I guess freezing Europeans don’t care so much about the CO2 emissions of the helicopters bringing them food. Maybe they think they’re flying wind-turbines coming to save the day?

Helicopters ferried food and medicine to iced-in villagers on Wednesday as Europe’s 12-day-old cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continent, where more than 400 have died as a direct result.
Eastern countries such as Poland and Ukraine account for more than half this total, and dozens more have succumbed to the weather’s secondary effects, such as asphyxiation by shoddy heating.
Heavy snows eased in Bosnia but the bitter cold continued, especially in the south and southeast, where temperatures dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit.)
Thousands struggled without power, including around the historic city of Mostar, where some 15,000 homes lacked electricity.
Uma Sinanovic, a spokeswoman for Bosnia’s defence ministry, said areas around Nevesinje and Berkovici in the country’s south were especially hard hit.

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