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The lack of snow is costing Americans tens of millions of dollars. Could someone figure out the exact right amount of snow so we can coordinate our prayers, please?
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BillCo
2012-01-07 08:50:07 AM
Six feet in the mountains, 2 inches in the city. What do I win?
freakay
2012-01-07 09:12:27 AM
Absolutely nothing outside of St. Louis. It gives me the creeps.
altinos
2012-01-07 09:12:58 AM
Saving me money on my gas and electric, though.
stuhayes2010
2012-01-07 09:13:20 AM
I'm dying to go skiing. This is really pissing me off.
Yakk
2012-01-07 09:15:03 AM
BillCo
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Six feet in the mountains, 2 inches in the city. What do I win?
You forgot snowmobilers so nothing.
/hit golfballs at the park yesterday, freaking 55 in Allentown PA
HighlanderRPI
2012-01-07 09:15:40 AM
Mother Nature is a Job Creator? Maybe she needs a tax break or a bailout.
Chaminade
2012-01-07 09:16:23 AM
Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
The_Original_Roxtar
2012-01-07 09:17:30 AM
altinos
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Saving me money on my gas and electric, though.
and snow removal for roads and parking lots
fewer accidents caused by inclement weather on the roads (less backups = less fuel burned)
Unsung_Hero
2012-01-07 09:17:40 AM
Wait... it costs in lost revenue for ski resorts, but doesn't it save boatloads in snow removal costs and vehicle accidents?
Mawson of the Antarctic
2012-01-07 09:19:10 AM
Am the only one here saying, "Good, Fark Snow." I live in the midwest and I hate driving in it, hate shoveling in it, had the general sloppiness of it all. These 40 degree days lately have been wooooooonderful.
Joshua5
2012-01-07 09:20:10 AM
"Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?"
Laughing at the people who told me that it was global warming that was causeing the 9 mounths of abnormal below average tempertures.
/not really a global warming delialist.
evilmrsock
2012-01-07 09:20:12 AM
Chaminade
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Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
They're saying "ha ha you said it would be more SEVERE all the time and that it wasn't global warming but global climate change but it's warm and mild out now, dumbass. THIS PROVES IT WAS JUST HAARP ALL ALONG."
enry
2012-01-07 09:20:18 AM
Aside from a few flurries that didn't stick, nothing in Boston since October.
/bought a roof rake, gave the snowblower a tune up, bought the wife a new AWD car...
jlt
2012-01-07 09:20:54 AM
freakay
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Absolutely nothing outside of St. Louis. It gives me the creeps.
It is creepy. SE Michigan here and we have nothing. It is freaky warm too. My herbs are starting to grow like it was spring, and I found 2 dandelions outside the other day. We should have snow and ice, and the ground should definitly be frozen by now.
baufan2005
2012-01-07 09:20:57 AM
It was 70good degrees here yesterday. Last year at this time it was upper 20's.
limeybrit9
2012-01-07 09:21:37 AM
Chaminade
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Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
The article clearly states that they're off playing golf.
urban.derelict
2012-01-07 09:22:12 AM
BillCo
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Six feet in the mountains, 2 inches in the city. What do I win?
enry
2012-01-07 09:22:22 AM
The_Original_Roxtar
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altinos: Saving me money on my gas and electric, though.
and snow removal for roads and parking lots
fewer accidents caused by inclement weather on the roads (less backups = less fuel burned)
A lot of places pay a flat rate for plowing for the season. This year and last seem to be balancing each other out.
12349876
2012-01-07 09:22:49 AM
The big thing the article missed is that this lack of snow could expedite droughts next summer. The snowpack keeps the soil moist in the winter and the melt replenishes streams.
Chaminade
2012-01-07 09:22:57 AM
evilmrsock
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They're saying "ha ha you said it would be more SEVERE all the time and that it wasn't global warming but global climate change but it's warm and mild out now, dumbass. THIS PROVES IT WAS JUST HAARP ALL ALONG."
Pretty much.
BarbadoSlim
2012-01-07 09:26:20 AM
Please refer to the Bureau of Pulling Monetary Amounts Out of Your Ass.
Mad Mark
2012-01-07 09:26:59 AM
I'll get down on one knee and tebow for snow.
dervish16108
2012-01-07 09:27:01 AM
It's also good news for struggling families who will pay less for their heating expenses.
HEAP benefits were cut again by Congress and the White House.
altinos
2012-01-07 09:27:31 AM
Mawson of the Antarctic
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Am the only one here saying, "Good, Fark Snow." I live in the midwest and I hate driving in it, hate shoveling in it, had the general sloppiness of it all. These 40 degree days lately have been wooooooonderful.
I like driving in snow. I hate when others drive in snow with me.
Wayne 985
2012-01-07 09:28:36 AM
evilmrsock
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Chaminade: Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
They're saying "ha ha you said it would be more SEVERE all the time and that it wasn't global warming but global climate change but it's warm and mild out now, dumbass. THIS PROVES IT WAS JUST HAARP ALL ALONG."
stirfrybry
2012-01-07 09:29:29 AM
Chaminade
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Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
laughing that in october there was a snowstorm that supposedly was a sign of the global warming. Now you ask about a lack of snow. You warmers are idiots
altinos
2012-01-07 09:29:31 AM
jlt
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It is creepy. SE Michigan here and we have nothing. It is freaky warm too. My herbs are starting to grow like it was spring, and I found 2 dandelions outside the other day. We should have snow and ice, and the ground should definitly be frozen by now.
Same here, near Detroit. It feels like spring already, and we just bought bigger sleds for the kids. They're a tad disappointed, though we could probably put the hose on the hill and let them sled down a mud slide.
miss diminutive
2012-01-07 09:30:31 AM
12349876
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The big thing the article missed is that this lack of snow could expedite droughts next summer. The snowpack keeps the soil moist in the winter and the melt replenishes streams.
