Black is white, up is down, hot is cold
(Oregon Live) Look outside. It’s probably snowing. In fact, in Portland, Tuesday was one of the “snowiest” days on record. The National Weather Service in Portland says this winter could be the coldest in 20 years.
Whenever the weather gets cold, someone somewhere, whether it’s in an email or the comments section of this website, says, “Well, it’s cold outside so global warming is obviously a hoax.”
So, is it?
First, the words. It’s more accurate to say “global climate change” than “global warming.” That’s because warming in some areas means cooling in others.
“While some places may end up getting warmer and hotter,” Jon Bonk, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Portland told us over the phone Wednesday, “that may result in conditions elsewhere, say the coast, where they may end up getting cooler.”
There’s always an excuse with these people, always a reason why the answer is always ‘climate change’. It reminds me of those little papers which provide reasons why the earth is only 6,000 years old. They always have an excuse.
