Woke up this morning to six inches on the ground. A lot of it has melted now - it is 40.3°F outside but it got down to 31.5°F last night. More forecast to arrive tonight/Monday.
Meanwhile, to our North, the Vancouver Sun is predicting doom and gloom:
Climate change predicted to transform Vancouver into San Diego, but at a heavy cost
A major climate-change study predicts temperatures in Metro Vancouver will exceed those of present-day Southern California in the coming decades.
Frost and ice will become virtually a thing of the past, heating bills will drop, and farm crops will flourish virtually year-round in the Fraser Valley.
That’s the good news.
On the down side — and there is plenty of it — the region can expect: air-conditioning costs to soar; worsening smog and associated health problems; increased forest fires and water shortages; summer droughts followed by severe fall rain events; and an influx of invasive species threatening forests and agriculture.
And the report:
A new 70-page study, Climate Projections for Metro Vancouver, predicts changes in temperature and precipitation that will affect everything from sewage pipes to ski hills in the 2050s — just 33 years distant — and 2080s. Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, based at the University of Victoria, assisted in the report.
The report’s author, Jeff Carmichael, division manager of utilities research and innovation for Metro Vancouver, said the findings are meant to help the region and its member municipalities plan for the future while doing their own part to reduce greenhouse gases.
It is common for municipalities now to have staff specifically devoted to climate-change issues.
Talk about a waste of time - did they analyze what would happen if we enter into a period of extended cooling? Bet not.
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