Snow in Arizona desert

[xsubsailor]

Gore's global warming strikes again  

Let it snow, even in the desert.

A rare winter storm dropped several inches of snow on cactus in the Arizona desert Wednesday, causing many schools and government agencies to shutter for the day.

The Tucson area saw up to 6 inches of snow while Nogales, an Arizona city on the Mexico border, received a similar amount. Temperatures also dipped below freezing for the first time in four years, and were expected to remain through Thursday.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/weather/rare-winter-storm-brings-snow-to-arizona-desert-as-midwest-northeast-avoid-deep-cold

[Raoul]

Climate change

[xsubsailor]

14 minutes ago, Raoul said:

Climate change

I stand corrected. I forgot that global warming no longer fit their agenda. 

[DWARREN123]

It happens but I do believe it caught many folks flat footed.

[btq96r]

8 minutes ago, xsubsailor said:

I stand corrected. I forgot that global warming no longer fit their agenda. 

It was actually the Republicans who started using the term "Climate Change" at the suggestion of Frank Luntz as a way to soften the conversation.

https://www.motherjones.com/files/LuntzResearch_environment.pdf

[Chucktshoes]

While not an annual occurrence, it’s not weirdly abnormal either. 

[btq96r]

9 minutes ago, Chucktshoes said:

While not an annual occurrence, it’s not weirdly abnormal either. 

Yeah, I remember snow coming down once when I was at Fort Huachuca in late 2000/early 2001.  Not to mention Nogales is 3,800 feet in elevation.  Much easier to get snow in higher areas than at sea level.  It's January there too.  

[E4 No More]

It snowed in 29 Palms, CA in the winter if 84 IIRC. It was just a dusting over the Interstate that you could still see the fog lines, but the highway patrol shut down the Interstate. I guess folks in the southern California desert can't handle ANY snow.  

[Chucktshoes]

When I was leaving San Diego to move back to TN in early 06 or was like 70 or 80 degrees in Memphis while San Diego county had snow. It happens like that sometimes. 

[quedz]

I used to pull my bike under cover near a traffic light and watch the show when we got a good rain.