Bob CollinsThere’s no snow outside and it’s not right, not just because the holidays demand a snowy scene, but because it’s winter and it’s supposed to be snowy. And because this is the first year in the last 20 I got my snowblower prepared for the season, but that’s another issue.
The first reaction I have every day, illogical as it is, is that this is the future and we might as well get used to it; we’re just a cold North Carolina now.
But today, NASA released this animation of snow cover on the globe in the last 10 years, which suggests to me that the snow will be back. Someday.
If it’s any consolation, snow lovers, Minnesota isn’t alone. This map of snowcover in the U.S. reveals that almost nobody has any…
Compare that to a year ago this week…
