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Regis Philbin
Mar 9th, 2008, 12:30 AM
There could be floods this spring if the Republicans cause the weather to get too warm too fast... :manson:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2008-03-06-winter_N.htm

Record snowfalls mean big meltdown

By Doyle Rice, USA TODAY

For snow-weary residents of the Midwest and New England, spring can't come soon enough.

Locations such as Madison, Wis., and Concord, N.H., endured their snowiest winter since records began, and parts of the western USA also saw a much snowier-than-average winter, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

The U.S. winter of 2007-08 — which meteorologists classify as the months of December, January and February — will go down as the coldest since the winter of 2000-01, with a national average temperature of 33.2 degrees, NOAA reported Thursday. Yet, despite the chill, the winter was still slightly warmer than the 20th-century average of 33.0 degrees.

However, it's the snowfall that may be the most memorable element of this winter.

"We had 13 inches of snow on Feb. 1 alone," said Springfield, Ill., resident Julie Becker. "We haven't had 13 inches of snow in years."

Richard Tafoya
Mar 9th, 2008, 03:06 AM
Well, it's all right there. More snow and a warmer weather will add up to some flooding, particular if the spring continues the warming trend of the past decade.