Frozen Stiff(s)
In European newspapers these days, they publish the weather report and the obituaries on the same page:
The bitterly cold weather across much of the continent combined with heavy snow in some areas has caused cancellations and delays at airports and forced train lines to close.
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Road traffic in the UK was severely disrupted, including the south-east where roads were gridlocked late on Monday after numerous crashes in heavy snowfall.
Major roads elsewhere in Europe were blocked after some regions had snowfall of up to 50cm (20in).
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In Poland, police appealed for people to help if they came across homeless or drunk people lying outside, as temperatures dropped towards -20C in some areas.
Most of the 79 people who froze to death in the country since the wintry conditions began were homeless, police said.
Cold-related deaths were also reported in France, where two homeless people died.
Damn. That’s 79 probable global warming skeptics we lost. Did anyone check to see if Al Gore was in town?
Oh no, of course not. Al was home:
(Another view here: choose “Aerial”.)
You can tell he’s home because three SUVs are parked in the driveway—and what empty-nest couple needs more than three SUVs?