A humorous rhyming poem re the unusually hot winter weather here in Shreveport, LA in 2017. We've had high temperatures hitting mid-70s to 80 degrees (vs normal highs of 56 -60).
The past month was unseasonably hot.
Typical of past winters it was not.
Early January saw a cold snap,
then days breaking the normal high-temp cap.
Our normal highs run near sixty degrees.
Many days reached 70-plus with ease.
Our high hit eighty on three occasions.
It’s been hot beyond all expectations.
We’ve got robins across the lawn hopping
and weeds out of the ground daily popping.
The brown grass has already turned bright green.
Budding azaleas paint a springtime scene.
Our satsuma tree has newly grown leaves.
Daily spring-like sunshine our lawn receives.
It’s early, but soon my wife needs to mow.
This confirms global warming, don’t you know.
(Poetic format: rhyming quatrain stanzas, aa - bb endrhymes, 10 syllables per line)
Your poem certainly confirms the weather we've been having in these parts. It doesn't confirm global warming, but global warming is confirmed by other measures.
What you're experiencing is not climate, but weather. All you have to do is take a look at the last century or so and see that occasionally, we get crazy weather that may or may not be linked to a change in the climate.
Jan. was unseasonably warm here in N.E. Ohio this year. It's gotten up into the 60's and then drops back down into sub zero temps. and then warms back up. All of that freezing and thawing is causing our roads to go to hell real quick.
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What you're experiencing is not climate, but weather. All you have to do is take a look at the last century or so and see that occasionally, we get crazy weather that may or may not be linked to a change in the climate.
Ron