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posted by cmn32480 on Monday February 20 2017, @03:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the spring-has-sprung dept.

The Washington Post reports that the "lower 48" states of the USA are enjoying spring-like weather. It quotes a meteorologist as saying 1495 record high temperatures have been reached during the month of February (as against 10 record lows); among them:

  • Magnum, Okla., hit 99 degrees [Fahrenheit, 37.2° Celsius] on Feb. 11 — tying the state record for hottest winter temperature ever recorded. Yet it occurred two weeks earlier than the record it matched from Feb. 24, 1918, set in the town of Arapaho.
  • Denver hit 80 degrees [Fahrenheit, 26.7° Celsius] Feb. 10 — its warmest February temperature on record dating back to 1872.
  • Norfolk hit 82 degrees [Fahrenheit, 27.8° Celsius] Feb. 12, tying its warmest February temperature on record dating back to 1874.

[Ed Note: it is actually Mangum, OK, not Magnum. The original WaPo article is incorrect.]

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Thexalon on Monday February 20 2017, @05:04PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday February 20 2017, @05:04PM (#469321)

    The USA was having trouble
    What a sad, sad story
    Needed a new leader to restore
    Its former glory
    Where, oh, where was he?
    Where could that man be?
    We looked around and then we found
    The man for you and me
    Where, oh, where was he?
    Where could that man be?
    We looked around and then we found
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    And now it's...
    Springtime for Donald's America
    Great Plains are now great once more!
    We're working at a faster pace
    Look out, coal ash in waterways!
    Springtime for Donald's America
    Texas and Kansas in charge!
    Springtime for Donald's America
    Watch out, Mid-East,
    We're going on tour!

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Monday February 20 2017, @08:33PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday February 20 2017, @08:33PM (#469423)

    A satiric masterpiece
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    It was so crass and so crude
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    Where did he go right?

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday February 21 2017, @01:13AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday February 21 2017, @01:13AM (#469524) Journal

      ^This and Thexalon's post: this is why I love SoylentNews. Roses among the thorns... Intelligentia in with the R-words.... Poetry and song appreciated by those who are not dullards.

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