What a Winter!
It snowed a few days ago. Then we had freezing rain. The
streets were iced and the accidents abundant. Then it thawed a bit causing some
flooding. Now, late afternoon on this gray Tuesday it is starting to snow
again. Just a few flakes so far and only a couple of inches predicted. Oops, it
has already shifted to freezing rain. It’s one storm after another.
What a winter. It is affecting the whole country
differently. Boston is on the cusp of having record snows this year: Maine
already surpassed its record. And while it would seem terrific to be in San
Francisco where the Bay Area is experiencing the warmest weather in its
history, it also in the midst of a record drought. Even Sitka, Alaska, is
having an unusual winter – it’s warmest.
Call it polar vortex or whatever, it is certainly a strange
season. I wonder how the migrating creatures are faring. Are they as confused
as we are? Is nature playing games with us or is it that we have been playing
games with nature? Both, it seems. Nature traditionally fluctuates in the
amount of heat and chemicals available to earth but it is human activity that
is creating a larger problem. Check out what NASA and the Environmental
Protection Agency have to say about climate change. This winter may be a fluke
but it might be a harbinger as well.
Temperature extremes this winter:
NASA’s look at climate change:
For an in-depth analysis from the EPA:
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