One myth about global warming is that global warming means the planet is going to get warmer everywhere. Thus any winter storm, any early snowfall, any record setting cold snaps, are seen as evidence that global warming isn't happening.
But here's only so much cold go to around.
Look at the effects of Typhoon Nuri, the huge tropical storm system that is now passing over Alaska. Nuri is so powerful the Jet stream is being diverted around it, sending cold Arctic temperatures down into the lower 48. Meteorologists call this an Omega block---Nuri has displaced the jet stream so it sends cold Arctic down right down into the central US. Right now its snowing in Chicago and freezing in Texas at the same time its unseasonably warm here in Alaska. As much as we Alaskans would like to have that snow so we can go skiing and snow machining and dog mushing, all that wonderful cold weather is being wasted on the people in the midwest and Texas who don't even appreciate it.
Ah well. There's only so much cold to go around.
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