Braunstein Speaks

The Blizzard of 2010

Oh, the weather up north is frightful,
But Miami is so delightful,
And since up north we won’t go,
Let it snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Not only has this been a tough winter from Vancouver, B.C. to Washington, D.C., but many think that along with the “Warmer” hijinx that took place before the Copenhagen Climate Conference debacle, that the Winter of 2009/2010 put the last nail in the liberals’ favorite (It’ll take a hundred years to prove us wrong!) scheme to take over the world.

As silly as it sounds, I read a hot Warmer activist actually blaming “man-made global warming” for the record-breaking snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic States. The theory is that global warming is the cause of all the excess water in the air. Now, water vapor doesn’t sound as scary as murderous carbon dioxide, or even cow-fart or volcano-generated methane, but it IS a greenhouse gas, and it is falling as snow.

For those of you who think that we South Floridians are having an easy time of it, living in the United States’ only contiguous Tropical Weather Zone (The only other one being Hawaii) this winter hasn’t been all fun and palm fronds.

Since the beginning of the winter, I’ve had to heat my house for several weeks as nighttime temperatures fall into the 40s—and Miami houses are not designed for heating! Fact is, if it doesn’t make it into the 80s during the day, it can get really uncomfortable around here. No, seriously!

Since I only wear long pants for The Man, and I don’t work for The Man anymore, it can get chilly wearing shorts and sandals. It is not uncommon around here to see short pants worn with hoodies.

Anyway, I know how you Northerners suffer during Hurricane Season worrying whether or not Miami or New Orleans gets wiped off the map and you’ll have no warm place to go next Christmas.

One thing that we can all agree on, though: As long as Washington, D.C. is shut down, the rest of us are safe!

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