In message ,
Bruce Messer writes
Brace yourself for snowstorms and freezing temperatures: Met Office
confirms fears El Nino could cause a harsh winter in Europe

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ce-snowstorms-
freezing-temperatures-Met-Office-confirms-fears-El-Nino-cause-harsh-wint
er-Europe.html

When you get past the alarmist lead and read as far as the "small print"
though, you find a Met Office spokesman saying 'there is a small
increase in the risk of a colder than average winter this year'. I think
that probably puts it in a better perspective.
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(Taken, with the author's permission, from a LiveJournal post)