Re: Yoyo weather
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  • Subject: Re: Yoyo weather
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:27:03 -0600
Normal?   we don't have "normal" weather in Texas anymore.  record heat
waves, record droughts, record cold snaps in winter - what the heck?   And
yet everyone in my family poo-poos the idea of climate change.  God help us.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:07 PM, James Singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:

> Weather here is pretty much normal as near as I can tell, although I've
> heard we're somewhat behind the curve on rainfall. Right now it's 44
> degrees--exactly the same as when I got up 8 hours ago.
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> Never attribute to cleverness what can be explained by stupidity.
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> On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI
> wrote:
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> > Winter here is pretty normal so far - mostly sunny, in the 50s during the
> > day and freezing at night. We've had a couple light rains and a couple
> days
> > where the weather people breathlessly predicted massive disasters (i.e,
> > possible high winds or an inch of snow) none of which has happened.
> > We'll see what happens as we head into the rainy season.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:11 AM
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> > Subject: [CHAT] Yoyo weather
> >
> > My son the geologist says forget about global warming - call it
> > global weirding.  First we had the snowstorm in late October which
> > did a lot of damage.  The following week the temperatures were in
> > the 60s.  Since then it has been up and down.  Last Wednesday
> > morning at 6:30 when I check the day's temperature, it was 52 degrees.
> > The next few days were in the 40s and 30s, and on Sunday it was
> > 20 degrees when we got up for early church.  Monday - that's yesterday -
> > it was 16.2 at 6:30, but bright and sunny.  This morning it was 47 and
> > cloudy.  My garden doesn't know how to handle this.  Azaleas that
> >
> > were turning color before the snowfall in October have put our about
> > an inch of new green leaves.  What's going to happen to them now?
> > Crazy!
> >
> > And now that we are having more mild weather, I see that the opposite
> > part of the country is having blizzard conditions.  I do hope  that those
> > of you who live in the Southwest aren't being hit too hard. We are
> > probably better equipped to handle blizzards here in the Northeast than
> > you are.
> >
> > And here's hoping that each of you will have the happiest of holiday
> > seasons.  Even if it's politically incorrect, I'll say it - Merry
> Christmas!
> >
> > Auralie
> >
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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