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Old 04-07-07 | 08:55 AM
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Yeah, the weather keeps changing and is different all the time. What amazes me is that there seem to be so many sheople that don't know this and believe there's something wrong when the weather changes. Is this the result of kids growing up without ever going outdoors?

I read about the mid-1800's Franklin expedition that sailed into the arctic with the plan of freezing in, wintering over, and sailing out the next summer. Unfortunately, next summer came and the ice didn't melt, nor did it melt the summer after that. Or how about the year that it snowed every month in Northern New York - that was in the 1800's too. Of course I think the hottest and driest period on record (the record isn't that long) was during the 30's and helped spawn the dust bowl. In '66 we had a hell of a blizzard with so much snow the power lines drifted under. A couple of years later was a green Christmas. 25 years ago in NYS I rode my bike to work every day for the entire summer and didn't get rained on once. As far as Easter I remember a neighbor broke a ski on his snowmobile during an Easter egg hunt one year. What would really be reason for concern is if the weather stopped changing!
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