Ch Ch Ch Changes

I'm not a David Bowie fan, but when it comes to climate, that song nails it.  After the Biblical deluges we have been subjected to, the new long range forecast looks like we'll be taking a steambath with temps in the 90s for a good bit of next week.   Our weather on the NCR has been a cross between Florida and south Jersey this summer.  Traditionally, we have low humidity during the days and cool evenings.  Lately, it has been the opposite.  Hot, muggy days and stifling evenings and nights with occasional downpours.  This is not what long time residents or even short timers like myself expect.  A week here or there is one thing, but six or seven continuous weeks of adverse weather is enough to make even grown men weep.  If this is the face of climate change in the North Country, there will be seismic changes in agriculture, tourism and resource management.  And if this little corner of the country is representative of the country as a whole, our descendants are in for a wild ride.