This. I don't think farmers too happy with the current snow fall.
Hardly any snow here either though, (southwestern Ontario) which is a nice change since last winter I was shovelling snow that was at my waist.
CravenMorehead
2012-01-07 09:30:32 AM
Here in northern MN we haven't had enough to even cover the grass yet. And it was 51 degrees here on Thursday. But I'm ok with this.
SoCalSurfer
2012-01-07 09:32:37 AM
There's NOT ENOUGH
The coverage at most places is a joke
Wayne 985
2012-01-07 09:33:12 AM
stirfrybry
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Chaminade: Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
laughing that in october there was a snowstorm that supposedly was a sign of the global warming. Now you ask about a lack of snow. You warmers are idiots
You're comparing a single storm to the rest of fall and winter thus far?
SDRR
2012-01-07 09:34:03 AM
It's not costing me shiat,
dumbmitter
. In fact, if it snowed here I would be farking pissed! How would I drink beer at the beach if it was farking snowing, huh!?
SoCalSurfer
2012-01-07 09:36:20 AM
SDRR
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It's not costing me shiat, dumbmitter. In fact, if it snowed here I would be farking pissed! How would I drink beer at the beach if it was farking snowing, huh!?
Cheers!
It great when your only worry about snow is how much is in the mountains.
LouDobbsAwaaaay
2012-01-07 09:36:30 AM
stirfrybry
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in october there was a snowstorm that supposedly was a sign of the global warming.
Says who?
/this is like a strawman building a strawman building a strawman
CriticalMass048
2012-01-07 09:36:31 AM
Philadelphia got about 97 inches of snow last year, which is 3-4 times what we normally get in a winter. I'd say we're due two or three winters with no snow.
If those of you that are skiers want to complain, please line up at my front door to shovel before you go have your fun.
Mr. Right
2012-01-07 09:36:35 AM
It's a bit strange, here in west Michigan, to not have snow. But damned if I'm going to complain. I hate driving in it, plowing it, shoveling it, wading through it. Getting the farm through the winter is much easier without snow. Although I do miss the target practice provided by all the stupid snowmobilers who are too dumb to notice property lines.
HaywoodJablonski
2012-01-07 09:36:46 AM
Too hot in the summer? Global warming
Too cold in the summer? Climate change
Too cold in the winter? Climate change
Too warm in the winter? Global warming
Learn your talking points, people
kab
2012-01-07 09:37:15 AM
Actually, it's saving folks money in terms of no snow plows needing to go out, fewer accidents, no absurdly overpriced lift tickets, etc.
randomjsa
2012-01-07 09:37:42 AM
stirfrybry
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Chaminade: Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
laughing that in october there was a snowstorm that supposedly was a sign of the global warming. Now you ask about a lack of snow. You warmers are idiots
That's nothing new.
The lack of cold weather around the last winter Olympics was surely proof of global warming. Two-Three months later when parts of the country were being buried up to their eyeballs in snow, that was just weather and 'not climate'.
And it's always like that.
Active hurricane season that included Katrina? Global warming to blame, better get used to more active hurricane seasons. Less active hurricane seasons for years? Peaks and dips in hurricane activity going back decades? Just weather.
soy_bomb
2012-01-07 09:39:43 AM
Chaminade
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Where are all the "hahaha you call this global warming?!11" people that seem to be everywhere when it snows?
We have all been told that global warming caused an increase in moisture in the atmosphere leading to greater amounts of snowfall. So now, we are hearing from the warmists that global warming causes both greater amounts of snowfall as well as lesser amounts. Is there nothing this magical climate phenomenon can't do?
cabbyman
2012-01-07 09:39:43 AM
We didn't listen.
CruJones
2012-01-07 09:39:44 AM
It's la Nina.
/also saving tons of money by not clearing streets, laying salt and travel delays
ginko
2012-01-07 09:41:45 AM
While I'm enjoying the lack of freeze I know it's going to come back and bite us hard. Either extreme cold with ice storms late in the season or swing the other way and bad droughts and big bugs in the summer.
/nature will restore a balance
altinos
2012-01-07 09:42:32 AM
I'm going to blame it on my work, sending me to Florida last month, and the warm weather followed me home.
suburbanguy
2012-01-07 09:44:54 AM
I grew up 15 minutes from and lived on those slopes in the winter, so I'm getting a kick, etc.
gaslight
2012-01-07 09:48:28 AM
I just bought an all-wheel drive and we have a green Christmas. Not that I'm complaining, but darn it, I'm a touch conflicted.
Mileage is a touch better than I expected, too. I guess it's how you drive it.
Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo
2012-01-07 09:52:31 AM
Fewer planes delayed.
Fewer auto accidents.
More truck miles per hour.
Construction possible in places that usually shut for winter.
Much lower heating bills.
Net/net, warmer winters probably add billions to the economy.
hitlersbrain
2012-01-07 09:53:40 AM
This will greatly effect the street value of these mountains!
Fizpez
2012-01-07 09:54:24 AM
Its probably all my fault - after shoveling my 200+ ft driveway manually for 10 years I went out an bought a snowblower this September when they first became available.
/sorry about that.
starsrift
2012-01-07 09:57:39 AM
HaywoodJablonski
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Too hot in the summer? Global warming
Too cold in the summer? Climate change
Too cold in the winter? Climate change
Too warm in the winter? Global warming
Learn your talking points, people
"Climate change" is the term that people smart enough to begin to understand "global warming" use to talk to six year olds and other people who don't and won't understand it.
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