or 60 degrees? Even in winter?
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posted on
12/18/2009 7:17:35 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Perfection is the enemy of Good.)
To: Balding_Eagle
Tunnel warm and moist...
Outside temeratures at both ends well below freezing....
Steel and copper good conductors of heat....
tracks freeze along the tunnel....
ice forms on tracks and overhead power lines....
ice is a poor conductor....
trains stall in tunnel.
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posted on
12/18/2009 7:24:45 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(Albore can uninvent the internet about as well as 0bama can unjump the shark)
To: spokeshave
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posted on
12/18/2009 7:33:27 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Perfection is the enemy of Good.)
To: Neidermeyer
"What causes a train to break down when temps go slightly below freezing?"
This guy seems to be O.K.
To: Neidermeyer
They’ll be ice skating on the Thames again soon with all this global warming
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posted on
12/18/2009 7:59:38 PM PST
by
faucetman
(Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
To: steelyourfaith; JoeProBono; LucyT
Like, *PING*, dudes and dude-ettes.
Cheers!
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posted on
12/18/2009 8:37:17 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: grey_whiskers; SteamShovel; SolitaryMan; IrishCatholic; Darnright; Entrepreneur; livius; ...
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posted on
12/19/2009 2:35:01 AM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Time to prosecute Al Gore now that fellow scam artist Bernie Madoff is in stir.)
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