Winter stutter steps

From 7 feet of snow in Buffalo to a mild rain in a matter of days.  Ski areas open and close like screen doors.  I am harvesting spinach one day and scraping ice and snow off the driveway the next.  Winter is trying to establish itself in this part of the world, but is only having moderate success so far.  Usually, once the cold arrives, even here on the NCR it rarely retreats until spring.  I am wondering if climate change is part of the reason for this stop and go weather.  Most news and weather outlets treat these swift changes as entertainment instead of teachable moments.  The same goes for the recent rains in California.  A day of rain will not reverse four years of drought, but if you listen to the news you would think so.  Gasoline prices have dropped and the news is SUV sales are going up again.  It is days like this I feel like humanity is a pack of lemmings looking for a cliff...