Well it snowed last night while we were all asleep. It came early compared to the last several years - it used to be that we'd wonder if there would be snow or not by Christmas time.
Someone at work mentioned that some global warming expert was saying how this is an indicator that global warming is happening. I was stunned for a bit, wondering what sort of reasoning could possibly have deducted a global warming trend from a colder winter. Apparently, someone somewhere is saying that just before it gets REALLY warm, it will suddenly get really cold... as if the mercury or alcohol in a thermometer was crouching down to get ready to jump for an all new height. I haven't tried looking up where this comes from but it really just makes me want to close my eyes and forget I ever heard it. Sure, modifying the atmosphere with pollution is not a good thing, but this sort of weird interpretation says scare-mongering to me.
I really hope it was just the "telephone effect", where too many retellings of the same story had warped it beyond recognition.
Allen.
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