Now I’m one of those old people who complains constantly about the weather. It’s been like autumn here for the past six weeks or so. Cool bright days, weeks of cold rain, occasional day of Indian summer. It’s actually pleasant, but the thing is, we haven’t had autumn in years — and now we have it in spring. This climate change thing is hard to ignore.
And now this. Look what we have to look forward to this summer, via Yahoo News:
“The summer forecast calls for hotter-than-normal temperatures from coast-to-coast, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center and other private forecasters.
“Model guidance was overwhelmingly above normal across the U.S. and most of Alaska for the upcoming summer season,” Johnna Infanti, meteorologist for NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center told USA TODAY via email.
No part of the U.S. is forecast to see a cooler-than-average summer. That’s bad news for:
- Cooling bills, which could run high this summer, AccuWeather warned.
- Wildfires, as smoke is already causing problems with air quality.
- Extreme heat illness and death, which is deadlier than floods, tornadoes, wind storms, or hurricanes.”
