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Later, 11:19 pm: Yup, there it was. On the late night news, snowfall this month is an all-time record for Worcester, Massachusetts. It also is a record for any month in Worcester.
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AccuWeather is reporting:The latest indications are that the weather pattern will continue to favor colder storms that bring snow, in part, from the Central states to the East into early April.
The pattern may translate to a longer heating season, higher heating bills and more time, money and effort into snow removal later into the season than usual in some communities. The pattern can also negatively influence some spring weather-related activities.
The long-range weather patterns from the Central states to the Appalachians and even the East Coast point toward additional storms and just enough cold air when they come calling to bring more snow and a wintry mix, despite the official arrival of spring on Wednesday, March 20."Children aren't going to know what snow is?" -- flashback
"Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past." -- flashback
"Even the children won't know what snow is." -- flashback
That's the problem I had with the whole "global warming" thing: outright lies. One degree increase in global temperature over a century is not the end of the world. In fact, for some species it will be good. For all we know, it might be good for human beings. Had the global warming activists talked about CO2 increases in the ocean causing a more acidic ocean they might have had more credibility. But with claims that children would no longer know what snow is and implications that the Earth was going to turn into another Venus made be a denier. And, of course now, it looks like the earth quit warming sixteen years ago. And the amount of CO2 the US is emitting continues to decrease, but there are no such claims being made by China, India, Brazil, or Cyprus. And, with Germany returning to coal, that country, a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, will start spewing more CO2.
I didn't catch it on the local television station but they said this was going to be the snowiest winter (ever) or (in a long time). Doesn't matter. The point is that at least kids in this neighborhood still know what snow is. And their children, their grandchildren, and their great-grandchildren a century from now will also know what snow is.