NCDC’s March Madness | Watts Up With That?

To read this report, one might conclude that at 1.4 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average, things are looking really bad for US temperatures…that is, until you look at the March temperature records of the past which aren’t part of this report. For example, one March was 7.99 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average. Gosh, the global warming must have been fierce then. What March could that be? 2007, 1998, 1934? Answer below, but first, this official NCDC report for the press and public:
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Now, here’s what NCDC left out of that report, from their own data plotting page, here, I have produced this graph:

March 2011 ranks 79th warmest out of 117 years, at 43.95 degrees F with March 1910 being the warmest at 50.55 degrees F.

Bolivia gets stoneage legal system « JoNova

It’s the ultimate in pre-cambrian law. Gaia in the courtroom. Shh. The Statutory Spirits are at work. It’s not just the right to life for amoeba, it’s the right not to have your cellular structure modified.

Looks like salad is off the menu.

So is meat, fruit, tea and coffee, and no you can’t eat moths either. Who will prosecute the next cougar which violates the constitution by chomping on a Flamingo?

American Thinker: California Gov. to Sign Bill Raising Renewable Energy Requirements

A perfect storm is brewing since the higher electric rates will kick in sometime over the next five years which is about the time when California will have to begin paying off its huge unfunded government pension liabilities. California businesses and residents will ultimately have to pay for both.

As Texas Governor Rick Perry enjoys his state's new economic advantage over California, perhaps he could at least celebrate with a bottle of California champagne.