Winter of 2008; Blizzard inundates Ohio and Kentucky

Global warming seems to exclude parts of the midwest and south, as blizzards have buried parts of Ohio and Kentucky in snow.

This follows winter weather in Texas this week.




Anna, Texas - H/T Myway

Winter carnival cancelled in New Hampshire

Much like recent "global warming" conferences, a winter carnival in New Hampshire has been cancelled due to too much winter weather.

Global cooling? Winter of 2008

Today's weather included frost warnings throughout the southern United States with unusually cold temperatures troughout the U.S.

More importantly, climate data over the past year indicates we may be facing global cooling instead of global warming:

Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years, with places like Wisconsin the highest since record-keeping began. Record levels of Antarctic sea ice, record cold in Minnesota, Texas, Florida, Mexico, Australia, Iran, Greece, South Africa, Greenland, Argentina, Chile -- the list goes on and on.

Whenever trends appear that contradict the global warming religion, the left argues that anecdotal evidence is of limited value. But such arguments run only one way:

Alarmists argue that such a short term temperature change is insignificant compared to trends over the last century. However, they change their tune when temperatures are higher than normal for a day. After a few mild days in January 2007, "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer questioned if global warming is the culprit. "Today" co-host Meredith Vieira went further wondering if we are "all gonna die."

H/T Newsbusters

Winter of 2008; snowstorms and arctic temperatures in Greece

Global warming has been delayed not only in the U.S., China and Japan, but also in Greece:

A raging snow storm that blanketed most of Greece over the weekend also continued into the early morning hours on Monday, plunging the country into sub-zero temperatures. Public transport buses were at a standstill on Monday in the wider Athens area, while ships remained in ports, public services remained closed, and schools and courthouses in the more severely-stricken prefectures were also closed. Scores of villages, mainly on the island of Crete, and in the prefectures of Evia, Argolida, Arcadia, Lakonia, Viotia, and the Cyclades islands were snowed in.

For those of you whose publik skule teeches globul warmin insted of geeogrufee, this is Greece.

Greece

Winter storms continue; Winter of 2008

Severe weather in the Northeast continued today, as ice blankets the roads and disrupts traffic while hundreds of schools are closed in central Pennsylvania alone:

Subfreezing temperatures will continue into the mid morning hours with ice accumulations greater than a quarter of an inch possible.

H/T WHTM












These weather posts of mine are among the most boring items I have ever posted. But the MSM/DNC has placed us in the position of having to repeat the obvious over and over again. The MSM/DNC almost seems to take pleasure in denying the obvious, so we must repeat the truth continuously so that we don't forget our own experiences in the barrage of propaganda.

Click here for a reminder of some of the weather we endured last year at this time.

Winter of 2008; Potomac primary

I try to memorialize severe weather events so that we will not be at the mercy of Today Show teleprompters telling us (in 6 months) that 2008 was the "warmest winter on record."

I try also to tie in concurrent, unrelated events as memory aids, like major sporting events:

Without the Ice Bowl (or other event by which to remember a bitter winter), we would forget that a major cold spell occurred at that time. We would be left with only vague memories of winters past and MSM/DNC drumbeats about global warming. Each year's bitter weather would fade into the same memory hole as Bill Clinton's sale of nuclear weapon technology to China or Islamic terrorism.

Today, the "Potomac Primary" is taking place, in which voters in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. take part. Severe snow and cold weather is hampering voters' efforts to elect a candidate that will solve "global warming."

Click here for the National Weather Service advisory. Years from now, as we remember the election that put the first George Soros agent into the White House, we can remember the conditions in which voters went to the polls.

Meanwhile, schools are closed and roads are littered with cars from Illinois to Indiana to Kentucky to West Virginia and Ohio.

A record for cold has been set in northern Minnesota.

Madison, Wisconsin has seen its snowiest winter on record.

A winter storm warning has been posted in Pittsburgh and throughout Pennsylvania.

Previous - China, 2008.

