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Rail workers battle through the night to repair storm damaged lines that plunged COP26 into crisis with hundreds of delegates left stranded in London due to trains to Glasgow being cancelled
The Daily Mail uK ^ | 31 October 2021 | JAMIE PHILLIPS and KATIE FEEHAN and BHVISHYA PATEL

Posted on 10/31/2021 11:59:36 PM PDT by blueplum

Winds up to 80mph are causing travel chaos and flooding across parts of the UK with further rain to come Hundreds of passengers are stuck at London Euston with all trains cancelled after tree fell on overhead wires Passengers, many trying to reach Glasgow for Cop26, said it was 'ironic' journeys were disrupted by storms Met Office unable to rule out whether any tornadoes have taken place following reports of wind damage

Rail engineers are battling through the night to repair overhead lines brought down by storms that led to chaos on the network, dozens of trains being cancelled and hundreds of delegates unable to reach the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Network Rail last night admitted the 'extreme weather' had 'got the better of us' as they told stranded passengers at London Euston, the worst-hit station, to give up, go home and hope the situation improves overnight. ..

Climate change scientist Simon Lewis, from University College London, who was on the 11am service from London to Edinburgh for COP26, said he had been stuck since 11:45am as a result of the weather disruption.

He wrote on Twitter: 'My train to Glasgow #COP26, via Edinburgh to avoid the crowds, now stationary due to gale force winds and severe rainfall causing a tree to fall on the line…'

The scientist later added: 'This train ride is certainly Halloween themed, it's a true horror show. Four hours late and no buffet since about 2pm.' ...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climatechange; cop26; glascow; globalwarming; mothernature; wheresbiden
lots of pix of people standing around, weather maps, and the usual, whatever will we do without the modern conveniences we're trying to get rid of, moments
1 posted on 10/31/2021 11:59:36 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

When God mocks.


2 posted on 11/01/2021 12:07:45 AM PDT by HKMk23 (The right of freedom of religion shall not be derogated even if the life of the nation is at stake.)
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To: blueplum

Just a reminder from God about Mother Nature’s job description.


3 posted on 11/01/2021 12:12:25 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: blueplum

Who has the Nelson Muntz .gif?


4 posted on 11/01/2021 12:22:52 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Amen! Thank you God!


5 posted on 11/01/2021 12:39:11 AM PDT by antceecee
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To: Sacajaweau

It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!


6 posted on 11/01/2021 1:07:14 AM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: blueplum

It seems ‘Mommy’s’ not happy with these folks!


7 posted on 11/01/2021 1:12:22 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: blueplum

While climate change was blamed for the train issues, flights operated as usual between London and Edinburgh, despite that same climate change.

Funny that.


8 posted on 11/01/2021 1:13:02 AM PDT by LordOddsocks
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To: HKMk23

COP 26 crisis!!!!!! funny


9 posted on 11/01/2021 1:38:15 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: blueplum

Global warming becomes self aware at 2:14 am Eastern Time, on October 29th.


10 posted on 11/01/2021 3:07:21 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: blueplum

Shouldn’t global warming cause a drought?


11 posted on 11/01/2021 4:04:56 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: blueplum

31 Oct: UK Sun: WILD WASHOUT UK weather – Four-day ‘Arctic blast’ to bring icy temperatures, gales and even SNOW in washout threat to Bonfire Night
by Alex Winter, Chiara Fiorillo, Zoe Hu
And an 800-mile wide “Arctic plume” is set to hit the UK, bringing icy temperatures, the Daily Star (LINK) reports...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16590189/uk-weather-tornados-wind-rain-batter-washout/

31 Oct: Daily Star UK: UK weather: ‘Arctic plume’ to bring snow this week with Bonfire Night to be a washout
UK weather forecasters say the 800-mile wide Arctic plume will make the first days of November cold and wet for parts of England and Scotland in particular. Temperatures could drop by 10C
by Alistair Grant
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/uk-weather-arctic-plume-bring-25343260

30 Oct: UK Express: UK weather forecast: ‘Big change’ as sub-zero Arctic air to send mercury plunging in hours
THE UK is bracing itself for bitterly cold weather after the latest charts warned freezing Arctic air will smash the country in hours and send temperatures plunging towards zero.
By PAUL WITHERS
But the latest weather forecast from Netweather has warned temperatures are set to plunge suddenly on Thursday as strong northwesterly winds quickly bring freezing air down from the Arctic. Although it will be much drier, this bitterly cold front will see the mercury plummeting towards freezing and even into negative territory in parts of Scotland...

Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin warned a rapid change in the wind direction is set to send temperatures plunging on Thursday.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1508839/uk-weather-forecast-cold-temperatures-Arctic-october-met-office-maps-charts-latest


12 posted on 11/01/2021 4:09:09 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: blueplum

Just take the Flying Scotsman out of Kings Cross Station to Edinburgh, then transfer over to the Glasgow train.


13 posted on 11/01/2021 4:33:07 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: HKMk23

He’s playing good COP bad COP


14 posted on 11/01/2021 4:38:42 AM PDT by xp38
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To: ArcadeQuarters

This is an example of why they renamed it to climate change. Global Warming was to confining, and thus was mocked as these types of events occurred. 🙂


15 posted on 11/01/2021 5:24:20 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: blueplum

Hah, hah, hah, hah! GB train travel, usually reliable, can be difficult during the southwestern storms of the season.


16 posted on 11/01/2021 6:03:33 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: blueplum

400 private jets going there. These must be the peons and stooges who don’t rate.


17 posted on 11/01/2021 6:27:20 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: blueplum

“Stranded” in London doesn’t sound like such a terrible fate.


18 posted on 11/01/2021 8:46:10 AM PDT by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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