It's an appropriate analogy when one considers their agenda-pushing paper:
"Arctic blast leaves many frozen in place; Travel stalls, shelters fill, but warming on way" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff / January 25, 2011
The coldest weather to strike Boston in six years wreaked havoc on commuters yesterday, freezing car batteries across the region and leaving thousands shivering in the bitter cold on exposed platforms as they waited for MBTA trains that either broke down or were stalled behind those that did.
Too bad all those tolls, fares, and taxes had to go for interest payments on debt to banks.
An Arctic blast drove the officially recorded temperature down to minus 2 at Logan International Airport, minus 9 in Bedford, and minus 24 in the Franklin County town of Orange.
I'm RIGHT in the HEART of IT, readers -- and it SURE HAS FELT LIKE IT!
Can't get more than 10-15 steps from the door before the cold starts seping through the clothes and into the bones.
Emergency responders said the region appeared to be spared death and serious injury. But hundreds called to seek heating assistance and other help coping with the extreme cold, and homeless shelters were over capacity....
Related: Reaching out in the bitter cold; Many try to get homeless to shelter
More normal January temperatures, highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s, are expected today and tomorrow, just in time for a predicted mix of snow, rain, and sleet, courtesy of a storm headed this way from the Gulf of Mexico....
Where were those normal temps because they are not here!
Hundreds of delayed trains rendered thousands of people weary, teary-eyed, and frustrated as they waited for service, the frozen masses trying to make sense of vague or intermittent announcements and scrambling to find alternatives or keep warm until service was restored....
Richard A. Davey, general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, apologized to T riders and vowed to do better this morning, though the age of the fleet poses a particular challenge in extreme weather....
I'm no longer interested in excuses and apologies after all the wasted loot, sorry.
And while today’s weather may seem balmy by comparison, those hoping for a quick end to winter may be out of luck.
Yesterday, AccuWeather long-range forecaster Joe Bastardi predicted snow and cold weather for much of the Northeast well into February and maybe beyond, with the potential for the nation’s coldest winter since the 1980s....
Someone better not say global warming.
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"Rolling with winter’s low blows" by Liz Kowalczyk and Michele Richinick, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent / January 24, 2011
Western Massachusetts, particularly the Connecticut River Valley, will have it even worse....
And it has felt like it.
With more snow expected this week, Charlie Foley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton, said forecasters are tracking a potential winter storm that could drop 6 or more inches of snow on the region Wednesday, but he said the forecast is still uncertain.
“It has the potential to be a significant storm,’’ he said, “but that could change.’’
But yesterday, everyone was talking about the extreme cold....
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Related: Woman freezes to death in driveway
Cross-country skier found dead in park
Safeguarding gadgets when mercury drops
Globe was even out my way:
"Cold pushes life to the extremes" by David Filipov Globe Staff / January 25, 2011
In this Central Massachusetts town 35 miles northwest of Worcester, with an overnight low of minus 22, Athol was at ground-less-than-zero of the boreal blast that blew in from Canada. Cars left in the cold overnight sputtered. Exposed extremities started to freeze in seconds flat. Battery-operated cameras and global positioning systems died.
At least one thing worked as advertised: a bottle of Krystal Kleer windshield wiper fluid....
Town Manager David Ames, 57, recalls entire months when the temperature never rose above freezing, but he could not recall the mercury falling so low.
Neither can I?
And yet, the roughly 11,500 hearty denizens of Athol did not let the cold shut down their town....
:-)
A reporter traveled along Route 2 from Western Massachusetts yesterday morning, in search of the coldest temperature at what is often the coldest time of day, just before dawn....
Incisive investigative reporting, 'eh?
This icy onslaught blew in from Northern Canada....
"Last weekend, we had minus 40 degrees here," said Janie Hobart, mayor of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories....
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Well, that is very interesting considering this next article:
"World over, temps seem topsy-turvy" by Justin Gillis, New York Times / January 25, 2011
NEW YORK — Judging by the weather, the world seems upside down. For two winters running, an Arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying it in snow. Last year in the United States, historic blizzards afflicted the mid-Atlantic. This winter, it is the Deep South that has endured unusual snowstorms and severe cold. And a frigid Northeast is bracing for what could be another major snowstorm.
Yet weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past two winters. In northeastern Canada and Greenland, temperatures in December ran as much as 15 or 20 degrees above normal....
Sigh.
I can't go up there and check for myself; however, I sure as hell am not taking the NYT's word for it!
The immediate cause of the topsy-turvy weather is clear. A pattern of atmospheric circulation that tends to keep frigid air in the Arctic has weakened, allowing big tongues of cold air to descend south, while warmer air has moved north.
The deeper issue is whether this is linked to the rapid changes global warming is causing in the Arctic, particularly the loss of sea ice. At least two prominent scientists suggest it is. Others are doubtful....
Oh, if TWO PEOPLE SAY IT the NYT takes it as truth, huh?
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Also see: CLIMATEGATE
It's snowing in Bermuda?
