Ellen MacArthur wrote:
OzOne wrote
Actually as disused mines collapse, they do indeed cause earthquakes.


Hogwash!
Earthquakes are caused by shifting tectonic plates. Coal mines barely scrape the surface.
Try Googling things before you make ignorant comments like that...
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/lo...tectonics.html

Cheers,
Ellen



New Zealand had coldest December in 78 years

Wellington, Jan 3 (DPA) New Zealanders shivered in December, with the
capital recording its coldest start to the southern hemisphere summer
for 78 years, according to official figures released Wednesday.

The National Climate Centre said that Wellington's average temperature
was 12.9 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees below normal and the lowest since
records began in 1928.


Even Kaitaia, the country's northernmost town, suffered a 2.5-degree
drop in the average December temperature to 15.6 Celsius, the lowest
since records were first taken there in 1948.

The chill has continued into the New Year as most New Zealanders are
taking their summer vacations.

Snow fell this week on Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano and the North
Island's highest peak at 2,797-metres. The temperature in Wellington
hovered Tuesday around 11 Celsius, about the same as European cities now
in the depths of winter.