Politically correct

With few exceptions, the masses jump aboard the politically correct position. A half century ago the scientific community jumped aboard the politically correct coming ice age band wagon. During the previous three decades the politically correct position has been global warming and justly so.

Talk Gwinnett! - Growing Season for Global Warming Hype

Climate change is neither an emergency, nor a crisis. Americans could learn a lot from history, such as the thing about climate is that it changes. Such as that science has improved meteorology but weather forecasts are still notoriously unreliable. If the 10-day forecast is uncertain, it still seems like a good idea to follow Hubert Lamb's advice before implementing costly approaches that won't get anywhere near the desired effect of climate control. From cap-and-trade carbon emissions options to unreliable "renewable" energy sources to "independence" from foreign oil, the results will hurt American taxpayers and put this nation at a disadvantage with the rest of the world, a prospect that hasn't escaped other countries.

Yes, a national climate action plan will change the climate, all right: the economic climate. The winds of change won't be pleasant. And there's no whitewashing that.

May to go out under a freeze watch - Utica, NY - The Observer-Dispatch

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for many parts of New York from Sunday through Monday morning, including Oneida County.

Widespread frost and freeze conditions are possible tonight and into early Monday morning.

The region’s low temperature for today is expected to be about 36 degrees, which also is the record low temperature for May 31, according to WKTV meteorologists and weather archives.

The record was set in 1966.