Nice Global Warming, Argentina!

Snow fell in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the first time in 90 years. People are dying from the cold. Al Gore is furious that no one can dismiss this as some bizarre side-effect of global warming.

From the AP here:

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital’s first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.

Argentina’s National Weather Service said it was the first major snow in Buenos Aires since June 22, 1918, though sleet or freezing rain have been periodically reported in decades since.

The snow followed a bitter cold snap in late May that saw subfreezing temperatures, the coldest in 40 years in Buenos Aires. That cold wave contributed to an energy crisis and 23 deaths from exposure.

Two more exposure deaths were reported on Monday.

Also, never forget that the cold kills far more people every year than the heat.