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Midwest temperatures through April 10 have been the coldest on record so far, with lots more cold in the forecast for the rest of the month.

The leaves are just starting to come out on the trees, and we are expecting 10 inches of very heavy, wet snow today. This means broken branches everywhere. http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/index.html?qlat=39.26628426150451&qlon=-96.94335937&qzoom=4

James Hansen has made many forecasts over the last 30 years, with close to 0% success rate. Betting on the opposite of what he predicts, is almost a sure thing. Thirty years ago he forecast peak sea-ice loss (40%) in … Continue reading →

Climate scientists are certain that recent global warming is caused only by man, and can not occur naturally. Odds that global warming is due to natural factors:slim to none Saturday, April 12, 2014 http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2014/04/odds-that-global-warming-is-due-to-natural-factors-slim-to-none/ The graphs below are taken from … Continue reading →

As of 2011, NASA showed a large spike in eastern Arctic temperatures around the year 1940 http://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/gistemp/show_station.cgi?id=620040300000&dt=1&ds=1 During the previous year, climategate scientists discussed their desire to get rid of the 1940s spike From: Tom Wigley <[email protected]> To: Phil Jones … Continue reading →

Today, the IPCC says greenhouse gases have accelerated to unprecedented levels and are going to overheat the atmosphere and kill us all. April 13, 2014 A rapid shift to less-polluting energy will be needed to avoid catastrophic global warming because global emissions … Continue reading →

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that … Continue reading →

One of the most liberal Democrats of the 1960s explained why we need the Second Amendment. “Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep … Continue reading →

Great Lakes ice cover is still 47%, far greater than any previous years on this date. The previous record years of 1979 and 1994, had barely half that amount of ice on this date. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=l&ext=ice&type=N&hr=00

April 10 global sea ice area is just behind the current record year of 1982. http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008