What a difference a year makes in Anchorage, Alaska.

[Blue_In_AK]

On May 17-18, 2013, the latest measurable snowfall on record occurred. The high on May 17, 2013, was 37 degrees (a record low maximum for the date). On May 17, 2014, the high temperature was 73 degrees (a record high maximum for the date). We never know what to expect around here.

The weird thing about last year's summer is that after such a slow start, we had a record number of days above 80 degrees. But, of course, there's no climate change.

[handmade34]

1. ...

my son flew up to Anchorage this weekend... said it was warmer than Portland... he starts his new job today (took the train down to Seward)

[gcomeau]

2. Ok, something suspicious is happening

As of this moment the top two threads on the Latest Threads page are this one, and this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017192922




And they both prominently feature a moose.

[JeffHead]

3. Damn you!

You figured us out. I was just about to post this.

Curses.... Foiled again.

[truedelphi]

4. Democrats need to understand that individual Republican voters do believe in

Climate Change. The reason why they are not pressuring the elected Republicans to do anything about it is on account of their concerns that the "solution" will be, like all other governmental elected officials' "solutions", nothing but more mismanaged and inept policies that are foisted on the middle class. (Just as paying off of the Trillions of dollars in war debts, bailout debts and Big Earner's tax cuts means cuts to Social Security checks, and also the delay regarding when you can even go n Social Security.)

What people foresee are these tax credits that advantage the Biggest Polluters, while meanwhile mom and pop will get a fine for not correctly dividing up their recycling. Etc.

[Nihil]

12. Not even as fine-grained as that IMO ...

You are right but it is more general than just "Democrats need to understand",
"individual Republicans" or "elected Republicans".

The correct substitutions for the above are "people", "ordinary" & "politicians".

> People need to understand that individual ordinary voters do believe in
> Climate Change. The reason why they are not pressuring the elected politicians
> to do anything about it is on account of their concerns that the "solution" will be,
> like all other governmental elected officials' "solutions", nothing but more mismanaged
> and inept policies that are foisted on the middle class. (Just as paying off of the
> Trillions of dollars in war debts, bailout debts and Big Earner's tax cuts means
> cuts to Social Security checks, and also the delay regarding when you can even
> go on Social Security.)
>
> What people foresee are these tax credits that advantage the Biggest Polluters,
> while meanwhile mom and pop will get a fine for not correctly dividing up their recycling. Etc.

That is exactly what happens and it doesn't matter about the claimed allegiance of
the individual 0.1%er putting his or her signature to each "bipartisan" decision.

Yes, some elected Democrats get it. Yes, some elected Republicans get it.

No, most of both are only in it for themselves, for their family & friends, for their own
personal profit and screw the rest of you.

That's the way it has been for decades and it ain't gonna change in any kind of hurry ...

[Swede Atlanta]

5. Oh please....the earth is constantly changing.......

so the earth is a few degrees warmer...what's the fuss all about?

What if we have more torrential rains and greater droughts? Why worry about fires burning out of control all over the world and low lying coastal areas being inundated?

Who gives a dang about that when we can ride in our air-conditioned Lexus SUVs and Escalades to our Starbucks coffee drive-throughs?

Why are you people getting so worked up? Seriously.

SARCASM!!!!!

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!

[Orrex]

7. I blame moose.

And squirrel, though you can't see him in the picture.

[dem in texas]

8. 80 degree days?

I lived in Anchorage for many years, I can't remember many 80 degree days. You didn't plant your garden until after Memorial Day. I also lived in Fairbanks and can remember 65 below zero days in the winter. I read that the ice fog is really a serious problem now. I saw pictures of the Portage glacier and it has melted so much since I lived there. But, not to worry, we are not having global warming, Marco Rubio told me that. Ha! Ha!

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Here's a report from July 30 in the Anchorage Daily News

The hot weather of July 2013 will go down in the history books: Anchorage on Tuesday broke the all-time record for consecutive days of 70 degrees or warmer, according to the National Weather Service.

Sure, that's not a heat wave by Lower 48 standards, but for Alaska it's downright balmy.

Tuesday marked the 14th straight day of 70 degrees or more for Alaska's largest city, breaking the previous record of 13 days, the Weather Service said in a written statement. The mercury hit that level three times in recorded memory, in 1936, 1953 and 2004, the Weather Service said.

Anchorage is also on the verge of breaking another heat record for the number of 70-degree-plus days this summer. So far, there have been 38 such days, putting 2013 in fourth place for that record, the Weather Service says. The record of 49 days was set in 2004.

Reach Casey Grove at [e-mail] or 257-4589.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/07/30/2999811/anchorage-breaks-record-for-70.html#storylink=cpy


I was trying to find exactly how many 80+ days we had, with no luck. It seems like it was at least five or six. I've lived here since 1975, and I never saw anything like it. We were all sweltering, but my gardens loved it.

I remember that "plant after Memorial Day" rule. Now they say when the birch leaves are as big as squirrel's ears. This year that happened almost overnight about May 10, very, very early. I'm putting my vegetables in the ground now. The trees are fully leafed out, like mid-summer. A lot of my perennials are already blooming.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. And Portage Glacier is just sad.

You can't even see it from the visitor's center anymore.

Here's a shot of the Matanuska Glacier which has also receded a bit, but not nearly as much as Portage.

[AnneD]

14. I remember walking on

Portage Glacier as a teen in 1973.

[rickyhall]

11. Bullwinkle & Rocky to the rescue

[Enthusiast]

13. Amazing. Alaska's weather is as weird as Ohio's.

Seriously. We had frost yesterday morning. It has been unusually cold.

[madokie]

15. Parts of northeast OK

Had frost a few days ago.

I'm just now getting my garden in this year due to the late frost. Mind you I do believe we are in the midst of global warming though, its just that the weather is weird and getting weirder as time goes on.