Last Month Was the Fourth-Warmest March Since 1880. Happy Earth Day!

[MindMover]

Despite United States temperatures ranging from "obnoxiously cold" to "WTF this was supposed to be spring," last month was in fact the fourth-warmest March since 1880 globally, and the 349th-straight month of global temperatures above the 20th-century average for that month.

"But I was so cold!" you might be saying. "How can this be, Al Gore?" Apparently the answer involves the fact that there are other countries in the world besides the United States:


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/22/march_global_warming_the_349th_straight_month_of_above_average_temperatures.html

[Warpy]

1. It has been warm in the southwest

after a dry winter that wasn't.

People around the Michigan area are getting very grumpy lately, the snow keeps falling there.

[liberal N proud]

2. Not here

I am still trying to thaw out.

[stuntcat]

3. but since the Eastern US, home to a load of the biggest consumers on the planet, had SNOW..

.. it will set the world back another decade! It's fycking Short Attention Span Theater.