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Western US gripped by extreme snow drought: ‘I’ve never seen a winter like this’
(www.theguardian.com)
Gee. I wonder what's happening. Wish someone told us sooner.
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It must be those illegal immigrants smuggling in warm weather along with all the fetanyl!
I look out the window at a pleasant weather day.
Thats it, IVE HAD IT.
I smash the icebutton on my refrigerator door.
My pockets filled, armed to the teeth I step outside and unload a whole clip of cubes on a sunny bit of sidewalk with a nice bench to sit on.
"Try to have a nice peaceful moment there NOW you damn illegals!!!" - I scream at a tan native american woman wisely crossing the street to avoid me.
Later while at home alone, empty and soggy, I ask the mirror "Why is the universe always conspiring against me?".
IT'S THAT DAD-GUM EL NIÑO!!! Friggin Niños everywhere stealing my snow
Yeah, it's dem damn ninjas from Japan! Dis is why we can't have nice things.
It's the dagum East Endijens bringing their hot curry over here! Melting free AMERICAN snow! /s
We... We didn't listen!
welcome to the new normal. next time stand up to the billionaires.
Why would I betray a version of my future self?
There are two billionaires inside you:
One will be strung up from a light post.
The other will never exist.
Choose wisely.
You forgot the one who'd be a pedo and face no consequences whatsoever
Id say we did. Its just billionaires control the government
Welcome to the new climate on this earth. Hope you like it because it's only going downhill from here.
We're all fucked.
The east coast stole our winter!
Its been a great year for the used snowmobile market. Prices dropped like a rock around me, I was able to get a couple older sleds for very cheap.
Last decade or so has seen February - March become the highest months for precip, not December - January. So we'll see how it plays out as the LA Nina is breaking.
Edit: for context I live in the west us
Depends on the area. Around here we used to not get hard freezes or snow until Feb, but over the past few years it's started in December. But that's also an effect of climate change.
The Colorado River will soon be the Colorado Ditch.
We are at the next film in the Trilogy Of The Colorado River. Colorado 2: Revenge Of The Concept Of Percentages.
This borderline seems like a global phenomenom
Ask Jay Peak how THEY'RE doing lol
It's the worst ski year I've seen. My last day out I was dodging twigs and mud some spots. One small resort in my region completely closed for a few days last week due to lack of snow. It feels like early April out there, not early February.
This is a Chinese hoax. The resorts have always been unskiiable at this time of year.
poem response to prompt
The skiiers keep telling me it is a great year, one of the greatest ever. Let me tell you, I don't skii I don't know how to do it, I am lazy piece of shit president and you can't cheat at skiing like you can at golf so what is the point, no gain for all pain just like my kids hahaha, but damn well you would be surprised how many people come up to me and say mr president I just want to say thank you for this amazing skii year, my family has had such a great time and it is all thanks to your administration cutting redtape so we can get snow our on mountains -pause- isn't it nice when young girls come up to you and talk to you? we should get them more snow using I don't know I think we should try using jet engines for snowmakers maybe we should look into that you know those skii mountains are great for fundraising events I have sold a lot of shoes there and there are lots of highheels on young wealthy women there too, not as wealthy as me, but you know surprisingly wealthy for girls, not anything like how nice my old friend Jeff used to get them done up nice in jewels with though.. Anyways, where was I, yes.... -sways to the music silently for a moment- ah there I was at the joke part of my rambling stupid drivel that comes right after my joke reference to sexual assault of minors and sex trafficking, Who would have thought you sell the most shoes at a skii mountain which you don't need shoes for!! It is a mystery like why I am supposedly attracted to women but also I hate them and treat them like trash, I should ask JD if that makes me gay JUST KIDDING.