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49 of 50 U.S. states have snow
With ferocious blizzards pounding the East Coast, and a number of other storms blowing across the western U.S. and plains states, the country now has the presence of snow in 49 of the 50 states. An arctic blast rolled across the country earlier this week, sending temperatures falling in southern states that normally are spared winter's wraith. Only Florida remains free of snow at the moment.Despite the fact that snow was found in all 50 states last February, it is a rare occurrence to have so many places in the U.S. have snow on the ground at the same time. According to CNN, meteorologists estimate that approximately 69.4% of the lower U.S. states are currently buried under some amount of snow. Alaska of course has snow all year round and it is not uncommon for Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea mountains to have snow throughout the winter either.
The news didn't improve as the week has gone along. A Midwest storm combined with the one that hit Atlanta a few days back, and created the massive blizzard that dumped plenty of the white stuff on the New England states yesterday. Many residents in the Northeast are still digging out from 10+ inches of snow, and travelers have been left stranded throughout the country as well.
Here in Texas, where I live, we're suppose to hit 60 degrees Fahrenheit by the weekend. But for those of you living in less warm conditions, keep your chin up. We still have several months of winter to go, and we're probably not through the worst of it yet. Perhaps now would be a good time to take up snowshoeing or skiing?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mervyn Sullivan Jan 15th 2011 5:37AM
The IPCC chairman, and his cabal of 'snake-oil salesman', 'snake charmers', 'crooks' and 'fraudsters', who call themselves scientists, thought they could con the world with their 'political pseudo-science', and keep the 'skeptics' at bay. But they forgot about one important factor... Mother Nature.
Dr Pachauri and his merry twits thought they could bluff all the people all the time. But they stuidly forgot that the people have to deal with what Mother Nature actually throws at them. And what Mother Nature is throwing at them is quite different to what the IPCC said would be happening. Surprise surprise... Mother Nature is not obeying the climate computer models, so much relied upon by the IPCC.
And it is because of what Mother Nature is doing, that Pachauri and his pseudo-scientists are now being exposed as being the 'great global warming swindlers' of our time. Their mantra is falling apart day by day, and it will only take the US Government to dump global warming, once and for all, for the whole global movement of AGW to collapse. And that would be the best thing that could ever happen.
Scribejot Jan 17th 2011 9:35AM
The principle occurring now is a part of global warming. Have you ever left the refridgerator door open? The kitchen gets cold as the fridge gets warmer. The science is complicated. There is overwelming evidence to support it. Corporations are depending on the ignorant public to buy into the "no global warming" propaganda campaign. They have a lot riding on it. They are resistant to green initiatives due to costs. Global warming is bad for business. I wonder what the scientific community has to gain by lying, by bringing false evidence? Nothing. Studies are overwhelming that global warming exists. Perhaps those who would argue the point would be better served by drawing attention to the evils of Harry Potter. Some tea is too bitter for drinking.
Deven Jan 26th 2011 2:38AM
I'm a high school student and I can connect global warming to this with about 3 seconds thought. The higher temperatures cause more water from the ocean to evaporate. The increase in moisture in the air floats around till winter when its cold enough to.... guess what. Dump in the form of snow all over the US including areas that usually escape snow. Oh my that was mighty difficult to understand. I'm sure it's more complicated, but anyone with half a brain can understand that unusual weather(even snow storms) only further shows that something is changing. It's pretty obvious what that is.
LOOK PAST THE TITLE. Global warming does not mean that every place in the world heats up. It affects different places in different ways. Oh they said its called global warming so if winter comes and there's more snow than usual then all their science is automatically broken? What are you five?
Maybe a result of warming is different than their report predicted. How can it not be? Obviously they can't accurately predict weather years to come. Can you?However the concept is sound, there WILL be affects from our emissions.