Doom Almanac April 1 in doom history

April1

April 1: a fine day for making predictions

Nothing was due today, but on this date in 2000, somebody went on the record.

On this day in doom history

1 item · 1 prediction
  1. 200026th anniversary
    Said on this day

    Climate Scientist, 2000: Germany Will No Longer Get Winters With Hard Frost and Lots of Snow

    Mojib Latif told Der Spiegel that winters like those of twenty years earlier were over in Germany's latitudes. Ten winters later the national weather service measured the coldest December since 1969.

    No More Frosty, Snowy Winters in Germany · Mojib Latif (climate scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg)

    Deadline set: From the winter of 2000-01 onward · status: Busted

    Every countdown starts somewhere; these started today.

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