[MNJohnnie]

I remember playing baseball in the vacant lot next to our house in January in 1976 or so. January in Minnesota. So you are absolutely correct, weather runs in cycles. 10 years ago we had a blizzard here in MN that stalled out over mid central Minnesota for a whole week. It got to be something like the Rockies. People had to dig DOWN to get to their front doors.

Another example of how superficial and shallow the average American has become. They just mindlessly accept what ever is screamed at them by the Junk Media culture as "fact".

[samantha]

Very true, Look at how many lunatic Reporters are out in the middle of a Hurricane or a Blizzard telling us what we already know. If there is a flood, they are out in their slickers and hip boots. Totally bogus....The old timers can tell you what the Winter will be like. Harsh or mild,or normal, come early and stay late, come late and leave early just by the Color and look of the fur on a Caterpillar's back. These people were always right, so they had a heads up and stacked more logs for the fireplace or Furnace, ordered more Fuel Oil, Coal, etc. They did not have Meteorologists with Computers, they had Nature tell them. They knew what it meant when creeks were full in the winter, and what growths on particular sides of Trees indicated. These were Conservative People who loved Nature and utilized it, needed it for their survival, worked as one. We are losing these sort of People, and I sure am sorry that I did not pay more attention to my Parents, and the Older Folks that helped us all survive without a whimper.