It's Not Just Me

I've been thinking the winter has been extraordinarily mild -- I mean, stretches of temperatures in the 40s in February is not normal here.

I was right:

It occurred to me, as I was thinking about this winter, that the pattern used to be that an arctic air mass would move down toward the end of December and settle a sharp chill over the region. That didn't happen this year, probably because there's next to no Arctic left.

And from the other side of the world, think of Kiribati:



It's pretty grim, but fortunately, Kiribati is not being governed by the Republicans -- its president is dealing with reality.

(PS -- Did you remember to spring forward?)