The western municipality of Merikarvia shoveled its way into history books on Saturday with a new Finnish record for snowfall in a single day. Local residents were in high spirits because of the chance notoriety, despite the wintry chaos.
The inhabitants of the municipality of Merikarvia in Western Finland were stunned overnight when their town became the site of a new Finnish record. At 8 am Saturday, meteorologists measured that more than 70 centimetres of snow had accumulated in a single 24-hour period, or close to two and a half feet.
http://www.sott.net/article/310122-Recor...n-24-hours
that much snow if it fell in the sierra nevada mountains wouldalmost releive our drought problems here in CA
The inhabitants of the municipality of Merikarvia in Western Finland were stunned overnight when their town became the site of a new Finnish record. At 8 am Saturday, meteorologists measured that more than 70 centimetres of snow had accumulated in a single 24-hour period, or close to two and a half feet.
http://www.sott.net/article/310122-Recor...n-24-hours
that much snow if it fell in the sierra nevada mountains wouldalmost releive our drought problems here in CA