Global Warming? … I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas … Heat Meiser Loses

Global warming eh?

I’m dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the ones I used to know …

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

Global warming eh? Across the United States, nearly 2/3 of the country experienced a White Christmas today. Winter snow and blizzards dumped huge amounts of snow across the Midwest and Plains states.  Even residents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area briefly experienced a white Christmas for the first time in more than 80 years.

Heat Meiser loses …

The National Weather Service said blizzards would hit parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin through Saturday. The storm had already dumped significant snow across the region, including a record 14 inches in Oklahoma City and 11 inches in Duluth, Minn., on Thursday.

Interstates also were closed in North Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming. Meteorologists warned that massive snow drifts and blustery winds could cause whiteouts across the northern Plains. Officials urged travelers to stay home and pack emergency kits if they had to set out.

In Texas, volunteer firefighters and sheriff’s deputies rescued hundreds of people stranded along Interstate 44 and Texas State Highway 287 near Wichita Falls. The area recorded up to 13 inches of snow, said Doug Speheger, a National Weather Service meteorologist.