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US temperatures are forecast to be far below normal for the rest of the month, so it is difficult to determine where March 2012 will end in the rankings. Possibly the coldest in 44 years.

10-Day Temperature Outlook for the Conterminous U.S.

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h/t to Dave G

Cuomo has organized a KGB style network intend to create hatred and distrust between neighbors. He also expects that criminals will abide by his bullet bans.

Nearly a year before signing the nation’s most stringent gun control measure into law, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a hotline that allows state residents to report illegal gun owners in exchange for a $500 reward.

How cool – you can ruin your neighbor’s life by simply making an accusation, and maybe collect cash for telling a big enough lie.

Cuomo said the state needs to allow the sale of handguns and rifles with 10-shot magazines, but New Yorkers will still be required to keep no more than seven bullets in them, except at shooting ranges and competitions. Violating the seven-bullet limit is a misdemeanor but a violation if the magazine is in the owner’s home.

New York offers $500 reward for reporting illegal gun owners | Fox News

No doubt criminals will keep Cuomo’s bullet limits in mind on their way out to commit a crime.

h/t to Dave G

Over the past decade scientists thought they had figured out how to protect humanity from the worst dangers of climate change.

Now it appears that the assessment was too optimistic. The latest data from across the globe show that the planet is changing faster than expected.

Is Global Warming Happening Faster Than Expected?: Scientific American

Cooling temperatures over the past decade, are rock solid proof that the planet is warming faster than was expected ten years ago.

Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

01 Sep 1953 – FLOODS ROUT TEXANS FROM HOMES

SPRING officially begins this week but forecasters are warning of a prolonged cold snap across the UK which will continue until the beginning of April.

The Daily Telegraph reports temperatures could drop to as low as minus 15C overnight in the north of England while Scotland and southeast England also face heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Temperatures would normally be well into double figures by this time of year.

The Met Office has released a yellow weather warning for the north of England: icy conditions and “heavy snow” are predicted. Forecaster Helen Roberts said there was unlikely to be any respite from the cold snap despite Wednesday’s spring equinox marking the end of the winter in the northern hemisphere.

UK weather: No spring in sight as forecasters predict cold snap to last ‘beyond Easter’ | News | The Week UK

17 Sep 1925 – TEXAS. DISASTROUS DROUGHT. PLAN OF RELIEF.

24 Nov 1917 – DISASTROUS DROUGHT IN TEXAS WASHINGTON, Thursday.

Droughts are known to be extremely responsive to government stealing money from the citizenry.

11 Aug 1930 – AMERICAN DROUGHT WORST IN HISTORY HEAT WAVE IN W…

The onslaught of wild weather that has battered the USA in recent years — from Hurricane Sandy and deadly tornado outbreaks to extremes of drought and floods — looks to be part of a “new normal” for weather patterns in the U.S., new National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini said Wednesday.

Weather Service chief: We face ‘new normal’ of extremes

What a load of garbage. Tornado fatalities have been in sharp decline for 90 years.

US Annual Tornado Death Tolls NOAA Weather Partners

Droughts used to be much worse.

Contiguous U.S., Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI), 36-Month Period Ending in March, 1898-2012

The ten deadliest US floods all occurred below 350 ppm. Louis has absolutely no idea what he is talking about.