Winter of 2008; Freezing temperatures with more on the way

I post this information here just so I have a convenient place to look next year when the MSM/DNC calls the winter of 2008 the "warmest winter on record" in order to support some industry destroying environmentalist proposal from President Obama (or to pressure President McCain into crafting something equally draconian).

The map below depicts Pennsylvania temperatures this afternoon. The temperature was even colder this morning and overnight last night.

February 11, 2008 - WHTM TV










The temperatures are not much better around the country.
2-11-08










People have died in weather related accidents and are enduring bitter temperatures throughout the East and Midwest.

Detroit's "Winter Blast." - AP photo



There is nothing really earth shattering about these temperatures and conditions. These conditions recur every year, but we tend to forget the conditions we have endured when the MSM/DNC tells us, months later, that the Earth is about to boil over and drown us all in runoff from melting icebergs from the North Pole.

Global warming delayed in Japan due to inclement weather

It appears that Japan is not exactly enjoying global warming this year. Tokyo has suffered from record snowfall this year that has stranded travelers and caused injuries. The severe weather is not limited to Tokyo:

Coastal regions have experienced Japan's deadliest winter in more than two decades, with at least 102 deaths recorded by Tuesday, with many of the victims crushed by snow or falling from buildings while clearing snow from roofs.

USA Today

previous - China, 2008

Global warming seems to be delayed in China (and everywhere else)

China is undergoing the worst winter in five decades:

China's gridlocked transport system rumbled back to life Friday but millions of angry travellers remained stranded all around the country, unable to return home for annual holidays.
Passengers began to flow out of airports, train stations and bus depots but it was nowhere near enough to clear a massive backlog of travellers stranded for days after the worst winter in five decades hit at the busiest time of year.

emphasis added

Earlier this week, reports centered on heavy snowfall:

Hundreds of thousands of travelers are still stranded at rail and bus stations around the country because of the heavy snow as they attempt to make their way home for the Chinese New Year holidays, state media said.

H/T Breitbart:

China issued a severe weather warning on Monday for large swathes of the country already reeling from transport havoc and power shortages caused by the heaviest snowfalls in decades.

The weather has contributed to power shortages:

The power shortages have been blamed on a government freeze imposed on electricity prices in September in an effort to cool inflation. The freeze prompted utilities to curb losses by purchasing less coal, the price of which has risen to record highs in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, in the midwest, anti-global warming weather has created massive problems from Texas to St. Louis to Chicago to Kentucky. The storms headed east today, creating havoc in Pa, New Jersey and elsewhere.

All of this may seem boring to those of us who are used to it, but we will need something to reference next year when the MSM/DNC teleprompters tell us that 2008 was the "warmest winter on record."

Ice Bowl II; Giants-Packers 2008; Vince Lombardi; Alex Webster; Phil Bengston; Ray Nitschke; David Letterman; Lambeau Field;

Previous - Winter of 2008; Football conditions.

Sunday, I wrote about the bitter cold temperatures around the country and their effect on politics, news reporting and pro football games. I specifically mentioned football because we tend to forget weather history unless it is tied to an event - like a major football game:

Football history serves a purpose when sportswriters forget that they are not supposed to talk about cold weather in the recent past, as such talk contradicts the steady drumbeat of propaganda that would have us believe quite a different story.

Every football fan remembers the original Ice Bowl from December 31, 1967. Without the Ice Bowl (or other event by which to remember a bitter winter), we would forget that a major cold spell occurred at that time. We would be left with only vague memories of winters past and MSM/DNC drumbeats about global warming. Each year's bitter weather would fade into the same memory hole as Bill Clinton's sale of nuclear weapon technology to China or Islamic terrorism. I try to write as much as possible about the bitter cold events that we experience so that we will be less susceptible to the propoganda. Major football games are possibly the easiest memory aids for this task.

One such game was played this past weekend, as the Giants beat the Packers for the NFC Championship. The game was played in the same subzero temperatures that plagued much of the nation.


