Summer Snowstorm
Surrounded by a white wall of global warming.
A summer snowstorm buried area around Glacier National Park with about 14 inches of snow – or five inches of rain, if you want summer-speak. Weather.com reports, “Tourists hunkered down in lodges, snow plowing crews stood down, workers laid out sandbags, and park officials prepared for possible evacuations from administrative and employee housing areas near St. Mary, [Glacier spokeswoman Denise] Germann said. … Glacier is at its busiest in July and August, but the summer tourist season gets underway in June. More than 513,000 people visited the park in June 2013.” Here, again, is another example of how winter will become shorter and warmer thanks to global warming. Kidding aside, can we have our summer back? More…
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