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Old 09-30-2009, 08:29 PM
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Do you bother to check the data or do you just opine? You are right in that Colorado had a warmer than usual winter this past year, however the United States as a whole did not. You did not check to see that the 206-2007 and 2007-2008 winters were colder than normal in Colorado.

I cannot observe the weather here in TV and project it upon the rest of the country. The advantage of using US temperature is that it provides the best database for a large land mass. For example, since 1895, Florida’s average annual temperature has declined by .08 degrees/decade and Colorado’s has increased by .12 degrees/decade. Colorado’s precipitation is declining by .06 inches/decade and Florida’s is increasing by exactly the same amount. The nation as a whole has seen virtually no change in the amount of precipitation received.
You have made my point....

Colorado’s has increased by .12 degrees/decade. Colorado’s precipitation is declining by .06 inches/decade One would think that would mean it is getting hotter here. And the dropping precipitation is NOT good news for skiing industry....

I sited the pine beetle problem which is widespread in Colorado...it makes me sick to see the pine trees turn red. The winters, even in the high country, are not cold enough to kill off this pest. Last year, when I was in TV, it was in fact colder in TV than here in Colorado Springs.

Just going on personal experience I have lived here since 1966.