What the hell is wrong with the weather?

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Snow and record cold in Oregon and Washington, and cold as a well digger's ass in Montana - in Montana. Hot as hell in Texas and in practically the whole rest of the country. Down here in Texas, we're used to it still being cool and mild with at least one ice storm in April, which happened last year and the year before and the year before. But yesterday I was sweatin' my ass off just taking my walk.

WTF?

[mwb970]

1. Pay no attention, it's just another liberal hoax. /nt

[islandmkl]

2. don't worry...according to the flat-earthers...you are not involved in any way with the weather...

other than there is nothing you can do about it...there is nothing you are doing that might contribute to any aspect of weather or climate...

it is just a cycle, you see....

yeah, all the crap we put in the air, the water, the ground...it is just a cycle...

[zbdent]

11. yeah, since the Earth is only 10000 years old or so

and you can see, over the millions of years, that there have been many of these cycles ...

:silly:

[Mabus]

3. Who cares about the weather?

Isn't there a blond missing or a car chase going on somewhere?

:sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

4. I'm right on schedule in Houston; had to finally shut the windows

and crank on the A/C yesterday. It's that time...

[Marrah_G]

5. Gorgeous summer weather in MA...............

[Squatch]

6. Yeah...you're right...

It NEVER gets cold in Washington, Oregon, or Montana.

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8. Is it normally this cold in April, nearly May?

[MissB]

10. No. Not this late. Or at least very, very rarely.

I've lived in Oregon or Washington my entire life. In Oregon, is generally isn't this cold - rainy, yes, cold, not so much. A cold snap like what happened this past weekend is unusual. I feel for all of the owners of orchards up in Hood River Valley.

[TechBear_Seattle]

7. It is called global climate change, and yes: global warming is the problem

Even for the record cold and snow.

You might want to look that Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy, Forty Inches of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below and Sixty Days And Counting for a good (if fictionalized) account of how global warming is likely to cause (and is now causing) wild swings of extreme weather.

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9. Kim Stanley Robinson

:thumbsup:

[El Pinko]

12. I don't know about where you live, but El Paso has ALWAYS been warm in April.

Warm and sunny with our lovely spring sandstorms...

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13. Just south of Ft Worth. And no matter how often it

happens, which is quite often as to be the norm, we never cease to be awed by a sudden snowfall or ice storm here in April. But although we've had some cool mornings and overcast days, and one major squall, it's been like May here, as if the climate moved back a month or two. At this rate, May is going to be brutal - that is of course unless GW has something else in store.

[madrchsod]

14. here ya go --an animated map on the climate change in the usa

the jet streams are moving north which means the southern parts of america will receive less rainfall. up here in the northern midwest-west we will receive more rainfall.


this animated map tracks from 1990-2006



usa.http://www.arborday.org/media/mapchanges.cfm
Hardiness Zone Changes at arborday.org

[slackmaster]

15. It's just fine where I am

:shrug:

[fed-up]

16. record cold in parts of central valley-CA-farmer BF had all his chard/kale frozen

he will not be going to market as greens are his staple crop
his lettuce is okay