Snow in 49 of 50 states, meanwhile, cartoon pokes fun at Dr. David Viner while media is doing spin cycle

It is surprising to see this headline in USA Today:

USA_today49-50-snow

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2014/02/13/snow-cover-usa/5454645/

This calls for a song and a cartoon about Dr. David Viner.

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we’ve no place to go

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It doesn’t show signs of stopping

And I’ve bought some corn for popping

The lights are turned way down low (because we can’t afford electricity anymore)

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

And here’s the cartoon:

snow_thing_of_the past

Reference for the cartoon: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/04/the-dr-david-viner-moment-weve-all-been-waiting-for-a-new-snow-record/

Here’s the current snow map. Note Florida has no snow. Alaska, not shown, does, and Hawaii, not shown, does according to the USA Today article.

nsm_depth_2014021305_National

Source: http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/

In other news, the media spin cycle is on FULL WASH set at cold temperature:

CBS Blames Global Warming for Harsh Winter Weather

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2014/02/13/cbs-blames-global-warming-harsh-winter-weather

CNN Hypes ‘Global Warming’ as ‘Catastrophic Ice Storms’ Descend on Atlanta HQ

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/sean-long/2014/02/13/cnn-hypes-global-warming-catastrophic-ice-storms-descend-atlanta-hq

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February 13, 2014 11:17 am

Great cartoon. A keeper. 🙂

RACookPE1978
Editor
February 13, 2014 11:21 am

Come on NORTH Florida! You can do it!
At least “try” to get a few acres covered with white stuff …

February 13, 2014 11:27 am

OK, even if CAGW was causing the cold, won’t this kind of ‘news’ just turn the alarmists into a laughing stalk? I would think it is in their best interest to pretend that the cold isn’t here, and focus on some place that is hot.

Count_to_10
February 13, 2014 11:28 am

So, admittedly, the meandering of the polar vortex probably has a lot to do with it — and the torrential rains Britain is dealing with. I could be wrong, but it seems logically that it will also be a global cooling event, as high albedo snow pushes farther south is some places and hot air gets pushed farther north into others, increasing reflected and radiated heat.
I’d say it’s fun, but I just spent an hour or so digging my car out of it.

JimS
February 13, 2014 11:31 am

Will CBS and CNN start to blame global cooling for the heat waves and bush fires in Australia? Naw, didn’t think so. LOL!

John F. Hultquist
February 13, 2014 11:33 am

This is not a joke: The snow in my yard is rotten snow! About 4 inches of slush from an 8 in. fall last Saturday. However, storms are lined up over the Pacific heading for the Great State of Washington.

February 13, 2014 11:33 am

Count_to_10 says:
February 13, 2014 at 11:28 am
It may not be fun, but it’s healthy exercise….

timetochooseagain
February 13, 2014 11:39 am

We just don’t get snow down here.
Well, okay there was that one time. 15 years to the day before I was born.
You know, I miss the days when an article on a weather event, even a historical one, had nary a mention of “climate change” in sight.
Although that’s probably at least partly to avoid reminding people that, at the time, the event was probably “evidence consistent with the coming ice age.”

Editor
February 13, 2014 11:39 am

I can’t find the result, but four years ago we had 49 states with snow until astronomers from the observatories on Mauna Kea went out and found a stray snow patch that got global attention.
A grad student, Patrick Marsh, asked for photos of snow from every state and used to have the results on the Web.
WUWT’s story is at http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/13/49-states-covered-with-snow-1180-new-snowfall-records-set-in-the-usa-this-past-week-is-february-headed-for-record-snowfall/
but I don’t see a follow up story or a comment about Hawaii.

john robertson
February 13, 2014 11:42 am

After the absolute certainty that AGW would manifest as warmer nights and less harsh cold periods.Now its warming causing record cold.
Climate Change can only be answered with;”Yes we know”.
The climate that is changing has little to do with the weather.
Allowing fools to hold public office and positions of authority, has proven toxic to civil society.
The current climate change may not be comfortable for this generations crop of parasites and the kleptocrats who enable their existence.
Strange how unforgiving people can be, when you lie, mortgage their childrens futures, steal the return of their labour and burn it at the altar of your green gods, while becoming fat at their expense.
Oh yeah, I think the climate is changing.

