Global Warming HIts The Bakken, Bismarck, And DAPL; All-Time Snow Record Falls -- January 2, 2016

 Updates

Later, 8:51 p.m. Central Time: two days into January and snowfall records have all been broken; these numbers are so huge, the snowfall records in North Dakota will never be broken again. And I hear it's -34 degrees in Grand Forks right now. I'm sure glad we're spending all that money fighting global warming. Wow, what a waste. 

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We'll post the snowfall finals later. The snow is still falling.

BNSF snowed in two miles west of Lemmon, SD.

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Definition of A Fly-Over State
Completely Snowed In
Global Warming 101

It's rare to see an entire state shut down due to snow, especially in an era of global warming. For legend, this site:

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Trump's Cabinet

On another note: new front-runner for Secretary of Agriculture -- former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue declined to confirm or deny reports Monday that he's now the leading candidate to serve as Donald Trump's agriculture secretary. I track the "cabinet" here.