[LachlanMinnesota]

Rare Storm or storm of rare snow?

[onja]

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.

[Emmett McCarthy]

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.

[Brilliant]

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.

[Gator101]

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.

[leftee]

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

[leftee]

Got about 4 inches here in Sierra Vista.

[SandRat]

Fort Huachuca, Arizona is CLOSED because of the snow.

[Eva]

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

[HairOfTheDog]

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.

[Rio]

A pickup truck carrying radioactive materials used in pipeline scanning equipment was swept from a bridge and disappeared in a swollen creek in Oklahoma's Pittsburg County, said Undersheriff Richard Sexton.

The truck's two occupants escaped unharmed, but efforts to locate the truck and its radioactive cargo were suspended after dark. He said officials hope the creek's level will fall enough on Monday to reveal the truck's whereabouts. A container with the material is bolted to the truck.

"The radioactive materials are still in the truck, and that's what we're worried about," Sexton said.

Might want to find that, all right. Probably Cobalt-60 or Iridium-192.

[Musket]

Please Algore bring Global Warming here to the Denver area. My car is getting ruined. Had my muffler got torn off yesterday by the ice buildup in the streets. I'm reluctant to get it fixed as it may just get torn off again.

Please please Algore, bring Denver the Global Warming!

[SandRat]

You know you're getting acculturated to Arizona when...

You've signed so many petitions to recall governors that you can't remember the name of the incumbent.

You notice your car overheating before you drive it.

You can say Hohokam and people don't think you're laughing.

You no longer associate bridges (or rivers) with water.

You see more irrigation water flowing down the street than there is in the Salt River.

You know a swamp cooler is not a happy hour drink.

You can say 120 degrees without fainting.

You can be in the snow, then drive for an hour and it will be over 100 degrees.

You quickly discover (in July) that it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

You can make sun tea outside faster than instant tea in the microwave.

You notice the best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.

You realize that Valley Fever isn't a disco dance.

Hotter water comes from the cold water tap than the hot one.

You can (correctly) pronounce the words: "Saguaro", "Tempe", "Gila Bend", "San Xavier", "Canyon de Chelly", "Mogollon Rim", "Tumacacori", "Cholla", and "Tlaquepague".

It's noon in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one person is moving on the streets.

You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

Sunscreen is sold year round, kept at the front of the checkout counter, a formula less than 30 SPF is a joke, and you wear it just to go to Circle K.

Even businessmen in three piece suits carry squirt bottles of drinking water.

Hot air balloons can't go up, because the air outside is hotter than the air inside (this DOES happen).

No one would dream of putting vinyl upholstery in a car.

You can understand the reason for a town named "Why".

You say, "Huachuca," and no one says, "Gezunteit."

Driving 95 miles to save $5 on pinto beans sounds like a great bargain.

All the chrome names and logos on your new Datsun got licked off by some steers in Willcox.

The front lawn is dry as a bone, and the back yard just got a four inch downpour.

A Houston, Texas car just drove up and unloaded six cowboys, and everyone laughed at them.

You fear driving in Tucson, not because of drive by shootings, but because of the drivers on Kolb.

You ate an orange right off of the tree and puckered your mouth so bad you broke two front teeth.

Geriatric Physicians account for 75% of the GNP of the state.

Dust on your friends' furniture starts looking ambient.

You are driving 82 MPH on I-10, and everyone is passing you, except a '68 Ford from West Virginia.

All the medicine in your bathroom cabinet has labels in only Spanish, ¿si?

You learn that, "OK bye bye" is phone Spanish for "Good-bye."

Your two favorite colors are beige and copper patina.

You realise that the words, "Qué Paso?" are not followed by, "the butter."

Carrying a concealed weapon is not mentioned until your gun falls out of your pocket onto the sheriff's toe.

Jalapeños taste bland.

An abandoned copper mine and 600 miles of tailings are a major tourist attraction.