Snow in NC days after 70 degrees
What is going on? Last weekend here in Chapel Hill it was 70 degrees. Now we have a light, but sticky, covering of snow on the ground. Is this extreme weather related to Global Warming? Is this the effect of a El Niño on Global Warming?
One respected climate scientist who has gone out on a limb about the global warming-El Niño connection is Kevin Trenberth, a climatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He thinks that El Niño may function as a kind of pressure release valve on the tropics. In an era of global warming, Trenberth says, ocean currents and weather systems might not be able to bleed off all the heat pumped into the tropical seas. Periodically, it has to get rid of the excess that builds up, he suggests, and that safety valve is El Niño.
via pbs.org
What we did tonight…….
We (Anton, Brian and I) packed hundreds of beautiful bags full of goodies for the conference-goers. Then, when we were done, we celebrated with a brand new bottle of Croatian slivovitz, tasting just like home, courtesy of Anton’s Cleveland friend…….
Dinner Tonight…
The dinner tonight is starting to look like a huge blogger meetup! Who will be there? Suzanne Franks aka Zuska Janet D. Stemwedel aka Dr.Free-ride Anton Zuiker aka Mistersugar Dave and Greta Munger Brian Russell Larry Moran and his daughter……
we had some crazy 70 degree weather followed by one day of brief flurries and then half a day of snow. crazy.