Global warming Climate change hits the Midwest.
‘Historic and crippling’ winter storm dumps over 25 inches of snow in Cheyenne, Wyoming; travel halted in Colorado and Nebraska
Winter and spring collided Sunday as parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Nebraska were blasted with up to 4 feet of snow while Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri braced for heavy rains, high winds, flooding and possible tornadoes.
But I thought we were assured back in 2000 that snowfalls would soon be a thing of the past. One of the Kennedy spawn lamented that his children would never get to go sledding.
Cheyenne, Wyoming, saw snow totals of 25.8 inches this weekend — smashing a previous 2-day record held since 1979, according to the National Weather Service. And more could be coming — the weather service warned some areas could see up to 50 inches of snow and wind gusts of up to 60 mph before the weather eased Monday.
Of course now the AGW crowd are gonna tell us that this is the result of global warming climate change, just like the record cold that hit Texas was proof of global warming climate change.
Schools in Cheyenne and another city in Wyoming, Casper, are taking a snow day Monday, as are Denver Public Schools. Some government offices in those areas also will be closed Monday.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced the closure of state facilities and state offices in Laramie County starting Monday, adding that Wyoming Legislature will not meet as well.
“We will see high winds and snowfall into the overnight hours tonight,” said Gordon on Twitter late Sunday. “Stay safe and avoid unnecessary travel.”
More than 2,000 flights were canceled in and out of Denver alone over the weekend. Runways were closed for Sunday night, the Denver International Airport tweeted, as it marked nearly two inches of snow.
Many highways and local roads were closed, including a few with “no alternate route advised.”
Texas was hit by this storm as well. Fortunately, not the cold and snow.
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Parts of Texas were in recovery mode after being pounded by tornadoes and heavy storms Friday and Saturday. In Amarillo, dozens of hikers were evacuated from a trail after two possible tornadoes in the area. Randall County Sheriff Christopher Forbis reported hail the size of baseballs.
“Power lines and a cell tower are down,” Amarillo Area Emergency Management Director Chad Orton said. “One house was damaged, but the family was in the basement … there have been no injuries or fatalities.”
More severe weather rolled through Texas and Oklahoma all the way to the Mississippi River on Sunday. The biggest threats were heavy, drenching downpours and damaging winds, AccuWeather said. Parts of Missouri were deluged with 7 inches of rain Saturday, and more was forecast for Sunday.
The National Weather Service in Little Rock, Arkansas, warned that strong and severe storms were possible late Sunday.
“Damaging winds will remain the primary threat, but an isolated tornado cannot be completely ruled out,” the weather service said.
Heavy, gusty storms could shift east into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys on Monday, AccuWeather said.
Fortunately, all we’ll be getting here in Beautiful Dunwoody is some rain and some thunder boomers. Thankfully, no global warming climate change for us.
Algore will call this a ‘systemic global climate crisis’. Or as we say in northern Minnesota ….. ‘the weather sucks today’.
I was born in Denver, and my brother still lives there. He told me today that this blizzard was worse than “The Blizzard of ’82”, a storm all Denverites remember. My sister and I moved away from Denver, and our attitude is that if you live there, have a snow shovel or blower.
Snow day for the schools?? I thought everything was done via zoom now? Shouldn’t matter if the roads are open.
As a child, I was disappointed that the Denver Public Schools virtually never closed due to winter weather. But that was 50-plus years ago when you were expected to walk to school.
Just think of all them union employees who’re gonna get paid days off. They probably pray to the Goracle for more globull warmening.
We have reversed the weather trends by heeding the advice of the Goracle and the retarded yurapeen girl.
Hahaha, fuck them, I warm my truck up for fifteen minutes just to drive down the block to check my mail.
Last night my sister reported that a tornado touched down in Kansas City with a temp. of only 51 degrees F. She never knew of a tornado when it was that cool.
Donald Trump’s fault…
If earthquakes hit California, it’s San Andreas’ fault!
New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released last week marked February 2021 as record cold in comparison to previous years.
February 2021 was the coldest February for the United States in over 30 years, according to the NOAA report, and the coldest February for the entire globe since 2014. North America, Scandinavia and northern Asia were all significantly below average in temperature last month. Each of those regions measured temperatures at least 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit below average.
Hey, no fair Mike, you’re usin’ science!