You know why there's still so much snow on the ground in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota? Global warming

Record Snowy Winter Means More Midwest Flooding On The Way - Along With Rising Wheat Prices : TreeHugger

Connecting the dots between climate change, extreme weather and food security: Bloomberg points out that all the snow the Midwest has received this year (which is consistent with other observed climatic changes, remember) means that the region is being set up for the same devastating floods as 2009 and 2008.

North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota all got 3' more snow this year than normal, with nearly 2' remaining on the ground now.