Blizzard Thoughts; Climate Lunacy Continues

The Amazing Forecast

Harlem

The National Weather Service and the larger meteorological community deserves a great deal of credit for the advance forecast of the blizzard. It undoubtedly saved lives, mitigated inconvenience (flights canceled in advance rather than stranding people at airports), and decreased property losses. 

Still, the best forecast cannot make up for utter, tragic incompetence.

Roughly, 1.5 million people (not "customers") are without power at this time. Local media in the Northeast are estimating it will take up to six days to get all of the lights on. Hopefully, the advance forecast urging people to obtain prescription refills, fill gas tanks, et cetera, was helpful and mitigated the effects of the outages. 

Global Warming

On February 5, I ran this piece:

And, this morning, -- more predictably than the weather -- some climate group sent this out:

This isn't climate change. It is weather. But science quality doesn't matter when trying to raise funds. 

And, we cannot forget this gem:

While on the subject of lunacy, I love visiting NYC. It is so much fun. But, it is sometimes frustrating that New Yorkers, particularly those who are natives, believe the nation stops at the Hudson River and/or everyone is highly affected by what goes on there. That point is illustrated by this headline that ran in the U.S. version of The Sun (ironic) this afternoon:

No, the United States ("US") has not "ground to a halt." As this iconic cover of the New Yorker depicted in the 1970's...