We occasionally get cold snaps where it will drop into single digits, but the last one of those was in 2013.

The different valleys have different micro-climates around here though. The Tooele valley about 20 miles west of Salt Lake valley can get 3 feet of snow while SL valley is clear. Skull Valley (west of Tooele) can be below zero while it’s above freezing in both Salt Lake and Tooele.

I grew up in the Chicago suburbs — the temps there right now are certainly below normal, but not *that* much. I walked home from school in -10 (with wind chills far below that) many a time. I remember days of -28 and -32 also. The infamous “blizzard of ’79” was a magical wonderland to little of kindergartener me. My boy scout troop did an annual winter camp in February where we’d head up to southern Wisconsin and sleep cold. Most years it would be single digits at night and maybe into the 20’s during the day, though one year it was -4 at night and never got out of single digits during the day, nevermind the wind chill — that year we mostly just stood around the fire….

Key graph:
“Maybe as the cultural climate changes I can try again…”
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/porn-star-ends-her-17-month-campaign-to-get-on-dem-ticket-for-2020-presidential-election

We need the insulating layer so that water pipes do not freeze underground. But we have, from the last two storms, roughly 35 inches on the ground (We got 23 inches on 1/19). So that’s good.

I have found the key to enjoying winter, and stopping my natural tendency to veer toward SAD, is finding outdoor activities to look forward to: snowshoe hiking and XC skiing are my favorites. No bugs, no crowds. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Even camping is fun if you are prepared. You haven’t lived until you’ve camped on a frozen lake with a campfire in front of you in a depression in the ice! If you know how to dress, weather is rarely a problem.

As the Norwegians say, “It’s not the weather, its the clothing.”

There can be absolutely no doubt that Obama can claim victory for his extraordinarily prescient policy leading to the vanquishing of America’s GREATEST foe:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-obama/obama-tells-coast-guard-grads-climate-change-menaces-u-s-idUSKBN0O513H20150520

Another HUGE achievement. Another well-deserved notch in his designer belt. What foresight! What wisdom! What planning! What execution!!

And with our military currently on a roll, there’s no time to waste: it’s time to send crack units (Marines, 101st Airborne, Navy Seals—all of ’em!) to poor Oz, our suffering, beleaguered ally—overrun by odious Climate Change—to help them throw back the relentless enemy, this nefarious nemesis, this merciless killing machine.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-fries-as-the-heat-soars-higher

Australia has always stood by us. With us. Our GREAT country has the momentum. LET’S DO IT!!!

And let us not lose our nerve in this glorious and noble battle!

From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the Shores of Bondi Beach….

JANUARY 30, 2019
SINCERE QUESTION: Sincere question: Did any of the experts who are now saying the “polar vortex” increasingly coming south is a result of climate change (in particular, polar ice melting due to warming) *predict* this would be a result of climate change before it happened? If so, it would give me much greater faith in their understanding of climate change. If not…

Posted by David Bernstein at 3:25 pm

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/320173/
JANUARY 30, 2019
TOM HARRIS AND DR. TIM BALL: Record Cold Forces Rethink on Global Warming. “The recent weather is a stark reminder that a colder world is a much greater threat than a warmer one. While governments plan for warming, all the indications are that the world is cooling. And, contrary to the proclamations of climate activists, every single year more people die from the cold than from the heat.”

You don’t want to live in a John Ringo novel, but you do want to read all of what Harris and Ball have to say.

FLASHBACK: Climate Change Made Simple.

Posted by Stephen Green at 10:54 am

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/427784-good-samaritan-pays-for-hotel-rooms-for-70-homeless-in-chicago

Well, it’s supposed to be sunny here along the CT coast when the sun hauls itself out of bed at 7:05, and the temps are scheduled to rise all the way to 20F. It’s 4F as I type. It’s been a mild winter in regard to snowfall, but we’ve had some cold snaps too– though nothing like what’s afflicting the Midwest.

OTOH, only 11 days to go until Spring Training, and I wouldn’t mind stowing away on the Phillies team van as it heads toward Clearwater, FL.