Are we still sure that "our planet has a fever"?

kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Sports News Articles Fishing opener on ice for some MN lakes

"You're looking at a lot of ice out there," says Leech Lake resort owner Roy Huddle. One day from the fishing opener, Huddle is still missing his lake.

"When you look to that island," huddle points across the lake, "that's six miles out to there, that's all ice."

An usually cold winter, followed by a late warm-up and heavy April snow have left Leech Lake fishers in a search for open water.

Half the weekend bookings at Huddle's have been rescheduled or scrubbed. Not exactly the way Roy Huddle had hoped to start his busy season. "When you're in a short season business anyway, like resorting of this type that has a big impact."

The Leech Lake ice out is two weeks past historical averages, in fact the latest in decades, but not in recorded history. In 1950, Leech Lake wasn't free of ice until a week before June. "I want you to know I was just a kid at that time," laughs Huddle, who estimates 80 percent of Leech Lake is still frozen over - 20 percent ready to fish.

I think Amy Klobuchar needs to get out and talk to some of these resort owners.

From this post:

Incredibly, [U.S. Senator for Minnesota Amy] Klobuchar first replied that you only have to go outside or "talk to resort owners" to see the effects of human warming in Minnesota.