Scientists Look Into Reasons For 2012's Dramatic Weather

Are these the same scientists that predicted a very active hurricane season for 2013?

Yeah, I don't hear Chicken Little screaming its head off this year so they have to go back and say, "See what happened in 2012?"

I think Duran Duran answered that question . "this is planet Earth .. bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop "

Sounds like SWAG!

I would postulate that most of the weather related events are made an "event" or better "circus event" by the media. I know when even the smallest snowstorm during the winter is enough to put out bulletins that shut everything down or tell people to stay home. Schools seem especially susceptible to the media hype Buses refuse to travel and the list goes on. When the 'event" actually comes it is most often just a passing light snow. You call wolf too many times and no one will listen. The media is most interested in anything that smells of news. We no longer have 30 minutes of news we have 24/7 and they are reaching for any scoop. Thus they often create these "events" to supply the news. When it is a real event they spend far too much time on every minute detail. Gee, man made is correct after all.

I get a little upset when I hear school closings list now. 3" of snow overnight and a bit of wind and they are off for two days.

Back when I was in school in the 80's - early 90's I can recall multiple times when our old bus driver had his son driving one of their own farm loader tractors plowing snow in front of the bus so that we could get to school after a 12 - 18" hard storm came through over night.

That in itself is not what stood out so much but the 1/4 mile walk through 18 - 40+" inches of snow and drifts to get to the bus is what I remember. When you are 12 years old and the snow is waist deep and then some that's a long cold friggin walk/crawl!

If it wasn't nuclear fallout we went to school period.

In Hingham, Massachusetts where I grew up, they were putting chains on the buses so we could get to school. (This was in the seventies during the Little Ice Age.) We would have to get more than 18" or so before they would cancel school back then. More recently down here in Martyland, even a forecast is good enough to cancel school the next day. I seem to recall one nice day, sunny, temps in the low forties when the kids' school had been cancelled due to a forecast.

Wusses.

Sorry, I switch off when I read something as stupid as: " The Earth is warmer now than it used to be...".