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No word from Kenyan authorities over Equitorial Ice hailstones!
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by JOSEPH KANYI | September 5, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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No word from Kenyan authorities over Equitorial Ice hailstones!
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Days after hailstones accompanied by ice flakes covered a village in the Central part of Kenya, authorities have not come out to explain the rare phenomena which left hundreds of farmers counting heavy losses in Nyandarua North.
The village which is literally on the Equator is right on top of the a hill which is one of the highest points in the region and according the locals, the area was formerly covered by Olborosat forest and acted as the catchment area for several streams which drain to the Thompson falls.
Thousands of people from various parts of the country and even tourists who were visiting the Nyahururu Thompson Falls thronged the ice field to witness 'the winter village' right on the equator.
One of the villages recalled a similar condition happening back in 1988 but not many people could notice since the area was partially covered by forest.
The farmers in the area have urged to Kenyan government to haste their research and release a statement to avoid a disaster in the future.
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JOSEPH KANYI
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at 23:29 on September 5th, 2008
JOSEPH KANYI, I like this story. It's good stuff.
What an amazing story. Thanks for following up on it.
at 04:52 on September 6th, 2008
JOSEPH KANYI, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Saw a great clip on the news of the kids having a 'snowball' fight....kids are the same the world over, fantastic story but makes you wonder why this happened here
at 05:10 on September 6th, 2008
JOSEPH KANYI, I like this story. It's good stuff. Those photos are brilliant!
at 06:10 on September 6th, 2008
JOSEPH KANYI, I like this story. It's good stuff. I'm surprised no one has linked this disaster to the revenge of god against clear-cutting the forest and impacting the watershed that feeds the Nyahururu Thompson falls.
at 06:18 on September 6th, 2008
JOSEPH KANYI, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:37 on September 6th, 2008
at 06:47 on September 6th, 2008
People forget that only about 20 - 30 miles from wherever in the world they may be standing, the temperature is just about at absolute zero, around -273 C !!
Of course, I mean that distance directly overhead ...
Mysterious article !!
at 08:14 on September 16th, 2008
thanx .
keep up.
splendid work . keep on.