[Izzy Dunne]

Sen. Olympia Snowe, D-Maine,

She's made it official now?

"Come to Maine and tell us about it being a mild winter," she said.

I'm in Maine for 5 years now, and this has been a mild winter. It's now 45.7 degrees outside my house. There is no snow on the ground. About 3 weeks ago, we had 12 inches on a Sunday, by Tuesday it was 100% gone.

[newgeezer]

I'm in Maine for 5 years now, and this has been a mild winter.

Don't expect the truth to come between a politician and her emotional reasonings.

[VeniVidiVici]

Sen. Olympia Snowe, D-Maine, She's made it official now?

LOL! Perhaps the AP writer just had a Freudean slip.

[Cboldt]

I'm in Maine for 5 years now, and this has been a mild winter.

20+ years, and yes, this winter has been warmer than average. Not just a little bit, either.

     WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                     VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                       NORMAL        
     ..................................................................

     ...THE MILLINOCKET  ASOS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2006...

     DEGREE DAYS
      HEATING   
       SINCE MAR 1    306                       305      1      313     
       SINCE JUL 1   5793                      6632   -839     6414

     ...THE PORTLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2006...

     DEGREE DAYS         
      HEATING            
       SINCE MAR 1    264                       252     12      279
       SINCE JUL 1   4854                      5459   -605     5340

     ...THE HOULTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2006...

     DEGREE DAYS                                                                            
      HEATING   
       SINCE MAR 1    321                       311     10      332
       SINCE JUL 1   6147                      7030   -883     6948

     ...THE CARIBOU CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2006...

     DEGREE DAYS         
      HEATING
       SINCE MAR 1    333                       320     13      347
       SINCE JUL 1   6475                      7245   -770     7135

     ...THE BANGOR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2006...

     DEGREE DAYS         
      HEATING
       SINCE MAR 1    306                       269     37      304
       SINCE JUL 1   5340                      5824   -484     5966

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/me/climate.html

[proud_yank]

I live in Edmonton AB, and we have had a very mild winter. This global warming must be great for the poor with regard to their energy costs, so why are we passing this kind of legislation??