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bvar22

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18. Hi, Blue.

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 04:53 PM

Dec 2015

I'm way south of you, but unheard of weather here too.
On Christmas Day, I was working in the garden...85 degrees.

The grass is greening way too soon.
The buds on our fruit trees are swelling because they think it is Spring. Like last year, I expect a hard freeze next that will kill all of our young fruit.

If this is the New Normal, then we are all fucked.....UNLESS
you let me plant tomatoes and melons in your back yard.

Bad year last year. everything cooked on the vine...few plants actually produced.
I have learned one thing....you can always count on beans.

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Climate change? You betcha. [View all] Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 OP

here in illinois, we should have snow too questionseverything Dec 2015 #1

Come on up to Wisconsin, you can have some of mine. Scuba Dec 2015 #8

I live 156 miles south east of you, Blue, on the roguevalley Dec 2015 #13

I miss the snow so much. Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #22

me too. :( This is some scary stuff. roguevalley Dec 2015 #34

lol questionseverything Dec 2015 #14

But this is only the second snowfall we have had all season AllyCat Dec 2015 #25

But, but, but that cannot be nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #2

I watch those Alaska shows like 'Gold Rush' and 'Alaska: The Last Frontier", etc., and... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #3

Yup. It sure looks like climate change. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #4

That is fine, nature will just plow them under like dead leaves. Rex Dec 2015 #7

It might be a warm and bumpy Iditarod JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #5

I think they had to change the route last year in order to stay on snow. nt ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #6

They did. 2naSalit Dec 2015 #9

Yes, that may happen again this year Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #10

Mat-Su (includes Wasila) winds took out power for 20,000 this a.m. Divernan Dec 2015 #24

70 in New York during Christmas week! I know some people like it, but I find it awful. Squinch Dec 2015 #11

The Weather Crew on the local news don't like to talk about "GW". lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #12

It was 83 here today in Jax. We've set records all week NightWatcher Dec 2015 #15

North Pole temperatures spike 'above freezing' as Storm Frank sends warm air north Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #16

I don't know about "Frank" Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #19

Let's put these two maps together Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #35

72° above normal in Arctic! Duppers Dec 2015 #23

It's fake - a scheme cooked up by al Gore to make money Doctor_J Dec 2015 #17

Nah, it's really just a giant communist conspiracy to harm the American economy Electric Monk Dec 2015 #37

Hi, Blue. bvar22 Dec 2015 #18

My beans did well, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #21

Thank gawd for the BEANS. bvar22 Dec 2015 #30

Mine were purple string beans, Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #31

Nonsense. tabasco Dec 2015 #20

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2015 #26

Talkeetna/Denali area - low snow cover Divernan Dec 2015 #27

I checked into Ft Richardson on 9/29/72 onethatcares Dec 2015 #28

Thank you. Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #29

Corp.s know they're harming us; they just don't give a shit. Divernan Dec 2015 #36

I lived in Anchorage from '92 to '99 callous taoboy Dec 2015 #32

Also is man mad GummyBearz Dec 2015 #33

Looks like a good start for a good garden madokie Dec 2015 #38

Yes, I mulched everything really well this fall, Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #39

Republicans killed Christmas. Because what's Christmas without snow? randome Dec 2015 #40

Oh, great! Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #41

Boston snow fall records frankieallen Dec 2015 #42

The science have been out there rockfordfile Dec 2015 #43

Brew yourself some coffee, nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #44