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A SHARK HAS frozen to death in Cape Cod Massachusetts as the heavy snow and freezing cold continues to grip a large section of the US.
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy said the shark was too frozen to attempt a necropsy.
The conservancy said it hauled the shark off the beach and it’s currently thawing and will be dissected later.
They added that the male shark was around 14ft in length.
Some 24,000 customers in Virginia, 9,000 in Massachusetts, and thousands more in Georgia, South Carolina and Florida faced potential power outages in bitterly cold sub-freezing temperatures.
Yesterday, Florida saw snow for the first time in 29 years.
Roads were closed in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia, where Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in coastal areas.
Temperatures were so low in northern New York that Niagara Falls the giant waterfalls straddling the US-Canadian border froze.
Relief in the form of warmer temperatures was not expected until next week, according to the National Weather Service.
Additional reporting by AFP
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Apologies writing here but re the article about the lads knocking that girl onto dart lines. It’s a complete sham. Zero repercussions in this country. I’m sure he’ll go on to become a valued member of society
@Gareth Wogan: that gives carte blanche to any other 5 c u m b a g to prey on innocent members of society
@Gareth Wogan: complete and utter waste of time, a gang, intimidating and assaulting people and there are no consequences, I wonder if it was the judges daughter they did that to, would it be different. They must be laighing with their mates over this…
Sure isn’t that marvellous! Now where they going to stay? Any digs out there!? Streets? Tents?
@✨Barbara Christopher: there’s actually a good supply of student accommodation in Dublin and more being built at present. Not sure about rest of the country though
@✨Barbara Christopher: you’re right Barbara, they shouldn’t have bothered creating extra places for the students who have been competiting for places where points have gone up unprecedentedly. Isn’t that right? Always something to moan about. Moan when they do something and moan when they don’t
@Ian McDonald: Not moaning, stating a fact. Let’s see come October. I love the fact there’s more places made available, but will the students find accommodation that’s affordable and acceptable. There’s nothing out there to rent – fact. That was my point.
@Dave Harris: that not the consensus of most students ringing in to newstalk radio station struggling to find accommodation in Dublin..
So 1000+ extra student places. Great. Any chance of increasing the funding to the colleges that will be dealing with extra workloads involved? Any chance of more staff so as to address our currently dire staff:student ratios? We are WAY behind the OECD average. I won’t hold my breath.
@Dr Angela Flynn: Christ, someone else making a positive into a negative.
@Ian McDonald: Its facts.
@✨Barbara Christopher: Barbara, you are choosing to fester in the negatives of a positive. There’s nothing more I can do for you.
@Ian McDonald: hateful when people mention reality rather than “be positive xD! Wooo!”
A move in the right direction, increasing places where there are skills shortages but they could do more if they squandered less public money on ‘candy floss’ courses like gender studies, women’s studies etc. In fact they could get rid of most courses with ‘studies’ in the title and society would be no worse off.
Wonder how many are for the irish
Where will they all live?
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