A few weeks ago, the state of Oregon issued the standard, totally predictable study – explaining how global warming was going to do all kinds of terrible things, including the tried and true “reduced snowpack” catastrophe.
Nature immediately responded with massive amounts of snow, and snowpack is now 130% of normal in Oregon.
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin
Isn’t Mother Nature wonderful!! Steve, did you happen to catch my question under the ABOUT section, the last comment, about Heating/Cooling Degree Days