Global Warming my A**!

The Barrister has a brief post over at Maggies Farm: The Gore Effect. It reads in total:

It's amusing to see the the Gore Effect afflicting James Hansen. Will his big climate-scare protest in DC tomorrow [That would be today, Monday, March 2nd] be snowed out by a late season blizzard?

If so, one might consider it to be Gaia's justice.

As Bugs Bunny would say: "Mmmm, it's a possibility!"



The key passages in the passage above:

THE HIGHEST TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STILL ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THIS AREA...WITH THE HIGHER END OF THE RANGE MOST LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND AND INTO VIRGINIA NEAR THE FREDERICKSBURG AREA.

TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...A TIGHTER GRADIENT OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. A RANGE OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 95...WITH LOCATIONS NEAR THE BLUE
RIDGE FAVORING THE LOWER END OF THE SNOWFALL RANGE.

Check out a map. If not for the beltway around D.C., I-95 would run smack dab through the heart of the city.

Mayor Fenty has already declared a snow emergency basically telling people that if they don't have to go out DON'T GO OUT so as not to get in the way of the workers trying to clear the streets, etc.

More:
Rare snow blankets South as East braces for storm Take a look at the picture. That's ALABAMA, for crying out loud.
New York City Area Braces for Up to 14 Inches of Snow Okay, 14 inches is the worst case scenario and NYC is more likely to get a "mere" 6 to 10. But on a Monday? Travel usually sucks around there on Mondays as it is. From the article:

“It’s a good, old-fashioned snowstorm,” said Gary Conte, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York. “The record for March is 10 inches (25 centimeters), set in 1896. Obviously, based on our forecast, that is in jeopardy. March is coming in like a lion.” The 1896 record was for daily snowfall.

The final sentence is important because the Great Blizzard of 1888 also occurred in March and dumped over 30 inches of snow in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area but it fell over the course of four days: March 11-14.
From the NY Times: Snowstorm Moves In, Causing Delays and Closing Schools A heck of a way to start off the week.

And a final word this AM from the Washington Post:

Snow Blankets Washington Area
Region Braces for What Could Be Largest Winter Storm in Three Year

Forecasters said snow would fall steadily through mid-morning before tapering off, with an additional one to two inches of accumulation expected, making it potentially the largest winter storm in three years. The strong winds sent flakes dancing through the air, and temperatures hovered in the low 20s, allowing the snow to stick. Temperatures will remain below freezing all day, forecasters said, and the wind might push the wind chill to single digits tonight.

By 5 a.m., 9.5 inches of snow had been reported in Hollywood. Bobby Cooper, manager of the highway department in St. Mary's County, said his road crews were reporting 10 to 12 inches of snow in many areas, and it was still falling "pretty heavily."

I gotta stop now. I'm spilling my coffee as I laugh out loud at the thought of a Global Warming protest going on in DC today. Maybe Richard had it right when he posted this picture yesterday.