It’s spring in the Midwest. The only problem? It’s midwinter | CNN
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Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities.

Winter has gone missing across the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities.

Several cities are missing feet of snow compared to a typical winter, ice on the Great Lakes is near record-low levels and the springlike temperatures have even spawned rare wintertime severe thunderstorms.

A classic El Niño pattern coupled with the effects of a warming climate are to blame for this “non-winter” winter, said Pete Boulay, a climatologist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Winter has become the fastest-warming season for nearly 75% of the US and snowfall is declining around the globe as temperatures rise because of human-caused climate change.

  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Except no one said it’s “going to”. Statements about the future are always probable, and all of the statements in this thread have been probable.

    There’s a difference between being evidence based and being willfully blind.
    Multiple intelligence community warnings about rising risk of right wing violence, multiple warnings about said violence targeting infrastructure, and warnings about expectations that violence will increase as we get closer to the elections makes it an extremely small logical step to “maybe those people we think are going to do more stuff will do it in the way that we’ve noticed they’ve been doing more often, particularly now that we’re approaching a key time for stuff to happen”.

    And, for the record, bringing up a president notably associated with a violent mob storming the Capitol building, who recently joked about wanting to be a dictator and promised retribution on reporters and political opponents is not a good way to punctuate your scepticism of a threat.
    Talking about suspending the constitution makes it a bit less “outlandish” to say that the person is a threat to democracy.