You can argue all you want about the causes of climate change - global warming, normal earth cycles, the goddess's wrath on all hateful fundamentalists, whatever - but you really have to have your head deep in denial to not acknowledge that things are changing. There is no "normal" any more.
We joke about the weather and post pictures like the one above to tease our family and friends Up North but we really do feel for them and we truly are concerned for their safety. The record-breaking cold - and not just by a degree or two - is truly frightening. That same storm system pushed huge waves into the west coasts of Ireland and Britain.
It's beautiful here now but our weather has been strange as well. In the fall we had record-setting heat all the way into November. Here, where the Trade Winds blow all except a few days in the summer, in September and early October we had a spell of weeks with no wind, dead calm.
From here, where right now it's sunny and warm, our greatest holiday wish is for everyone to have a safe, warm place to ride out the storm.
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