What climate change?

[kpete]

Last 12 Months Hottest in Recorded US History

http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/05/heat-records-shattered-us-past-12-months

[onehandle]

1. But here in the Philly area, it snowed on Halloween...

...then we went on to see one of the mildest Winters ever.

Today, it's in the 80s.

I think I didn't move far enough North from Atlanta.

[A Simple Game]

6. I'm 30 miles from Canada in New York, 80's here too. n/t

[spanone]

2. we have our heads stuck so far in the sand.

[jimlup]

3. I've been following climate science since the late 70's or early 80's

And I knew that the changes we are now observing were coming. What surprises me is that I thought then that by the time it got this bad people would be taking drastic action. I guess that was the naive part of my thinking back then.

[dorkulon]

4. Never underestimate a human's capacity to ignore a problem until it kills them.

[progressoid]

5. Shifting baselines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shifting_baseline

[jimlup]

9. Yeah as a HS teacher I know that my kids are not as aware of the differences as I am

And they will grow up to be voting adults in about a year actually. They will have to rely on information from us - our teaching - to make an informed decision. Yeah! I have an important function. I get to help young people understand what is happening to the planet.

[OnlinePoker]

7. Yes, as a whole the average was higher but the image is not what is on the NOAA website

The Pacific Northwest, for instance was normal for those 12 months.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/maps.php?ts=12&year=2012&month=4&imgs%5B%5D=Statewidetrank&submitted=Submit

[Odin2005]

8. It was 95 in Fargo, yesterday.

[former9thward]

10. Why is this map so distorted?

That is not what NOAA shows. The argument for climate change can be made without making up stuff. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/maps.php?ts=12&year=2012&month=4&imgs[]=Statewidetrank&submitted=Submit

[dems_rightnow]

11. It's the map I see there

Choose "12 months" and "April"

[former9thward]

12. Yes, I did.

Not the map in the OP at all.

[dems_rightnow]

13. It's the exact map I see.

Very odd.

[former9thward]

14. This is the map that I see.