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2F now in upstate New York, and hilarity ensues. I'm from Alaska so I'm used to it; I would have expected New Yorkers to be unsuprised occasional cold weather b

by elipsey 13y ago

2F now in upstate New York, and hilarity ensues. I'm from Alaska so I'm used to it; I would have expected New Yorkers to be unsuprised occasional cold weather but not so much... I was standing in a grocery line in Fairbanks a few years ago when it was -50F, and the guy in front of me says: "How about all that global warming out there?" Everyone get ready to explain the difference between climate and weather again.

ethanbond 13y ago
Well it's actually a more important distinction than one between climate and weather. It's a distinction between "warming" and polarizing. Global warming models usually predict hotter summers AND colder winters. So it's not a matter of weather vs climate but of bad naming.
- elipsey 13y ago
  Good point, and there are other important changes that should be communicated like increased storm severity, and associated risk of floods (which we study in my lab), higher precip in some areas, less in others, and, I'm sure, lots of other stuff I don't know about. If I could figure out how to express all of that stuff clearly and concisely in between being yelled at by Bill O'Reilly, I guess I would have a different job title :)