The Big Freeze
THE BIG FREEZE
From an email report on 1/12/10:
(Constance: speaking of ‘winter’, notice the big freeze in the U.S. even reaching down to Miami (!) while they are forcing the freeze on the settlements in the mountains of Israel? This was brought to my attention by a pray-er. He will bless those who bless Israel, and curse those who curse… curse through pressure to further divide this tiny nation. May Israel turn to Him during this time that their once great ally is turning away, and know that He alone, the Elohim of Yisrael, can and will deliver them as they put their trust in Him alone!) (END QUOTE)
Since the Obama administration pressured Israel through the Netanyahu administration to put a freeze on the settlements on the mountains of Israel…
… the U.S. has been under a ‘freeze’, now shutting down the U.S. government… ‘the longest weather-related government shutdown since 1996, when employees did not have to go to work for a full week’. (highlighted sentence is a quote from article below)
Bibi Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel in 1996, during the Clinton administration. The issue on the table that year was Hebron.
Ultimately, most of Hebron was given away…
By the way… sleet today driving in South Texas. Let us pray that Netanyahu will lift the freeze and put his trust in the Elohim of Israel.
WATCH AND PRAY
In His shalom,
Constance
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2010/02/09/paralyzed-capital-braces-nd-storm/
Updated February 10, 2010
Round 2: Blizzard Buries East, Grounds Flights
AP
Snow, wind and slush closed the federal government for a third straight day -- the longest weather-related government shutdown since 1996, when employees did not have to go to work for a full week.
AP
Feb. 10: Emily Tibbott skis past U.S. Capitol Police Officer Sean Whitehead, standing guard on Capitol Hill, as more snow fell in the Washington area.
WASHINGTON -- Worst winter ever? The second blizzard in less than a week buried the most populous stretch of the East Coast under nearly a foot of snow Wednesday, breaking records for the snowiest winter and demoralizing millions of people still trying to dig out from the previous storm.
Conditions in the nation's capital were so bad that even plows were advised to get off the roads, and forecasters were eyeing a third storm that could be brewing for next week.
For many families, the first storm was a fun weekend diversion. People even went skiing past Washington's monuments.But Wednesday's blizzard quickly became a serious safety concern. The Pennsylvania governor shut down some highways and warned that people who drove were risking their lives.
"I've seen enough," said Bill Daly, 57, as gusts of wind and snow lashed his face in Arlington, Va., where streets were nearly empty just a few days after people had been playing in the snow.
"It's scary and beautiful at the same time. I wanted to shovel but thought if I had a heart attack it could be a while before anybody found me in this kind of weather."
Feb. 9: A Secret Service officer walks down a snowy path from the White House as a storm crippled the capital.
National Weather Service issues blizzard warnings Wednesday as thousands of people scramble to plow and salt roads buried by another major storm that dumped piles of fresh snow on the crippled Mid-Atlantic.
Old-timers talk about a storm that blew through Washington in 1922, collapsing the roof on the Knickerbocker theater and killing more than 90 people. Their great-great-grandchildren will be able to describe the back-to-back blizzards of 2010, which were not nearly as deadly but set records for the snowiest winters ever in Washington and Baltimore.
Up to 16 inches fell in parts of western Maryland. Reagan National Airport in Washington had nearly 10 inches by 2 p.m., and Baltimore got nearly a foot. That was on top of totals up to 3 feet in some places from the weekend storm.
"I have never in my lifetime seen or heard anything quite like this," said D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin, who was born and raised in the District.
The previous records for snowiest winters were 62.5 inches in Baltimore in 1995-96, and 54.4 inches in Washington in 1898-99. As of Wednesday afternoon, Baltimore had 72.3 inches so far this winter and Reagan had 54.9.
Heavy snow also fell in New York and New Jersey. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights, and New York City's 1.1 million schoolchildren enjoyed only their third snow day in six years. The District of Columbia's two airports had no flights coming or going Wednesday.
The streets of downtown Philadelphia, which was close to setting its own snow record, were nearly vacant as people heeded the mayor's advice to stay home.
Entrance ramps to closed highways were blockaded, and the Pennsylvania National Guard had Humvees stocked with food and blankets ready to help anyone who got stuck. Earlier in the day, crashes closed a nine-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania, sending 17 people to the hospital, none with serious injuries.
"For your safety, do not drive," Gov. Ed Rendell said. "You will risk your life and, potentially, the lives of others if you get stuck on highways or any road."
In Virginia, where some areas had snow totals exceeding 30 inches from the two storms, winds were howling at 50 mph and temperatures were plunging. Gov. Bob McDonnell urged people to stay indoors.
"This snow reminds me of when I was driving tractor-trailers in Saudi Arabia, and the sandstorm starts and you can't see the roads," said Syeed Zada, 55, a plow driver for the Virginia Department of Transportation.
In western Pennsylvania, utility customers said about 30,000 people were without power. Some never got it back after the last storm.
Glenn Harvey, 59, who has a lung problem and needs oxygen, had been staying at a Red Cross shelter in Bentleyville,Pa., since Saturday.
Firefighters brought him there after the storm knocked out power to his house Friday night. His wife stayed home with their dog, where she's using a kerosene heater to keep warm.
"It's not been easy on her," Harvey said.
In Washington, the federal government was closed for a third straight day. The longest weather-related government shutdown ever was in 1996, when employees did not have to go to work for a full week.
In northwest Washington, a Caribou Coffee shop was standing-room-only. Most people pecked away at laptop computers as snow fell steadily outside.
"Can't get to the office, but the work still needs to get done," said attorney Christopher Erckert.
Driving conditions got so bad that officials in Washington and some nearby suburbs pulled plows off the roads. InBaltimore, Pete Korfiatis dumped snow into the Inner Harbor with a front-end loader until city officials decided the roads were too slick.
"They just shut everything down," he said.
Heavy snow collapsed part of the roof and a wall at a Smithsonian Institution storage building in Suitland, Md. It was not clear if any artifacts were damaged.
In New York, George and Natividad Sanchez trudged over slushy sidewalks in boots, parkas and scarves to take their 2-year-old daughter to see "Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up."
"I didn't want to disappoint her," George Sanchez said as the family arrived for the show at a theater in Madison SquareGarden.
The news wasn't all bad. Washington has not had a homicide in a week. Ski areas were doing brisk business, when people could get to them. And private contractors were making money plowing driveways and parking lots.
But many people were just ready for the ordeal to end.
In a yard in Westmont, N.J., someone used bright orange paint to scrawl nature a message on a white backdrop: "Dear Mr Frost," it read. "We're good w/ snow." (END QUOTE)
“And I shall make you a great nation, and bless you and make your name great, and you shall be a blessing!
And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you…”
Bereshith/Genesis 12:2-3
2/11/10
