Bitter cold,snow and wins sweep nation.

A cold front with winds, of 70 mph, snow and ice hit the state of Washington on Saturday, December 20, 2008. The front continued east through the midwest and into new England. Weather forecasters have issued a warning that another cold front is directly behind the first one. On Monday, December 15, 2008 China launched a Long March 4B Remote Sensing satellite fromTaiyuan spaceport. On Saturday, December 20, 2008 the European Space Agency launched an Ariane SECA COMSAT (Communications Satellite) from Kourou Sapceport in French Guiana located in Northeast section of South America. With these two additional holes poked through the ozone layer letting in large solar winds driving the jet stream berserk. That is what developed the cold fronts with extreme winds, snow and ice.