re: #149 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area where temperatures are finally going to match the season for the first time in a couple of weeks. I think we’re going to finally be in a spring weather pattern instead of watching fronts come down from up north along with all the cold air that it brings.

It’s meant that it’s been cooler than normal for the past month, but it also meant less precipitation - and that’s not a good thing. We’ve been running below normal on precipitation for quite a while, and but for a couple of tropical storms/hurricanes/noreasters, the area would be in the midst of a pretty significant drought. As it is, the red flag warnings are up because the ground is parched and humidity is low.

Now, it’s nothing like what they’re dealing with out West, but unless the weather improves, expect to see higher food costs this year as farmers simply can’t get crops going in those affected areas, and they’ve downsized their cattle herds to deal with the lack of food. Multi-year extreme droughts folks. But don’t say it’s global warming or climate change to the derpers. That’s even as farmers know something isn’t right with the weather - or climate.

While you’re fretting the Gristede’s bill, check out the continuing bee colony collapse.