Global warming nearly claimed its first casualties…as long as you don’t count all the extra hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and drought-caused famine. Ice falling from a calving glacier at Glacier Bay National Park struck two hikers causing severe injuries. The Coast Guard airlifted the two hikers to safety, and they’re now recovering. Those two hikers must feel pretty stupid driving around in their new Conquest Vehicles Knight XV truck.

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