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It may be two weeks into spring, but it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Cold temperatures in much of the country have those celebrating Easter this weekend swapping out frills, bonnets and sandals for coats, scarves and socks. Baseball fans are huddled in blankets, and instead of spring planting, backyard gardeners are bundling their crops.
The National Weather Service was predicting record lows Sunday for parts of the Southeast and Midwest, and an unseasonably cold weekend for much of the Northeast. Snow was forecast in parts of Ohio, Michigan and New England.
"Our musicians are worried about their fingers," said the Rev. Michael Bingham, pastor of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Columbia, S.C., where Sunday lows were predicted to be in the low 20s. The church's sunrise Easter service usually held in a courtyard will be moved indoors
Better grab your insulated bonnets; we're in for the coldest Easter Sunday in years.
That didn't stop a group of early Easter egg hunters in Anoka this afternoon. They bundled up for the holiday tradition, despite the cold.
"That's Minnesota for you. But we still have our Easter spirit," said Sarah Oftelie.
Easter Sunday's high temperature will struggle to make 40 degrees, barely higher than Christmas day. In fact, we haven't seen April temperatures like this in almost 60 years.
Other parts of the country are freezing, too. Friday's Twins game is canceled in Chicago, and Atlanta could see its coldest Easter Sunday in 120 years.
Originally posted by tnangela
I believe most scientists have consensus that global warming causes extreme fluctuations in climate- not just a fluctuation on the warm side.
Originally posted by JacKatMtn
j/k.... Can we all just agree that a climate change is occuring?
IMO it may be something beyond our control...
Originally posted by Indy
Are we headed into a short term or long term cooling trend? And no global warming didn't cause it. This is part of the natural cycle of change. I know it doesn't make for good press but that is the reality of nature.
Originally posted by galm 1
Global warming will cause global cooling, which is causing all of these problems.
Originally posted by edsinger
Yes that was the doomsayers thoughts through the 70's, now it warming. We all know the earth changes irregardless of what man does and that is the whole point..
Originally posted by DarkSide
So your point is that no matter what kind of stupid things man does like inject green house effect gases or gases that destroy the ozone layer the change will always be natural? Or are you trying to justify the immoral behavior of your industry? Do you also think that if someone is shot in the heart he/she dies of a natural heart seizure?