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Central Kansas, early January - as of this writing, Kansans are bracing for yet another Arctic blast - the third in as many weeks. It's been days since we've seen any significant melting, or seen the sun for that matter. The weatherman has said repeatedly this will be the coldest winter in 25 years. It seems we've entered perma-winter mode.
For this coming cold snap, all the standard warnings are being issued so we can take appropriate precautions. These include, wearing clothes in layers when venturing outdoors as an insulating measure, protecting all exposed skin from the wind as it can literally freeze in seconds, and letting a faucet or faucets drip so water pipes won't freeze and later burst.
Kansans are not alone. High temperatures, on the Gulf Coast, are sub-freezing. Citrus crops in Florida are in grave peril. Multiple points in North America and the United States are setting record low temperatures, record wind chills, and receiving record snow fall amounts.
All of which leads me to one inescapable question - where is that global warming phenomenon we've heard so much about? I'm really beginning to think it might just be some sort of scam. In fact, I could really go for a little bit of that alleged global warming right now. I would even settle for regionally isolated warming...say, in Kansas.
Perhaps we are now in a cycle of global cooling. Yes, that must be it! We should commission a blue-chip panel of scientists to study this sudden cooling. By the time they have completed their study and release their findings, it will be summer again, and then they can study the sudden warming. That way, we could employ these guys year round.
Wait a minute...somebody call the White House. I believe I may have just stumbled onto a new jobs program. I envision teams of climatologists spreading throughout the globe, studying the phenomenon of a warm southern hemisphere, and a cold northern hemisphere, and how that cycle will incredibly flip-flop in six months. Fascinating stuff.
The real inconvenient truth here is that what liberal environmentalists, scientists, climatologists, politicians -- those individuals bent on massive wealth redistribution -- do best is pull our collective chain. Plus, being the creative and resourceful people that they are, it's little wonder that they've been able to concoct and develop a theory that happens to be self-proving.
No matter what happens, on the face of the globe, climate-wise, the theory is proved. Temperatures too hot? It must be global warming. Too cool? That, also, can be attributed to global warming. A record number of named hurricanes? Gotta be global warming. No hurricanes at all? Must be global warming. The reappearance of El Nino or La Nina? Either way, it's global warming? Polar ice caps contracting or expanding? It doesn't matter which, either way, it's due to global warming.
Back here in Kansas, the old saying is, “If you don't like the weather, just wait a bit and it will change.”
So true. In a few weeks, we'll all be outside enjoying the weather, playing golf, or taking walks, but nervously awaiting the inevitable next blast of Arctic air. In a few months, we'll all be cursing the heat of summer. About this time next year, we'll all be cursing the frigid conditions. Instinct tells me that pattern may continue for some time.
In the meantime, science will be working hard to devise new and better ways to confound and confuse us. Liberals will be working hard to devise new and better ways to tax us. It's safe to say those patterns will, too, continue for some time.
Central Kansas, early January - as of this writing, Kansans are bracing for yet another Arctic blast - the third in as many weeks. It's been days since we've seen any significant melting, or seen the sun for that matter. The weatherman has said repeatedly this will be the coldest winter in 25 years. It seems we've entered perma-winter mode.
For this coming cold snap, all the standard warnings are being issued so we can take appropriate precautions. These include, wearing clothes in layers when venturing outdoors as an insulating measure, protecting all exposed skin from the wind as it can literally freeze in seconds, and letting a faucet or faucets drip so water pipes won't freeze and later burst.
Kansans are not alone. High temperatures, on the Gulf Coast, are sub-freezing. Citrus crops in Florida are in grave peril. Multiple points in North America and the United States are setting record low temperatures, record wind chills, and receiving record snow fall amounts.
All of which leads me to one inescapable question - where is that global warming phenomenon we've heard so much about? I'm really beginning to think it might just be some sort of scam. In fact, I could really go for a little bit of that alleged global warming right now. I would even settle for regionally isolated warming...say, in Kansas.
Perhaps we are now in a cycle of global cooling. Yes, that must be it! We should commission a blue-chip panel of scientists to study this sudden cooling. By the time they have completed their study and release their findings, it will be summer again, and then they can study the sudden warming. That way, we could employ these guys year round.
Wait a minute...somebody call the White House. I believe I may have just stumbled onto a new jobs program. I envision teams of climatologists spreading throughout the globe, studying the phenomenon of a warm southern hemisphere, and a cold northern hemisphere, and how that cycle will incredibly flip-flop in six months. Fascinating stuff.
The real inconvenient truth here is that what liberal environmentalists, scientists, climatologists, politicians -- those individuals bent on massive wealth redistribution -- do best is pull our collective chain. Plus, being the creative and resourceful people that they are, it's little wonder that they've been able to concoct and develop a theory that happens to be self-proving.
No matter what happens, on the face of the globe, climate-wise, the theory is proved. Temperatures too hot? It must be global warming. Too cool? That, also, can be attributed to global warming. A record number of named hurricanes? Gotta be global warming. No hurricanes at all? Must be global warming. The reappearance of El Nino or La Nina? Either way, it's global warming? Polar ice caps contracting or expanding? It doesn't matter which, either way, it's due to global warming.
Back here in Kansas, the old saying is, “If you don't like the weather, just wait a bit and it will change.”
So true. In a few weeks, we'll all be outside enjoying the weather, playing golf, or taking walks, but nervously awaiting the inevitable next blast of Arctic air. In a few months, we'll all be cursing the heat of summer. About this time next year, we'll all be cursing the frigid conditions. Instinct tells me that pattern may continue for some time.
In the meantime, science will be working hard to devise new and better ways to confound and confuse us. Liberals will be working hard to devise new and better ways to tax us. It's safe to say those patterns will, too, continue for some time.
