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  wurman on October 30 at 11:10 a.m.

  “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.”

  This is often mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain, but it's not in any of his writing. His friend & collaborator on “Gilded Age,” Charles Dudley Warner, may have been referencing Twain when he wrote that a writer he knew once said—(quotation here). It seems now that a great many people actually intend to do something about the weather.

  But, some folks wonder how “global warming” can make many places colder, with more snow, at the same time the polar caps melt, glaciers recede, & ocean water becomes warmer. In some media there are contrary experts quoted & referenced in order to report & explain the phenomena. Persons with BA degrees in divinity present opinions that differ from those who have PhD degrees in meteorology. Still, the snow falls across the Inland Northwest. And 3 feet of the crystals drop on most of Colorado & other high plains locations.

  And a few will pretend that it didn't happen.

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  Gary Crooks on October 30 at 12:14 p.m.

  Yes, some people don't understand averages. The increasing global temps are an average. Higher in some spots; lower in others. But overall higher.

  Nobody said snow would disappear. Indeed some warming can mean even more snow.

  In addition, it is accepted that there are some years that will be cooler within a general upward trend.

  http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/…

  Down days/months/years in the stock market doesn't disprove the general long-term trend, which has been up.

  Twain or whoever was talking about weather (short term), not climate. We can change it. And we have.
  

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  Chip Jones on October 30 at 12:43 p.m.

  Some parts of Antarctica are experiencing more snow because of warmer temperatures. The air is so cold over much of the Antarctic that the air can not contain much moisture, making it a polar desert. Warming temperatures allow more water vapor to be held in the air, which falls as snow when it is below freezing. For example, 32 degree air has the capacity to hold 38 times as much water vapor as -40 degree air.
  Global climate is conditioned by global atmospheric circulation patterns, which means that different part of the globe will experience different kinds of changes; some places warmer, some cooler, some places wetter, some drier. Current models of climate change do indeed indicate that some places will not change much, some places may get a little cooler, while many places will get warmer. The Arctic is the region where the largest increases in temperature are predicted to occur.

  But Gary, why bring science into the discussion? Can’t we just vote on the right answer?
  

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  lewis on November 02 at 9:28 a.m.

  the only way voting for the right answer in america is what answer has the most money. and the winner is……..

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