Global Warming Hits Minnesota WIth New Record -- December 27, 2017

Thank goodness there's a bit of "global warming" to offset what might have been a lot colder Minnesota today. As it is, International Falls, MN, set a new record low temperature: minus 36 degree F. Social media responded:

• Embarrass, MN: minus 40 degrees F
• Cotton, MN: minus 41 degrees F

But it has been worse. The state's record low temperature was a minus 60 degrees in Tower, Minnesota in 1996.

Al Gore's book, Earth In The Balance, was published in 1992.

Forecast for one of the snowiest winters on record (2017 - 2018). Now we have forecast for one of the coldest winters ever. A screenshot from The Drudge Report:

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Meanwhile in Sunny Southern California

Shocking video footage of downtown Los Angeles in today's The [London] Daily Mail]. Shot on 5th Street, 6th Street and San Pedro in the Skid Row district, it captures life in one of the city's most notorious homeless hotspots.

Map of the immediate area:

And a bit farther south, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that San Diego border crossings are now overwhelmed by asylum seekers from all over the world. And it looks like Big Bend (Texas) is where the US-Mexico border is most susceptible to illegal immigration.