Depths at the nation’s ski resorts are jaw-dropping even by Japan’s
standards, with 700+cm (23 ft) accumulating across multiple resorts,
including Tengendai Kogen. Above is a look at Gassan Shizu Onsen, which
measured 514 cm (16.9 ft) in late February. This winter has been one for
the record books in Michigan, too. In Gaylord, the NWS registered 185.9
inches of snow by the end of Feb, breaking the record here set in
2006-07 (official NWS data for Gaylord only goes back to 1998; the
‘unofficial’ record of 207.5 inches from 1996-97 remains unchallenged).
Heavy snow and 60+ mph winds are battering Colorado, Nebraska, and the
Dakotas. At the beginning of March, visibility was near zero, roads were
impassable, and power lines were down, and that will become more common
as the snow—which is not supposed to exist anymore, according to
those very trustworthy global warming cheerleaders—buries local
governments who have to remove the snow for life to move on. Many areas
in Michigan saw two feet of snow last week.
US Department of Defense (DOD)
Secretary Pete Hegseth
said Sunday that his
department “does not do climate change crap,” but instead
focuses on things like warfighting and training.
Northern Japan’s Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line is being carved into
a stunning ‘snow corridor’ after record-breaking seasonal snowfall
buried the region. Crews in Aomori are clearing walls expected
to reach towering 8 meters (23.3 feet) high. By February 22, snow at
Sukayu had already piled up to 4.4 m (14.4 ft) —almost double last
year’s level. Bulldozers and rotary snowplows are now carving an 8
km (5 mile) stretch between Sukayu and Yachi, marking
the transition from winter to spring. Snow removal chief
Koichi Sakumi remarked, “With so much snow, we aim to create
walls visitors will love.”