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Weather Underground is forecasting in the neighborhood of two feet of snow here, starting Sunday night.

Weather Forecast Fort Collins, CO | Fort Collins Weather | Wunderground

King George III couldn’t possibly have thought up anything so insidious.

A “storm management fee” will be imposed on Maryland residents by Gov. Martin O’Malley — meaning that Maryland is essentially going to tax the rain that falls on people’s property. The bill apparently stems from an order from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up the Chesapeake Bay estuary. The rationale is that since “roofs, driveways and carparks create more potential for drainage problems and water contamination,” a fundraising fee will be assessed based on the size of the building and surrounding paved surfaces. We’re guessing Phase 2 of the plan involves literally taking the food out of Maryland residents’ mouths to sell.

Maryland institutes rain tax to raise money for Chesapeake Bay estuary

h/t to John Bogen

Report: Global warming didn’t cause big US drought

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last year’s huge drought was a freak of nature that wasn’t caused by man-made global warming, a new federal science study finds.

Scientists say the lack of moisture usually pushed up from the Gulf of Mexico was the main reason for the drought in the nation’s midsection.

Thursday’s report by dozens of scientists from five different federal agencies looked into why forecasters didn’t see the drought coming. The researchers concluded that it was so unusual and unpredictable that it couldn’t have been forecast.

“This is one of those events that comes along once every couple hundreds of years,” said lead author Martin Hoerling, a research meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Climate change was not a significant part, if any, of the event.”

h/t to Marc Morano

5,000 lives believed to have been lost due to bitter March | Metro News

Experts say rapidly melting glaciers are raising the UK flood risk – ITV News

That glacier looks frozen solid, and there has been no change in sea level rise rates.

In fact, Obama says that he is absolutely certain that sea level rise slowed the moment he got nominated.

When exactly did morons take over the planet?

2 May 2004

Antarctica is likely to be the world’s only habitable continent by the end of this century if global warming remains unchecked, the Government’s chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, said last week.

Why Antarctica will soon be the <i>only</i> place to live – literally – Environment – The Independent

Land is still cheap in Antarctica, because it is buried under two miles of ice.

Weather Forecast Vostok, Antarctica | Vostok Weather | Wunderground

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The normalcy is unprecedented

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Breezy spring golf conditions at -40 degrees.

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