Must be nice to have zero principles
(Randolph Herald) Summer may not officially end until Sept. 22, but for most of us, the passage of Labor Day heralds the end of the season.
As someone whose love of bright sunshine and warm temperatures verges on addiction, it’s always a day I dread. But this year, I know I’m not the only one who feels cheated by the all-too-brief respite from Mother Nature’s increasingly cold, capricious clutches.
Much of the nation experienced one of the coolest, wettest summers on record — save for parts of the West, where residents had one of the hottest summers yet, according to meteorologists at the Weather Channel.That would be depressing enough on its own but, following one of the worst winters on record, it seems even more unfair. Clinging to visions of sun, fun and scorching temperatures got many of us through the brutal cold and extreme snowfall, and to have the sun set on summer without fully realizing those dreams makes the knowledge of the coming change of season far harder to swallow.
It’s also prompted climate change skeptics to come crawling out of the woodwork once again, crowing about how the unusually cool temps of 2014 surely disprove global warming.
She has a response, of course
What they fail to realize, though, is that the U.S. is only one small piece of the world — not the center of the universe — and, as a whole, 2013 was the hottest year on record worldwide … and 2014 just may top that before the calendar rolls into 2015.
When it’s warm someplace, Warmists say “see! DOOM!” When weather fails to abide by their talking points, we’re told it doesn’t matter.
