The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-07-20

In Key West, where are neither
chimneys nor winter, the weather
conditions existing throughout the
world this summer would seem to
be a topic of extreme interest.
Two or three days ago % feet of
snow were reported in the south
west section of Argentine, in a
dispatch from Buenos Aires.
The present winter there, if Key
Westers can imagine 1.-THE pres
ent winter-is said to be the worst
in 25 years. Snow has been fall
ing in some sections for more thar
a week, paralyzing all activities
and creating a food shortage at
some points.
The temperature has falleE
eight degrees below zero, Fahren-
heit, in the neighborhood of Chu-
but. The snowfall in the foothills
of the Andes, near Mcqueen, has
not been equaled for 80 years.
Advices from Mendoza say that
rail and telegraph communication
on the trans-Andean route have
been badly tied up.
The snow is % feet deep in the
vicinity of Juncal on the Chilean
side Of the trans-Andean Railway
and it is not likelx that normal
railway communication viii be re-
established before the end of
August The winter there is de-
scrihed as the severest since 1873.
Kodiak not the home of the
camera of that sort of sounding
name Kodiak, Alaska, reports
that for the first time known
there. wild geese are nesting in
marshes along the coast of the
Alaskan Peninsula, /, 900 miles
farther south than the Yukon
Delta River. It is believed the
birds sense the coming of an un-
usual early winter. possibly before
the coslings could flv.
The presence of ice in Bering
Sea is keeping the temperature of
Norton Sound far below the sea-
sons average. Weather condi-
tions may affect in some way the
food supply Of wild geese, causing
them to seek new nesting places.
Herbert Browne, Washington i
ocean weather expert, says it is to
be 1927, and not this year, which
will sec the return Of the so-called
sunmerless 1916 type of weather.
In 1916 ice formed during the
summer in the fields as far south
as Pennsylvania. Browne bases
his prediction on the decrease in
the suns radiation which has been
below normal for more than three
years.
He foresees a severe winter
just ahead with heavy snowfall
and long continued cold waves fol
lowed by late spring. A Swedish
scientist is predicting the return
Of the "fimbul winters to north
ern Europe. for the same reason,
that is three winters without in-
tervcning summers worth speak
ing Of as such. These fimbul win
tiers are disastrous to crops in
northern Europe.
This week the Westminster
Gazette. published in London.
gave great prominence under
scare headlines to m article about
the Ice Are. which 1t asserts Is
about to commence again. Accord.
ing 10 a copyrighted cable in the
New York World, "This summer
may be the last worthy of the
name. With the passing of the
period Of maximum sun spots in
the next two years. the suns pow
er viii decline, with resulting low
er temperatures and revolutionary
changes in the life Of our planet. "
Among changes predicted are a
fall Of five degrees ia the average
temperature. movement eff the
Polar ice cap farther south to be-
set Atlantic steamer routes with
iceherxs. and much later sprinv,
affecting production ard cost of
food, 1t i figured that the wheat
growing belt win have e N0ve
much nearer tire Equator, ssrioas