It is nearly 11 AM at my house in Southern California and the thermometer reads 40 degrees, up from the low of 23 degrees in the early morning hours. Our fish pond had floating ice sheets in it this morning. We are freezing. Not only is it unseasonably cold for this area, but we have no gas. No gas means no running furnace, no working oven or burners and no relief from our gas lit fireplace. Late yesterday afternoon some idiot goofed with a backhoe and took out the major gas line for our street. I have a small electric space heater left over from years ago and someone's apartment living days. Naturally, with the recent move and all, that heater was buried in the garage under piles of excess furniture and boxes. We we were all down unloading the garage hunting for the thing by the middle of the night. I also found a laprobe I used to use for my Mother that is like a very small electric blanket. So there we are, my son, my daughter-in-law, myself, two very cold dogs and two cats who pretended they were unaffected but suddenly decided they were lap cats when they discovered my lap blanket was a nice warm sleeping spot, all huddled together, at first playing a game and later sleeping all bundled up together.
So much for global warming.
hi there..one day they say there will be blizzards, the next day they say it will be unseasonably warm..cant they get their lies straight ?..lol :)
Posted by: Angel | 14 January 2007 at 07:36 AM
Low of 56 high of 78 today in NE Fla
Wish you were here.
Posted by: SlimGuy | 15 January 2007 at 06:33 AM
It's freezing in Northern California too. My dog's water dish was frozen solid this morning. If he wants a drink, he'll have to be satisfied with a doggie popsickle!
Posted by: Stogie | 15 January 2007 at 01:17 PM
Climate modelling currently predicts a longterm increase in mean temperature along with higher variance from the mean than we are used to. Even Ted Stevens is starting to get this.
Posted by: Joe | 18 January 2007 at 10:02 AM
Sara
Excuse me for the off topic post, but I have to link to a post that is so moving.
I can't get it away from me since it is so much of what it is.
If you can watch this and not cry you don't have a heart, it's just that way.
I am a man but I still cried each time I watched it, it inspires that much.
http://tinyurl.com/2s44es
If you choose to watch it have tissues near, they will be needed.
Posted by: SlimGuy | 21 January 2007 at 09:50 AM
Why is global warming appear to be happening on the other planets in our solar system?
Did we over carbon poor little Pluto after we kicked it out of the planet club?
Posted by: spacemonkey | 22 February 2007 at 07:47 AM