Winter warmest on record (Canada)

[Minstrel Boy]

Winter warmest on record: Environment Canada

Mar. 13 2006 9:21 PM ET

It's not your imagination; this winter has been warmer than past winters. In fact, Environment Canada has just declared this past winter as Canada's warmest winter on record.

Between December and February, Canadian temperatures were 3.9 degrees above normal.

It was especially balmy in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, where temperatures were six to eight degrees above normal, but every part of the country got a mild winter.

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"I think (this winter) will be a dress rehearsal. It may very well be a glimpse or preview of what winter will be like in the future, where we will be wondering where winter is," Phillips said.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060313/winter_weather_060313/20060313?hub=TopStories

[Canuckistanian]

1. No kidding

This is the weirdest winter I've ever experienced.

[mom cat]

2. Mother earth has a fever. We need to help her get better, or at least

stop poisoning her.

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

3. I can't believe that a professional "climatologist" said...

"I'm reluctant to say this is global warming because next winter may turn out to be colder than normal"

Well, duh! Global warming doesn't mean that everything just gets a little more cozy, you doofus. It means that more energy is being pumped into the dynamic/chaotic system that is the global climate. When more energy is input to such a dynamic system, it can produce wild swings away from the "norm" or alter the shape of that system's "strange attractor". You could easily see extreme highs and lows, not just a gradual "oh, it's getting a little warm in here".

Statements like that give global warming deniers their ammunition.

[hopeisaplace]

4. Other than snow in December, there hasn't been much snow here at all

..my youngest kept asking where are the snow was..cause he wanted to go
tobogganing (we only were able to go a few times)

[Branjor]

5. It was in the mid 70s today

in New Jersey for crying out loud!

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[lovuian]

7. I know Global warming is part of it but I think poles are

shifting!!!

[CHIMO]

8. Agree

Carbon dioxide, molecular weight of 44, is also collecting at the bottom of the ocean and unbalancing everything.

But maybe my crystal ball isn't giving me the correct hints.

But I can think it?

[lrrys]

9. Wonderful weather in Houston!

Spent this past Saturday afternoon in the pool! Sausage and ribs on the grille....plenty of liquid refreshment and great company! Best
winter I can remember ever!