Planet Earth - Planet Upset

@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
January 12, 2017 8:45pm CST
As I've read several posts today relating to the weather, and particularly the crazy ice storm heading this way again by early next week, I've seen that it isn't just in the US, but the UK is also experiencing some icy weather. So is this part of the global warming thing? It sure is a different weather pattern than any I've ever encountered. Has there been any news regarding what's happening out there and why? I can easily say I'm looking forward to spring if winter doesn't hurry and get its act straightened out and give me snow instead of ice. Oh yes, I do have some snow outside my window, and it will be there until at least Monday, when we have ice followed by rain once again. Then I'm sure we will see a lot of snow melt and even more icy conditions once again. Anybody have an explanation about what's going on with the planet? Thanks for reading.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
13 Jan 17
We had snow, then the sun came out and now the wind and the snow is freezing on the grown and becoming ice.
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@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
14 Jan 17
@just4him The sun has been out today and it has partially melted the snow. I do not plan to go out for at least another two days.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
@LadyDuck That means it's also melting the ice and that's a good thing.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
Don't go anywhere. I hope the sun comes out and melts it.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
13 Jan 17
I'm quite certain it's related to global warming. It was predicted that this would be a colder winter than normal.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
13 Jan 17
@just4him I heard. It was 56 in CT today. The snow melted.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
@DianneN Don't you wish you were back there?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
We are having cold, very little snow, and lots of ice and rain. Totally strange winter.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 17
Ice comes with the territory. It snows, temps get warmer, you get ice. Pretty normal.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
Yes, but not when you get ice storms with no snow involved and then it rains as well. Nothing normal about that. That's what we're getting here. We have another storm like that Monday and Tuesday. Snow isn't in the forecast.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
14 Jan 17
@just4him .........I'm we aren't getting that here. We had one weather advisory but that is all. So you are just going get ice and cold. Ugh!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
@celticeagle Yes. No snow. Not a happy camper.
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@Beatburn (4286)
• Philippines
15 Jan 17
Here in our country, it gets a little colder now. We have been having rain during Christmas and New Year the past few years, which we didn't have before. It's changing alright and I think we have something to do with it. The summers can be unbearably hot... and I can just imagine the increased temp in a few months.
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@Beatburn (4286)
• Philippines
16 Jan 17
@just4him It can be difficult. We really have to do something as citizens of earth.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jan 17
I don't want to think about an unusually hot summer. I'm not a fan of summer as it is. I'm sure it is all our own doing.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jan 17
@Beatburn Yes we do.
@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
14 Jan 17
I think the world is heading to the end?
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
14 Jan 17
@just4him I guess only the father knows.. but the end was prophesized to come at a time when we're not expecting it. so yas, could be any time
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
@Drosophila Yes it could. Now would be good.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
I know it is. But we've a ways to go before we get there.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
13 Jan 17
Yes it is Global Warming, I know the new president doesn't believe in it but it has been proven for the melting ice, the rising seas and the crazy weather patterns. If you get a chance to find a documentary of Global warming, watch it. Its fascinating how bad the earth is now and it has to stop or get worse.
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• Canada
14 Jan 17
@just4him I didn't know he had a documentary but will look for it. I often go to historic places that are being effected by Global Warming and they show videos and movies made about the subject. Last summer we went to the Wild Center.
Ignite an enduring passion for the Adirondacks where people and nature can thrive together and set an example for the world.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
Is that the one with Leonardo di Carprio? I did see it. It was a great documentary.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
@PainsOnSlate It was on the National Geographic channel sometime in December called Before the Flood. Wild Center looks interesting.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
14 Jan 17
I really do not know the answer. The weather is so confusing.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
18 Jan 17
@just4him What is "normal" though?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jan 17
@Jackalyn True. Normal is different for everyone.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 Jan 17
Yes it is. I wish it would just go back to normal.
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@jstory07 (148749)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 Jan 17
Global warming is the answer. The weather has changed a lot in the last twenty years.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
Yes it has. I don't think we've ever had weather like this before.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Jan 17
I dont know, but the weather seems confused!
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
It sure is!
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@JudyEv (382326)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jan 17
It certainly seems very strange weather doesn't it? I hope you all stay safe.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
So do I. If the weather has its way, I might be missing a few days at the pool next week too.
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13 Jan 17
Two words: Global warming.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jan 17
It does seem that way.
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