March is always somewhat of a silly month. I was born in March, so there you go! This year the weather has been ridiculous. March is when people are seriously sick of winter. This year March started out bad and it is ending badly. By March 7 there were already 18 states recording record low temperatures for March. In some cases those records went back to 1872. Now it is March 25 and once again we are seeing record lows. Boston is expected to drop down to 26 degrees which would break a record set back in 1888. What happened to the ”in like a lion out like a lamb theory?”
In addition, this may not even be the last storm of the year. What’s up with that? I must admit it does make living here in Northern California look like a wise decision. Winter basically phoned it in this year. Our weather people get hysterical over the slim chance of rain. Even clouds generate excitement. Earlier this year there was a forecast for a couple of snowflakes. The grandkids heard the breathless prediction of snow, so they got up early to take advantage. It was about 40 degrees with no snow in sight. So, our winter lasted about 15 minutes between 2:15 and 2:30 a.m.
This is not all good, because we are seriously short of water. But I have to admit, few people here would swap weather with Michigan. Just saying!
We should have expected this when Obama announced his plan to focus on combating global warming during the State of the Union address:
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/29/obama_during_state_of_the_union_climate_change_is_a_fact/
“We have to act with more urgency, because a changing climate is already harming western communities struggling with drought, and coastal cities dealing with floods.”
Obama really nailed that one. We are now on record for having the coldest winter in over 100 years:
http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/coldest-october-march-in-the-us-in-102-years/
Sometimes I wonder if God is just a little annoyed at the arrogance of people who think they can actually control our weather. Of course the global warming people think that cold weather is caused by increased temperatures. But then they believe a lot of other silly nonsense too!
In addition, the NCAA basketball tournament is just plain weird. The Russians are invading Crimea and there is the mystery of flight MH370. In this day and age how on earth do we lose an airliner? If aliens were secretly visiting the planet and they watched the news broadcasts about flight MH370 they would probably write the entire planet off as hopelessly delusional. In the meantime our President showed up in Europe with about 900 people in his entourage. That wasn’t nearly enough to give him the courage to stand up to Vladimir Putin. Obama was so anxious to prove Mitt Romney wrong that he tried to dismiss Russia as a “regional power.” Putin is sending in Special Forces and tanks and Obama is fighting back with insults. I am sure Putin is cringing in fear.
Enough already. I am personally boycotting the rest of March and setting the calendar ahead to April. April showers bring May flowers, except in California where it doesn’t actually rain in April.
TDM