>First New Zealand…..

Defying talk of global warming, New Zealanders shivered in December, with the capital Wellington recording its coldest start to the southern hemisphere summer for 78 years, according to official figures released Wednesday. The National Climate Centre said that Wellington’s average temperature was 12.9 Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal and the lowest since records began in 1928. Snow fell this week on Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano and the North Island’s highest peak at 2,797-metres, and the temperature in Wellington hovered Tuesday around 11 Celsius, about the same as European cities now in the depths of winter.

then Los Angeles…..
A cold snap across southern and central California that saw the thermometer dip to 36 degrees Fahrenheit in Los Angeles — a 75-year low for the second-largest U.S. city

— and then Germany

Uprooted trees, blocked roads, canceled trains and general chaos – on Thursday night a storm raged over Germany, causing damage throughout the country and costing at least 10 people their lives. With winds of 202 km/h measured in Bavaria this was the strongest storm seen since 1999

You’d think I’d shot a bloody albatross or something…….

Bugger this.