Ice Bowl II - January 20, 2008
























This year's game was not quite as cold as the original Ice Bowl -

December 31, 1967 - Ice Bowl




Vince Lombardi and Phil Bengston

















- but it was colder than the first time that the Giants and Packers played for the NFL Championship at Lambeau field [a bitter day itself].


December 31, 1961









Ray Nitschke tackles Alex Webster











Ice Bowl II has inspired its own jokes, especially as they relate to the weather conditions. This week, David Letterman issued a new top ten list based on the game.

Late Show Top Ten

Top Ten Things Overheard During the Giants-Packers Game

10. "Here to sing the national anthem, global warming genius Al Gore"
9. "It's minus 3 degrees, but it's a dry cold"
8. "Eli's hands are frozen to the center's ass"
7. "Packers tight end looks suspiciously like a polar bear"
6. "I'm glad I spent the extra money on the fleece-lined cheese hat"
5. "The referees will be officiating the second half from the hotel"
4. "Screw the game, let's keep huddling"
3. "No number 3 -- writer got frostbite in Green Bay"
2. "It's still warmer than the Ed Sullivan Theater"
1. "Is that the temperature or Bush's approval rating?"



None of this is scientific, but it will help us counter the propoganda. Remember these images and jokes as you are reminded to "go green" around your house or office. Advocates of going green want you to believe that the Earth is somehow not cold enough. While we have plenty of evidence to dispute the very concept of global warming, the photos provide the imagery that make it easier to resist the non-stop onslaught by the MSM/DNC.

Chill Map - global warming seems to be delayed

1-24-08





Tell me again - why is it that we need to "go green"?

Winter of 2008; Football conditions; Green Bay Packers; South Carolina primary election; Ice Bowl; Freezer Bowl

While we are repeatedly assured that the Earth is heating up and that it is only a matter of time before icebergs melt and wash away our homes, once again we face bitter cold temperatures throughout much of the United States and beyond.

On NBC's Today show this morning, Lester Holt reported from South Carolina, claiming that adverse weather prevented him from returning to New York after yesterday's Republican primary.

This eveniing, the Packers and Giants will play the NFC championship game in near zero weather, with wind chills well below zero.

We tend to forget cold weather events of the past, thus making ourselves susceptible whenever an MSM/DNC teleprompter tells us that we are enduring the warmest winter on record. We forget the bitterness and misery of the Winter of 2007 only a year later.

That is why the Yahoo football article today is interesting, as it reminds us of past weather events in the context of football:

The coldest game in NFL history was not the 1967 NFL title game at Lambeau Field when the Packers beat Dallas 21-17 in the Ice Bowl. It was minus 13 that day and the wind chill factor was estimated at minus 48.

But in the 1981 [1982-ed.] AFC championship game, while the temperature was minus-9, the wind chill plunged to minus-59 at Cincinnati as the Bengals beat San Diego 27-7.

So when did global warming begin? Was it only after the 1967 Ice Bowl? Or was it only after the Freezer Bowl in 1982? At what temperature should the Earth be?



Ice Bowl - December 31, 1967









Football history serves a purpose when sportswriters forget that they are not supposed to talk about cold weather in the recent past, as such talk contradicts the steady drumbeat of propaganda that would have us believe quite a different story.


Freezer Bowl - January 10, 1982

Winter of 2008; Chill Map; crops in danger; Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin; raining iguanas

Here is a temperature map for today courtesy of the Plymouth State weather center:

Chill Map - January 3, 2008









The extreme cold threatens crops in Florida as I write this. Snow flurries are reported in Daytona Beach.

Iguanas are falling out of trees in Miami as a result of the cold snap.
H/T Miami Herald


















A Russian scientist - Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin - predicts a new period of global cooling.

Undaunted, the global warming true believers will continue to advocate the destruction of all that remains of the U.S. industrial base in the name of lowering the Earth's temperature.

The true believers never tell us at what temperature Earth should be.

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Previous - chill map from February 2007; Winter of 2007