Posted on 01/23/2013 11:52:15 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C. to New York City, the mercury plunged into the single digits and teens this morning - the coldest readings witnessed in years. Factoring in a stiff wind from the northwest, wind chills tanked to near or below zero.
Washington, D.C.’s low of 15 degrees was its coldest since March 3, 2009. New York City dropped to 11 degrees and both Baltimore and Philadelphia plummeted to 12 degrees, their most frigid low temperatures since January 24, 2011.
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Where have you been! They ginned up the term "climate change" over a year ago. Get with the program. It's only global warming in the summer and the rest of the time it's climate change. And it's all the fault of SUVs and the Tea Party whichever way the Sun drives the climate.
“What, it’s 70 deg and 57% H outside right now.
Perfect day.....”
I hate you ... I seriously hate you :-).
CC
Washington, D.C.’s low of 15 degrees was its coldest since March 3, 2009. New York City dropped to 11 degrees and both Baltimore and Philadelphia plummeted to 12 degrees, their most frigid low temperatures since January 24, 2011.
In one breath the WaPo writer talks about "the coldest readings in years." In the next, he states that Washington had colder temperatures 4 years ago and that New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia had colder temperatures 2 years ago.
Technically he's not wrong, but when one says colloquially that a certain event hasn't happened "in years," it usually implies a large number of years, not merely two or four.
So the point here is that this guy is exaggerating the historic significance of the low temperature - consistent with the lefty MSM's pronounced tendency to make a big deal out of something relatively ordinary. The flip side of that is short shrift that the WaPo and its sister "news" outlets will often give to very important stories, of which we can list many. Call it perverted priorities.
If G-d keeps this up, they’ll start talking about a coming new ice age, just like they were in 1977. “In years” is meant to spin some credibility into global warming. It’s a good thing this method of climatology isn’t applied to stock and commodity investing. If all fluctuations are regarded as long-term trends, investors lose everything.
We topped out at around 4 degrees here in southern Michigan yesterday. Today we got up to about 16.
sportscasters do the same thing,i.e. X team hasn’t made the playoffs in YEARS when it turns out to be three years. When *I* say something hasn’t happened ‘in years,’ I mean and have started to just say ‘in decades.’
“We topped out at around 4 degrees here in southern Michigan yesterday. Today we got up to about 16.”
We saw the same thing here in SW PA ... I, personally, hate this though I know some sickos that love it :-). I see Texas or Florida in my future ;-)!
Well, up here in Mid-coast maine, it’s 2 degrees above 0 right now. Winds tonight are expected to be 15-25 mph from the WNW and the temp. is supposed to drop to -5 degrees tonight with wind chills as low as -20 below 0. Can’t wait for spring!
Mrs. NHD
Well, up here in Mid-coast maine, it’s 2 degrees above 0 right now. Winds tonight are expected to be 15-25 mph from the WNW and the temp. is supposed to drop to -5 degrees tonight with wind chills as low as -20 below 0. Can’t wait for spring!
Mrs. NHD
Whoops, sorry about the double post. I blame it on the cold!!
I am currently in Massachusetts.
It is 2 degrees.
I do not like this.
Frigid Greetings to my Florida Freeper Friends.
BRRRRRRRRRRR....
I feel for all you cold guys.
It was about 81 today in Scottsdale. Usual temp for this day is 68....Bikini weather today!
Sorry to rub it in...but it is lovely.
I’ll be squealing when it is 112 in May, though....
I know a big chill settled over Washington last weekend. And spread to the rest of the country. Bitter cold temperatures expected for the next four years.
Since this is a WaPo piece, you could very well be correct on that.
I remember it well. i was in basic training, ft.Dix. 1/85-4/85.
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