Romney, Santorum, and the Chicago Heat:

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Romney, Santorum, and the Chicago Heat:

It’s election day in Illinois, and the hottest topic in the Land of Lincoln will — I can forecast with complete confidence — be totally ignored by the GOP challengers. That would be … the weather. Today may mark the seventh straight day of 80 degree temperatures at O’Hare, something that’s never happened before in March. Or in April, for that matter. “It is extraordinarily rare for climate locations with 100+ year-long periods of records to break records day after day after day,” the local office of the National Weather Service said in a statement Sunday morning, following a Saint Patrick’s Day that shattered 141 years of records. And the Windy City is not alone. In International Falls, Minn., which threatened suit when a Colorado city tried to steal its “Nation’s Icebox” moniker, the mercury went to 77 degrees on Saturday — which was 42 degrees above average, and 22 degre...

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@Thebemiller » 24 Mar '12, 6pm
Hot enough fer ya? [link]
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RT @cgiller: Record-breaking heat in Illinois [link] via @grist
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RT @DrSuRu: The end of nature is here. About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois [link]
@AlphaVerde » 21 Mar '12, 4pm
Today's now *8th* day of 80+ temps at O’Hare, "something that’s never happened in March. Or April, for that matter." [link]
@LMattWRB » 21 Mar '12, 4pm
RT @drgrist: @BillMcKibben: About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois [link] // Folks, seriously. #climate
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Sanatorum on #ClimateChange: “The dangers of carbon dioxide? Tell that to a plant, how dangerous carbon dioxide is.” [link]
@JohnHill_TDM » 21 Mar '12, 11am
RT @activebynature: Record breaking temps ignored by US politicians. Are we surprised? No Are we scared? Yes. [link]
@spencerdwood » 21 Mar '12, 9am
Grt art! Unless, of course, u reject science as a leftist agenda“@billmckibben: Romney, Santorum, & the Chicago Heat: [link]”
@rwpickard » 21 Mar '12, 6am
About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls) [link] #climate #enviro #weather #apocalypse
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RT @Laurie_David: 30 degrees above normal!“@grist: About that record-breaking heat in Illinois, by @BillMcKibben [link]”
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30 degrees above normal!“@grist: About that record-breaking heat in Illinois, by @BillMcKibben [link]”
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@activebynature » 21 Mar '12, 3am
Record breaking temps ignored by US politicians. Are we surprised? No Are we scared? Yes. [link]
@DebbieBluebird » 21 Mar '12, 3am
RT @everylifeworthy: Speaking of record breaking Chicago weather (again) @grist @BillMcKibben [link] Winter, Sp, Summer, Fall, missing something?
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Speaking of record breaking Chicago weather (again) @grist @BillMcKibben [link] Winter, Sp, Summer, Fall, missing something?
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RT @billmckibben About that recordbreaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls) | Grist [link] via @twttimes
@AdamskiPeter » 20 Mar '12, 6pm
2/2 … affected such a large portion of the U.S. in March, going back to the beginning of record keeping ... ,” #yeg [link]
@AdamskiPeter » 20 Mar '12, 6pm
“I looked up at the hazy stars above me…and thought, this is not the atmosphere I grew up with.” #yeg # climatechange [link]
@MrBerre » 20 Mar '12, 6pm
World’s largest insurance co.: "no way to explain rapid planetary spike in extreme weather except for global warming." [link]
@mkanders » 20 Mar '12, 6pm
GHW Bush in 1988 sed he'd tackle #agw. Now not even lip service? RT @billmckibben: Romney, Santorum & the Chicago Heat: [link]
@MarkTercek » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
Wow -- current heat spell is really off the charts. Pols ignore. Alarming note from Bill McKibben. [link] via @grist
@Urbanverse » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
When it's 85 in Chicago in March, you just start thinking. [link] v @billmckibben @grist #understatement
@RobinCook » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @TheBradBlog: 7 days of 80+ temps. In March! "About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls)" [link]
@LaserLux » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
Record Breaking Weather Again... [link]
@IMGoph » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
MT @tomtomorrow: Global weirding [link] makes me want to apologize to kids, for the world they'll inherit. (h/t @turnageb)
@taygrave » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
#ClimateChangeIsNow in IL [link] "When it is 75 degrees in #Chicago in the beginning of March, you start thinking.” - Obama
@NicolasWelch » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
"This is not the atmosphere I grew up with.” [link]
@J_Mantell » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
But of course, how could climate change not be a hoax! Greedy academics and their facts [link] via @grist
@drgrist » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @tomtomorrow: Global weirding. [link] ... makes me want to apologize to my kid, for the world he's going to inherit.
@tomtomorrow » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
Global weirding. [link] ... makes me want to apologize to my kid, for the world he's going to inherit.
@stephencon » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
RT @drgrist: From @BillMcKibben: About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls) [link]
@drgrist » 20 Mar '12, 5pm
From @BillMcKibben: About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls) [link]
@DrSuRu » 20 Mar '12, 4pm
The end of nature is here. About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois [link]
@UBCC350 » 20 Mar '12, 3pm
This is why we're working so hard RT @billmckibben: Romney, Santorum, and the Chicago Heat: [link]
@ebfair71 » 20 Mar '12, 3pm
Oh, wait, you mean it's not supposed to be 85 degrees in March? [link]
@AdamskiPeter » 20 Mar '12, 2pm
“… seventh straight day of 80 degree temperatures ( in Chicago) , something that’s never happened before in March. [link] #yeg
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