[lit-ideas] Re: Turning the tables...
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:04:18 -0800
Judy Evans wrote:
It has been bitterly cold here (by Cardiff standards)
all week, -2C yesterday; today was a little warmer but
only a very little!
February 3, 2006
(Barely) Winter '06: Buttercups Are in Bloom
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
'Let's put it this way: People played golf this winter in Maine. In shorts.
'Buttercups have been blooming in Montana. In Ohio, an ice-free Lake
Erie allowed an early start to seasonal ferry service. And the sap
started running early in Vermont.
'While January plunged much of Europe and Russia into the deep freeze,
it was remarkably mild across the United States. Government scientists
have not yet calculated whether it ranks as the warmest January on
record, but "it's certainly going to be right up there," said Michael
Halpert, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
'It was the warmest month on record in Oklahoma and South Dakota, and
barely missed tying the record for Iowa.
'It was the second-warmest in Maine and Milwaukee; third-warmest in
Memphis and Detroit; and fourth-warmest in New York City.
'Minneapolis and St. Paul had the warmest January in 160 years. Ice
sculptures at the St. Paul Winter Carnival melted and broke up nearly as
quickly as they were carved, and several big ice-fishing contests in
Minnesota were canceled or moved because of thin ice.'
[But, as Ursula says, there's a storm coming.]
Robert Paul
watching the skies south of
Reed College
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