Will Spring Ever Arrive...???

The spring thaw was well underway last week.  Temperatures returned to seasonal normals and the snow was quickly beginning to disappear.  That sure was short-lived...!! Last weekend winter returned and we had to endure more cold temperatures and yet more snow. At least we did not receive the 10 inches of snow that was forecast, and only ended up with accumulations of about 3 more inches.  

The week started out very cold.  On Sunday night and into Monday morning there was a new record low temperature recorded for April 8th in Edmonton.  We didn't just get a little colder... we smashed the old record.  At about 4:00 in the morning on Monday, the temperature dropped to -24C, not including the wind chill.  This shattered the previous record low of -14C, set back in 1948.

I struggle to understand the theory of global warming.  Certainly weather patterns are changing.  But they have changed since the dawn of time, and will continue to change.  The tree-huggers always use the argument that the activities of human are creating greenhouse gas emissions which are resulting in global warming.  Every time we get some unseasonably cold temperatures or heavy preciptation, the yogurt and sprout eaters argue that global warming causes these extreme weather events.  Bullshit I say!!!  The climate has been changing for millions of years and will continue to change long after mankind has gone extinct.  Whether or not this change is as a result of human activities has not clearly been demonstrated to me.

All that aside I am less than impressed with the miserable conditions we have been forced to endure this year and fail to see how it can be attributed to global warming.  The snow and cold weather arrived a couple weeks before Halloween.  Here we are well after the vernal equinox, after the Easter weekend, and there is still significant snow cover and the temperatures remain well below freezing, most of the time.  Call me a redneck but I sure could handle some warming....