"The three warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998; 19 of the warmest 20 since 1980. And Earth has probably never warmed as fast as in the past 30 years."
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Other signs of climate change:
Most number of tornadoes/year in North America (most to least): 2004 (1717events), 1998 (1424), 2003 (1368)
Figure 7t-11: Average number of tornadoes and tornado fatalities per year in the United States for the period 1916 to 1996. (Source: Oklahoma Climatological Survey).
Warmest years on record for North America in order warmest to coolest: 2005 (projected), 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
Yesterday while climbing at Lil' Si, I was bitten by a few mosquitos. I don't think they are supposed to be out in February?
Western Washington currently has 25% of the normal snowpack for this time of year. It's going to be a bad year for salmon, forest fires, farmers, electicity prices, kayakers, etc.