Shorts in Maine in January? Yes...

[sazemisery]

Much of Nation Experiencing a Balmy Winter

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060202141609990002&_ccc=6&cid=842

Global Warming? Nah.....:wtf:

Take the poll in the middle of the page.

[sasha031]

1. ya I know what you mean, it's been in the 50's in Ma most of the winter

I love how the weather forecasters are always gleeful about it...
it scares the hell out of me.

[sazemisery]

2. I'm in Oklahoma and it was 85 degrees yesterday

[Broken_Hero]

9. Yeah, no doubt...

I'm in SW Missouri, near the 4 state area of ks, ok, mo and ar...the weather man said the other day, that their were 18 days in January, where the temps were over 60 degree's. Our weather has been like Spring weather, and no shit on this...last weekend I was outside pruning tree's and planting, don't ask me why, I just did...it felt like spring weather to me. I'm from alaska, and I can't stand this moderate crap! Bring on the rain/ice/snow please...:) So my wife can call in, on those snow days....:)

edit:spelling

[Delphinus]

10. I know!

I want to shake this shit out of them and ask them why they're so stupid!!!

[Richard D]

3. In L.A.

We're having typical June weather now.

[Sequoia]

6. Would that be June Gloom?

[Richard D]

8. Yes

Hot in the valley and inland, cold and foggy at the beach. June Gloom. Weird.

[smitty]

4. Shorts in Maine?

How about golf in Wisconsin? The local newspaper reported that this January was our warmest or second warmest January---depending on location. Here in SE Wisconsin the temperature averaged 14 degrees above normal. The weather records date back to the 1870s so we're talking about 135 years. The first three days of February have also been warm but it is supposed to get back to normal next week.

[lapfog_1]

5. Yeah, I saw some TV weather idiot

talk about this... his basic response (to the question "Is the unusually warm January evidence of Global Warming") was "Ask the people in Eastern Europe and Russia about global warming!" (being dismissive of the question).

Of course, he is not a climatologist... and to keep calling it "Global Warming" is a mistake. It's Global Climate Change (and yes, the global mean temperature IS rising, but more important is the increasing evidence of greater climatic variations ). The sooner we start using climate change as the terminology of choice (and try to get the MSM to use the same) the better. Europe may enter into a mini-ice age... and north america may experience much warmer winters (and increased extreme weather events... more hurricanes, more tornados...)

Sigh.

[Old and In the Way]

7. It was T-shirt weather up here yetrerday, Raining today.

Snow is pretty much gone now. But there's no global warming going on...right.

[Pooka Fey]

11. Poll Results at 8:15 p.m. PST

<snip>
How do you feel about the warmer-than-usual winter so far?
Love it. I can do without the cold 60%
Freaked out. It's just unnatural 26%
Hate it. Bring on the snow 14%

How's the weather been in your area?
Warmer than normal 92%
About the same 7%
Colder than normal 1%

Total Votes: 19,868
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060202141609990002&_ccc=6&cid=842
<snip>

92% polled: Warmer than normal temps
60% polled: AND WOO-HOO I'm wearing shorts in January in Maine AND AH'MA "L-U-V" LUUVINN IT BABY !!!!!!!!!! Pass me a Bud Light It's SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bounce::bounce::bounce:

:cry:

[skids]

12. It's screwing up my experiments.

I'm trying to break a glass bottle with freezing ice in my backyard and it damn well won't go below
freezing. I don't want to have to do this in the fridge. :+