February 13, 2014 11:44 am
Doug UK
February 13, 2014 11:46 am

Well on this side of the pond we now have “Climate Weirding” – and yes I know that phrase has been used before but it seems that the dear old BBC cannot handle the copious criticism being levelled at the numpties who said no to dredging the Thames because of the Depressed Molusc (happier to have depressed people than depressed snails apparently) and those same numpties who ceased dredging on the reclaimed land that is the Somerset levels and which one of them (Baroness Young – head of the UK Environment Agency (EA) a while back) who actually stated on record that she would like to place Limpet Mines on the pumping stations on the Levels.
The UK EA spent £31Million on a bird sanctuary (very laudable – I am not complaining) but refused £5M to dredge the rivers on the levels so we now have a catastrophic disaster.
Now it seems that the flooding along the Thames is in part due to the lack of dredging caused by the EA’s decision to put a snail ahead of people and property.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558087/So-wasnt-Thames-dredged-In-case-rare-mollusc-disturbed-despite-region-described-one-undefended-flood-plains-England.html
So maybe not so much climate weirding – just the common muppetry weirding of Government Agencies desperate to blame “Climate” for their stupidity.

February 13, 2014 11:47 am

More global warming: Great Lakes ice cover update: 87 percent frozen, could set record next week:
http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2014/02/great_lakes_ice_cover_update_t.html

Editor
February 13, 2014 11:49 am

Confirmation reports of all 50 in 2010:
http://newsok.com/ou-student-found-snow-in-50-states/article/3440383http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/02/50_states_snow_florida.html
http://www.newson6.com/story/11995157/ou-student-receives-pictures-of-snow-in-hawaii-completing-project
The last link has a photo of the Hawaii snow. I don’t think a little snow patch like that has ever gotten so much attention.

February 13, 2014 11:49 am

NOAA says it was an average January, only the coldest January since 2001… also says Alaska was third-warmest ever but behind the Januaries of 1981 and 1985.

Stephen Richards
February 13, 2014 11:53 am

Anthony, That is a major mistake in your headline. I ask you. It’s in the headline of all places. Your great leader said there were 57 states. Come one now 🙂

Jimbo
February 13, 2014 12:00 pm

It’s not just Viner. Here is a reminder (60 quotes) of what they said about milder winters with less snow as well as Spring arriving early CLICK (links to sources provided there).
Here is a sample:

Milder winter temperatures will decrease heavy snowstorms but could cause an increase in freezing rain if average daily temperatures fluctuate about the freezing point.”
IPCC Climate Change, 2001
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“Snowlines are going up in altitude all over the world. The idea that we will get less snow is absolutely in line with what we expect from global warming.”
WalesOnline, Sir John Houghton – atmospheric physicist,
Former IPCC author, helped set up the IPCC 30 June 2007
——————————–
“Warm Winters Result From Greenhouse Effect, Columbia Scientists Find, Using NASA Model …
Despite appearing as part of a natural climate oscillation, the large increases in wintertime surface temperatures over the continents may therefore be attributable in large part to human activities,”
Science Daily, Dr. Drew Shindell, NASA, 4 June 1999
——————————–
The rise in temperature associated with climate change leads to a general reduction in the proportion of precipitation falling as snow, and a consequent reduction in many areas in the duration of snow cover.”
Global Environmental Change, Nigel W. Arnell, Geographer, 1 Oct 1999
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“Computer models predict that the temperature rise will continue at that accelerated pace if emissions of heat-trapping gases are not reduced, and also predict that warming will be especially pronounced in the wintertime.”
Star News, William K. Stevens, New York Times, 11 Mar 2000
——————————–
In a warmer world, less winter precipitation falls as snow and the melting of winter snow occurs earlier in spring. Even without any changes in precipitation intensity, both of these effects lead to a shift in peak river runoff to winter and early spring, away from summer and autumn.”
Nature, T. P. Barnett et. al., 17 Nov 2005

Then the climate changed and they changed their tune, entirely in line and not inconsistent with their earlier pronouncements. What a load of garbage.

