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People Crack Me Up

So, today I was supposed to be in Ohio to visit my friend, Amber. I was supposed to touchdown in the Indianapolis airport at 3pm today. She and I chose that one, because it's not too long a drive for her, but saved me about $200 on the ticket price.

The problem is, there was a big blizzard in that whole area this morning. A big freak thing that they're saying along with freezing rain will have dumped between 10 and 12 inches of snow by the time it's finished.

I am still in Arizona right now. The flight took off anyway, but Amber expressed that the drive conditions for her would be excessively dangerous, so I didn't get on the plane. The problem is, because the plane flew anyway, the airline owes me nothing, and I'm out $220. Oh well.

Here's where today's title comes in to play. Somebody actually said the following, when discussing the blizzard:

"Yeah, but we're destroying the environment with global warming. Yeah, right. Ha ha."

He laughed. As if to say that this giant blizzard is somehow proof that global warming is false. As if a large amount of snow is equal to a larger amount of cold, somehow.

For those of you that think his logic makes sense, think again. Snow is precipitation. An increase in the incidence of precipitation of any kind is not a sign of less heat in the global climate system, but more. More heat is going to lead to more water vapor in the air, which would lead to more water falling back down to the earth. Yes, the precipitation is frozen in this example, but just because the average annual temperature is warmer now than it was a hundred years ago doesn't mean Ohio can't get snow anymore in the cooler months. We haven't done away with winter yet, people. There's just A LOT more snow now.

And here I am with a cleared schedule and no place to go. And $220 poorer. Oh well.