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Rare Snow Storm Surprises Arizona (..as Bush gets ready for Global Warming initiative)
My Way ^ | 1/22/07 | AMANDA LEE MYERS

Posted on 01/22/2007 8:38:42 AM PST by teddyballgame

PHOENIX (AP) - More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona, and several more inches were possible Monday, while children as far south as Tucson got a rare chance to play in the snow as one of the strongest storms of the winter moved through the state.

Sunday's storm came amid a wave of winter storms that have brought snow, ice and strong winds to the Plains region, but also to the Southwest, including Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.

The harsh, frigid conditions were blamed for 11 traffic fatalities in the Plains over the weekend.

Although the heaviest snowfall in Arizona on Sunday was in the north, snow also fell in downtown Phoenix and Tucson, which received up to 1 1/2 inches, according to the National Weather Service.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


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1 posted on 01/22/2007 8:38:43 AM PST by teddyballgame
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To: teddyballgame

Rare Storm or storm of rare snow?


2 posted on 01/22/2007 8:42:10 AM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: teddyballgame

Global warming? I wonder if there was some convention here last night that Al Gore was supposed to attend.

I'm in Tucson and we've got a good inch of snow across the entire town. And it is staying quite well and is still below freezing. Nearly all the bridges over washes are iced over so people can't go to school or work. Unfortunately for me, we still have school at 12. I'll probably be one of a very few students who will actually travel for an hour and a half to attend two hours of school.


3 posted on 01/22/2007 8:42:49 AM PST by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery.") (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: teddyballgame

I thought that holding global warming conferences during times of freak cold and snow was the kind of stupidity that was reserved only for Al Gore. I'm disappointed that Bush is doing it now, too.


4 posted on 01/22/2007 8:45:13 AM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: teddyballgame

I saw Mort Kondrache claiming that all this weird weather is the result of global warming, and pointing out that even Bush is now on board with doing something about it. I personally don't see how a severe winter snow storm can be the result of global warming.


5 posted on 01/22/2007 8:53:15 AM PST by Brilliant
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Faced with cold weather like this I have noticed that some liberals want to abandon the term "Global Warming" and use "Climate Change" instead. That way they can ascribe every incident of "extreme" weather, hot or cold, to climate change caused by the evil Republicans.


6 posted on 01/22/2007 8:55:03 AM PST by Gator101
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To: teddyballgame

Your screen name brings back great memories of old T. W..


7 posted on 01/22/2007 9:00:09 AM PST by leftee
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To: onja
I'm in Scottsdale and just happened to go outside to take my granddaughter to the car when I saw the "snow." It was actually ice falling, then it went back to heavy rain, then a minute later it switched back to soft ice, then back to rain, etc.

It was really freaky!

8 posted on 01/22/2007 9:00:47 AM PST by IrishRainy ((The only way BJ Clinton would have nailed bin Laden is if Ossama had been a White House intern.))
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To: teddyballgame

Got about 4 inches here in Sierra Vista.


9 posted on 01/22/2007 9:01:40 AM PST by leftee
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To: Brilliant

Every unusual weather event will now be caused by global warming.

Back in the 70s everything was about the coming ice age.


10 posted on 01/22/2007 9:05:04 AM PST by art_rocks
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That was when the lead environmental whacko was blaming it on aerosol sprays. So we stopped using them Now the air is cleaner and the same guy is a global warming alarmist.


11 posted on 01/22/2007 9:18:51 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: IrishRainy

Interesting. Before we had the proper snow, we had similar stuff. We'd have little snow showers amidst the rain and then rain and finally it started snowing quite heavily. At first i didn't believe it really was snowing. I just moved here from Tennessee yet it snowed far more than i had seen in tennessee for years. So much for the warm winters.


12 posted on 01/22/2007 9:36:44 AM PST by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery.") (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: Brilliant
I saw Mort Kondrache claiming that all this weird weather is the result of global warming ... I personally don't see how a severe winter snow storm can be the result of global warming.

Global warming advocates have models that predict any outcome you might imagine. This is key to their bad science. A theory that predicts every outcome is worthless and cannot be tested.

13 posted on 01/22/2007 9:53:47 AM PST by etlib (No creature without tentacles has ever developed true intelligence)
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To: Gator101

They want to call it 'climate change'?

what ever happened to calling it the change of seasons...


14 posted on 01/22/2007 9:56:54 AM PST by tearlenb
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"Global warming advocates have models that predict any outcome you might imagine."

Yep. Computer model is another name for "wild guess."

15 posted on 01/22/2007 10:03:37 AM PST by joebuck
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To: onja

Apprently although school is officially open from 12 to 2:50 all the faculty and students have ditched. :) So I am too. Now I have an official complete snow day in Tucson, AZ. Maybe getting a little warmer might be good actually.


16 posted on 01/22/2007 10:15:58 AM PST by onja ("The government of England is a limited mockery.") (France is a complete mockery.)
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To: teddyballgame

Fort Huachuca, Arizona is CLOSED because of the snow.


17 posted on 01/22/2007 10:19:25 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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Tucson, near Grant and Columbus on evening of 1/21/2007.


18 posted on 01/22/2007 10:31:36 AM PST by bygolly
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To: teddyballgame

I heard that they had several inches in Phoenix, but it of course melted as it hit the ground.


19 posted on 01/22/2007 10:33:05 AM PST by Eva
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While it's a little unusual in Phoenix, a foot of snow in Northern Arizona is not uncommon at all... The Northern part of the state is quite high. There was a few feet on the ground in Show Low when I was born in April.


20 posted on 01/22/2007 10:37:18 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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