Jimbo
February 13, 2014 12:04 pm

“Note Florida has no snow.”

There WAS snow reported on parts of the Florida Panhandle at the end of January. So all US states have experienced snow this winter despite their earlier projections, predictions, scenarios, bull crap.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/1/28/snow_in_florida.html

Jimbo
February 13, 2014 12:12 pm

joshuah says:
February 13, 2014 at 11:49 am
NOAA says it was an average January, only the coldest January since 2001… also says Alaska was third-warmest ever but behind the Januaries of 1981 and 1985.

Blame it on the jet stream.

livescience.com
A killer winter storm paralyzed the South yesterday, but it was sunny and warm in Alaska, with record high temperatures. What’s up with this weather?
Blame it on the jet stream.
http://www.livescience.com/42943-crazy-winter-weather-explained.html

They then talks about inconclusive research which attempts to find linkages. Why try to find linkages? Why don’t we try to find linkages between the brutally cold winters and the possibility of a new mini-ice age????

Peter Stroud
February 13, 2014 12:13 pm

We are getting the same stupid connection between our current floods and CAGW, here in the UK. And, of course, when we were snowbound last year: that was due to CAGW. Anyone who questions this is a denier, and is shouted down.

ren
February 13, 2014 12:26 pm

Count_to_10 says:
So, admittedly, the meandering of the polar vortex probably has a lot to do with it — and the torrential rains Britain is dealing with.
Scientists they must have known what is happening. Why were silent?
http://oi57.tinypic.com/9apnq0.jpg

vigilantfish
February 13, 2014 12:27 pm

I was intrigued by today’s news reports on Toronto’s main news and talk radio this morning, in which the increased snow cover was reported to be caused by “global warming” and not “climate change”. Two observations:
1) I’ve not heard or seen much about “global warming” or even “climate change” in the news media for the last couple of years. Indeed, this must be an effort to convince people to not believe their lyin’ eyes and frozen toes. ScientIFic “experts” remain grimly certain that a catastrophe is unfolding.
2) In a way, this is vaguely encouraging, as at least the supposed underlying fear of global warming is being linked, in a patently ridiculous fashion, to the most consistently cold winter I’ve experienced here in 29 years. Even in the downtown core, there has been lasting snow cover since mid-December, which I’ve never seen here. I’ve heard people in the street lamenting the apparent end of global warming. Myself, I like this ‘traditional’ Canadian winter, which is more like what I used to experience as a girl. Much better than the snow, rain, slush, re-freeze, slip and injury cycle that has been typical of recent decades.

Gail Combs
February 13, 2014 12:30 pm

RACookPE1978 says:
February 13, 2014 at 11:21 am
Come on NORTH Florida! You can do it!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Actually I think they did earlier this winter…
YES, missed February by a couple of days.

January 29, 2014, 3:53 PM PENSACOLA —
I-10 is shut down between Pensacola and Crestview after a rare winter storm brought snow and ice to the Florida Panhandle.
The Florida Highway Patrol shut down at least a half-dozen bridges around Escambia and Santa Rosa counties due to ice on the roadways.
Icicles have formed on signs and buildings in Crestview. The ice has built up on power lines causing outages to 1,200 customers in Walton County.
Schools are closed in most of the Panhandle counties, including in Tallahassee.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/1/28/snow_in_florida.html

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Thursday 13 February 2014 All 50 US states are below freezing – and even Hell’s frozen over (My goats certainly think so. They have yet to poke anything but a nose out of the barn. They are worse than the cats.)
On Feb 13th 2010 there was Snow in all 50 U.S. states

David L.
February 13, 2014 12:32 pm

Imagine what the Warmists would be saying if 49 of 50 states were experiencing record heat waves and a drought right now? But since it’s cold and snow, it’s just weather, or extreme weather which is proof of climate change.

tommoriarty
February 13, 2014 12:40 pm

So, global warming causes “harsh winter weather” according to CBS, and “catastrophic ice storms” according to CNN. Does that mean if next winter is mild, then global warming is over?

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