Prickly City by Scott Stantis for March 26, 2024

Is Stantis acknowledging that climate change is not a hoax?

“But it is still snowing even after winter is over that proves that global warming is fake” The Fern /s

Shades of Jim Inhofe and his snowball.

Swing and a miss, Minnesota is being pounded by a snow and ice storm.

Bitter cold continues to grip the United States as unusual freezing temperatures stretch as far south as Florida this week. Even more chilly weather is in store through the weekend, putting more than 80 percent of the US population under some type of cold weather advisory.

But this jarring cold snap is sandwiched between the end of what was the hottest year on record and the start of another year that could be even hotter.

And even as temperatures plunge to new depths, the recent weather isn’t remotely enough to derail an ominous trend.

As the climate changes, the bottom of the temperature scale is rising faster than the top. This pronounced winter warming is often less palpable than the triple-digit summer heat waves that have become all the more frequent across much of the country, but no less profound.

According to Climate Central, more than 200 locations around the United States have lost almost two weeks of below-freezing nights since 1970. By 2050, 23 states are projected to lose upward of a month of freezing days.

“In general, winters have been getting warmer across the country, and really across the world,” said Pamela Knox, an agricultural climatologist at the University of Georgia extension. “It turns out that the colder seasons are warming up more quickly than the warmer seasons.”

Warmer winters are one of the strongest examples of how humanity has changed the world with its ravenous appetite for fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and drive up global temperatures.

That doesn’t just mean fewer good ski days or the end of white Christmases for some regions; cold weather is an important, essential signal for plants and animals, and losing it has far-reaching effects on the economy, food production, and health.

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Vox

Why have our winters gotten so weird?

Yes, it’s freezing now. But winters are actually warming dangerously fast.

Have you ever noticed that when people have a political agenda that they care a great deal about, they sometimes are willing to lie to support it?

I see a lot of that.

Ever notice that when people find facts inconvenient, they find someone to tell them what they want to hear?

Climate change is real. Climate has changed hot and cold since the earth began. Evidence of ice ages is abundant. The debate is over HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE AFFECTING the current change.

There is no “man-made” climate change. No matter what mankind does or doesn’t do, the climate WILL change, cyclically. That’s history.

The question is: what can mankind to to limit our contribution to the current cycle? I’m not a climate scientist, so I can’t say.

The answer may be “nothing”. It may be that our existence on the plant ends up having minimal effect. But as long as there are people and organizations that can MAKE MONEY on the climate debate, the conversation — and drain on taxpayer money — will continue.

Paul D: The question is: what can mankind to to limit our contribution to the current cycle? I’m not a climate scientist, so I can’t say.

Guess what? The climate scientists do say we’re contributing a lot to the current cycle, and possibly beyond where even limiting our contribution may be too late.

BREAKING NEWS TRUMP PICKED HIS RUNNING MATE, ( THE PILLOW GUY)

Because of climate change, wake up.

I live in northern North Dakota and yes it was a mild winter. But at 4am when I was loading my truck outside for work it was +5 actual temperature, the wind was blowing pretty good so I’m sure the windchill was much lower. Never felt so cold, I can tolerate -20 in January much better than +5 on March 26 (almost April).