On 09 October 2016, U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel responded to calls of cannonballs hitting Folly Beach, South Carolina.
Turns out Hurricane Matthew dug up some U.S. Civil War era cannonballs. During the War Between the States, Charleston was the site of several naval battles, including the use of some of the world’s first armored battleships, called monitors (aka Ironclads).
“It’s awful. I had to walk two hours through freezing temperatures just to get to the metro. The area is full of trees that have fallen on cars but no one’s come to help us.”-Federico Maneski, Rome, Italy
While North America is experiencing a warmer than normal winter, Europe and Asia are breaking records. From record snowfall in Japan and Korea, to record low temps in Europe.
Japan and South Korea had reported record snowfall, and record freezing temps, but not as freezing as the temps in Europe.
As of February 6, at least 420 Europeans, mostly homeless people, have frozen to death! Finland has hit -40 Celsius (-104 Fahrenheit)! The deaths of people who do not have access to heat sources range from France, Italy, Poland, Romania to Ukraine.
In Serbia, an area of 70,000 people has been cut off by record snowfall. Police and military units have to use helicopters to fly in supplies. In Croatia, a woman gave birth to a daughter with the help of her neighbors in her village, because the road to the hospital was blocked by snow. She named her daughter Snjezana, which means Snow White in Croatian.
The freezing temps have even hit the North African country of Algeria. 16 people were killed when their cars slid off ice covered roads.