And the weird weather continues!

[gja1000]

I have a friend who has lived in Alaska for 25 years. She says the winters have gotten waaaay warmer than they were when she first moved there. Also, the summers used to be very cold and rainy, but have improved drastically in terms of temps and sun. You would never be able to convince her that global warming does not exist, she has seen it first hand.

That said, this was the coldest summer on record in Alaksa - and the Farmer's Almanac predicts a much colder than normal winter for many areas. I agree that the hole in the ozone has caused much more drastic weather - more intense storms, more odd weather occurrences. Just think about the 3 devastating hurricanes that have hit in approximately the same place, LA and TX in the past 3 years (Katrina, Rita, Ike). That is very unusual - an area usually goes many many years between such devastating storms.