Yes you read that headline correctly. Yesterday in Huntington Beach there was snow. And, in Redondo Beach, waterspouts were reported. I’m sure it won’t be long before somebody tries to blame these weather events on “global warming” which is fast becoming the “universal bogeyman” for any weather event.
And in downtown:
Another shot of downtown Huntington Beach dusted with a light covering of snow this morning pic.twitter.com/29eTzK1p0K
— 🇺🇸 Vlad3060 🇨🇺 (@vlad3060) March 3, 2015
Waterspouts:
Pair of waterspouts seen this evening off the coast of Redondo Beach, CA https://t.co/qZJdklJg4R pic.twitter.com/GeYrJvi76v
— BuzzFeed Storm (@BuzzFeedStorm) March 2, 2015
These events were all part of a frontal system moving through, hardly unprecedented. It seems there was a similar event with snow on the beach in 1987.
Observers indicated the snow might be very fine hail, possibly from a cold core thunderstorm. Whatever it is, it has nothing to do with “global warming”.
I sent an email directly to WUWT telling them this was hail, not snow.
No reply, no response, no change, no correction.
Very disappointed that this site which I love so much would allow this. Maybe they’re hoping it will just disappear with time.
I guess we can conclude that we may have “read that headline correctly”, but that the headline was far from correct.
That was definitely hail. I have a friend who lives there and experienced it. And if you look close at the second picture, you can see the hailstones.
WUWT, this endangers your credibility. And once it is lost, you will NEVER get it back. Certainly not with me. This is the shit the warmists pull.
Every time there is some weather anomaly it is blamed on global warming. The Global Warming crowd loves to people like myself who question whether global warming exists or not as “climate change deniers” inter Alia to being a Holocaust Denier. The political left can never tell the truth and do what they best and that is lie.
Although it makes a great photo, the “snow” in Huntington Beach was simply hail. There is no story here. The last time it snowed in Los Angeles itself was 1949. We keep our snow in to our mountains.
Where does the author suppose the extra heat energy comes from to evaporate water to provide record snowfall?