For those curious about the weather, I'd encourage checking out: www.urbansurvival.com and www.halfpasthuman.com...what it comes down to is a major change in the sun's magnetic relationship to all of our solar system, and obviously planet earth--now sorry Al, but it obviously is not CO2. Clear evidence has been low/no sunspot counts for all of 2009 and so far this year. I think this is driving the volcanic and tectonic activity here. The heating of oceans is active undersea volcanos, sending more moisture into the air...and snow here...IT IS ALSO THE ROOT CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES...the magnetic shifting going on. I am so skeptical of TV/mass media but it rhymes with the whole Mayan calender theme.