So, as I write this, the leaders of the world are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss solutions for global warming etc. Yet here, today, we have matched the record low for December 14. This record was set in 1964 . . . -37.2C. Okay, Environment Canada says it's only -36C at the airport, but the thermometre at the Credit Union (a mere five blocks from my house) says it's -37C. I'm going with the closest temperature reading.
Certainly, it does seem that globally, temperatures have risen, and this summer was quite warm - when it wasn't raining - but every winter, when the temperature matches or exceeds previously set record lows, I have to wonder about this global warming. Because it defninitely doesn't seem warmer here!
Not that I'm complaining. I like winter. Its almost always sunny, when its incredibly cold. I don't even mind these frigid temperatures too much, providing I don't have to go out and about too much. Like yesterday, taking the girls to their recital. Worrying about their hair actually took a back-seat to worrying about whether to shut the truck off while we were at the Cultural Centre. In the end, because my truck is a 2003 and still has the original battery, coupled with the horrid screaming noise it made when I started it up (and yes, I'd had it plugged in for 2 days), I decided to leave it running. No way was I going to be stuck down there, 11 blocks from home, in below -40C temps with a windchill of God-only-knows how low, with 3 children. And no way to get home should my truck not start.
The truck was nice and toasty warm when we got back in it. We only stayed until the intermission. The girls were done, and I really didn't want to leave the truck running - plus, our Tiny Tot was pooped after her very first recital, and wanted to go home.
It's days like this, in December, that make me wonder if the global warming people really know what they're talking about. If it was January, and this cold . . . not a biggie. That's par for the course up here. December, hardly even the middle of December, seems just a bit early to me.
Or maybe, its just "local warming" we're not experiencing?
Never fear, by the end of the week, its supposed to warm up again. I heard -6C . . . good weather for skidooing! Just in time for the kids' Christmas vacation too - they can go outside and play if its going to be that warm. I hate holidays when they have to stay inside for 2 weeks because it's too cold to go out for more than 10 minutes. Everyone, not just the kids, go stir crazy when that happens.
Oh, for a little bit of global (or local) warming to stave off the cabin fever!
