The Storm that Came to Dinner.

2-27-10 SHORT HILLS: We had another flurry today. If this storm hangs around any longer, I’m going to charge it rent. We continue to get damage to shrubs and trees, broken branches and trunks. The heavy wet snow froze on the branches in big globs. If you try to get it off with a broom or rake, it usually causes more damage than benefit. I foresee lots of pruning next month.

So if global warming is happening, why are we getting all these snow storm? Funny you should ask, I was just thinking about that. The accumulation of greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide, from the burning of fossil fuels continues. This January was the warmest on record. A hotter atmosphere holds more water vapor, think of the summer time humidity, and more energy. More energy and water in the atmosphere means more intense storms with more precipitation, rain or snow. So the storms don’t call climate change, a better term than global warming, into question, but they confirm it.


Just another sunset.