Gratuitous Global Warming Observation

Ah, 70 degrees in NoVa this afternoon........

If only this would last, it's likely Washington Gas would wind up owing us money for the month. Alas, a front is on its way in and by the middle of the week we'll be back to typical January rat-bastard weather.

I turned on the Weather Channel for a few minutes last evening and noted that their ratings-driven fearmongering has not abated since the great non-hurricane hurricane season this past summer and autumn. Yeah, they admitted, the temperatures in the East have been unusually warm this year because of a La Nina operating out in the Pacific and an atypical jet stream bottling up the cold air in Canada, but By Golly, IT'S ALL CONNECTED WITH THE RAMPANT AND IRRESPONSIBLE RELEASE OF GREENHOUSE GASES SOMEHOW!!! EEEEEYAAAAARGGH!!!

UPDATE: Drat! I was going to plant some bulbs I had stored away just for the novelty of it, but I was fool enough to keep them in mulch in my basement (which gets quite damp) and they turned out to be all rotty. Oh, well.