Well here we are, 18 January 2023 and it’s almost T-shirt weather out (actually it is - I let the dogs out this morning in a t-shirt and shorts (me, not them) and it was nice and cool) - average temperatures must be close to 5-10 C above normal.
Back yard is green, devoid of snow and sodden. If it’s possible to have the water table above ground and not call it a lake, then that’s what we have here in the Valley.
Time to break our our new winter wear - raincoats and rubber boots. Have a great day, think cold, frozen ground thoughts and snow until April. Now if that isn’t a sign of climate change, I don’t know what is…
And from a later post:
Look at me!! Outdoor Christmas lights are down and put away and it’s not June!! Maybe there’s something to this climate change thing after all? Hmmm...
If there were any doubt that climate change is real, today should dispel it - high of 7C here in the Valley, a nice Spring Day on the 18th of January.As you can see from the crossposts above, a great day to be outside - dogs are loving it and the grass in the backyard has never looked greener in January. Question is, when will Winter start and when it does what will it be - looks like one with no skating on lakes, no snowmobiling and for those folks who plow snow, they're off to a great start.
The big issues are economic and social - growing season changes, too much water, too little water, things growing when they shouldn't in microclimates that aren't natural, invasive species moving North, the change of employment, particularly for seasonal folks, many more and an overall impact on ways of life today and into the future
We're past the point of not doing anything - the ugly of climate change is with us now and it appears to be just one more new normal to adapt to.
Interesting times...
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