LA Times blames global warming for frozen gas pumps in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma and elsewhere, a year of weather extremes - Page 2 - latimes.com

A record-setting winter in much of the country has been followed by more records: tornadoes, flooding, drought and heat. Climate change is largely to blame, scientists say.
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The Gillards — 48-year-old Tim, 34-year-old Maygin and their four children — moved to Marshall right before the big snowstorm in February. Maygin Gillard's grandfather built the house more than 40 years ago, and it has no central heating or air conditioning. The walls have some insulation, but not much. During the winter, the family uses a wood-burning stove and electric heaters.

During one cold spell the family could not travel for two days because the town's gas pumps froze.

"It's been absolutely nuts," Maygin Gillard said. "Somebody made Mother Nature mad this year."