Such BS. I've lived 71 years. Every single one of those 71 years has had weird weather and wild extremes. I remember walking to class in Columbia, Missouri in 1969-1973 in 15 below temps. That hardly ever happens in Missouri, but it did 50 years ago.
We were fortunate to have lived in Syracuse, NY in 1966 when the "Blizzard of '66" hit.
"On January 26, Syracuse’s temperature dropped to -26° F, still tied for the record lowest temperature in Syracuse history. That arctic air set the foundation for the blockbuster storm. The storm tracked along the East Coast several days later, moving right up the Hudson Valley on January 30 then it stalled near Montreal on January 31.Then, in 1977, I lived in Massillon, Ohio and another HUGE blizzard roared through northern Ohio.Syracuse’s snow total over two and a half days was 42.3”. It was the greatest storm snowfall in Syracuse until the Blizzard of 1993 eclipsed it 27 years later."
"National Weather Service forecasters called for a blizzard warning across Ohio early on Friday, January 28, 1977. The cold wave and high winds swept across the state at dawn. Temperatures fell from 20 degrees to 5 to 10 degrees below zero during the day. High winds and blowing snow accompanied the cold wave. Winds of 35 to 45 mph, gusting to 60, blew new snow and snow already on the ground into huge drifts and obscured visibility."The winds and snow completely filled road cuts through hills.
Read the "Little House on the Prairie" books for first-hand accounts of plains blizzards in the late 1800s.
People who think extremes are rare and unusual are ignorant simpletons who think history started when they had breakfast today.
Yes. I'm old enough to remember snowstorms in San Francisco. What? It never snows in San Francisco at sea level? Well, yes it did. Early 1960's we got a blanket of snow, and my Dad's dog freaked out and wouldn't get out of the car when we went to a local park. Happened again in the mid-1970's, and I froze my butt off trying to hitchhike a ride. We got light snow recently in the last decade, but not enough to build a snowman like decades ago. Weather is cyclic, with extremes happening a lot over time.