Question: When it's temporarily *warm* in the eastern US, why don't the warmists ever emphasize how big the entire Earth is?

Twitter / @Revkin: In many parts of US, mild ...

In many parts of US, mild temps redefining winter landscape washingtonpost.com/national/healt… [Pond hockey crew here in Philipstown, NY is going nuts]  [What percentage of the Earth's surface is represented by the ponds in Philipstown, NY?]

Scientist Discusses Latest Report of Rising Global Temperatures

[January 2010] NASA: Many have noted that the winter has been particularly cold and snowy in some parts of the United States and elsewhere. Does this mean that climate change isn’t happening?

Gavin Schmidt: No, it doesn’t, though you can’t dismiss people’s concerns and questions about the fact that local temperatures have been cool. Just remember that there’s always going to be variability. That’s weather. As a result, some areas will still have occasionally cool temperatures — even record-breaking cool — as average temperatures are expected to continue to rise globally.

NASA: So what’s happening in the United States may be quite different than what’s happening in other areas of the world?

Gavin Schmidt: Yes, especially for short time periods. Keep in mind that that the contiguous United States represents just 1.5 percent of Earth’s surface.