In the last 10 days here in Upstate NY, we have had 90 degrees, an earthquake, and now it's snowing (might get 3 inches by tomorrow). Is anyone else experiencing strange weather?

-- Cindy in NY (cjpopeck@worldnet.att.net), April 22, 2002

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It snowed two days ago and now it's about a million degrees. It's been like this for a few weeks now. This is my first year in MT and someone told me that there were only three seasons here. Summer, autumn, and winter. Spring is more like winter one day and summer the next.

-- Erika (misserika129@hotmail.com), April 22, 2002.

It does seem weird to us because, as a species, we have not been around long enough to record these cycles. It is disconcerting though! LOL LQ

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), April 22, 2002.

I live in the mountains ANYTHING can happen here. 70's and sun today, all last week HIGH winds rain and snow. Week before, 60's and sun.

-- kim in CO (kimk61252@hotmail.com), April 22, 2002.

Here in the Adirondacks, we have about 3" of new snow.Just goes to prove "If you don't like the weather right now, just wait 5 minutes. God Bless!!! Arnold

-- Arnold (ajkc2fli@localnet.com), April 22, 2002.

Hey...that's what they say about the weather in New England...just wait five minuites and it will change :-)!!

-- Marcia (HrMr@webtv.net), April 22, 2002.

I must admit I was surprised to hear from our family and friends back in western NYS (also called upstate) that it was almost 90. In my ummmmmm lets say 29+ yrs of life I have never, ever seen weather like that in NYS at this time of yr. Only way it happened wa sbefore I was born or was too young to remember.

The weather here in AR has been weird too, but then living in the Ozark Mts is also an experience.

-- Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com), April 22, 2002.

We had two beautiful days last week - more like July weather. And now it's cold enough for hats and mitts! The only good thing is that the ice has gone from my pond and that's the only real and trustworthy indication of spring. It has to come, doesn't it?

-- Bernie from Northern Ontario (bernadette_kerr@hotmail.com), April 22, 2002.

The Gold finches think it is spring! They arrived by the ga zillions yesterday, I am inclined to trust them. LOL The Hummingbirds were wrong, they got here way too early! LOL LQ

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), April 22, 2002.

hi LQ, always wondered where the goldfinches went when they left here.{southwest AR} We put boss in our bird feeders and the goldfinches love them, but they're only around a short time in the early spring and late fall.

-- vickiP. (countrymous@webtv.net), April 22, 2002.

Its been in the 80s and 90s here in eastern KY- till today. It was 38 when I got up this morning. I put my coat on and went back to bed. It never did get warm today and its supposed to be cold again tomorrow.

-- Gayle in KY (gayleannesmith@yahoo.com), April 22, 2002.

Central Wisconsin reporting in: Last week, summertime---temps in the 80s. Thurs nite severe thunder boomers, torrential rains and golf ball sized hail. As a bonus several small tornadoes. Yesterday 7" of snow. taoday its mostly gone.

-- john (natlivent@pcpros.net), April 22, 2002.

sorry cindy, i live in texas. it's always hot, humid and stickey down here. That is except for the three days of winter we get.

-- TEXAS (nowhereman61@hotmail.com), April 22, 2002.

We're in southern Ontario...had the heat, now have the cold, but no snow (at least that stayed on the ground). Missed the earthquake but people 10 miles from here felt it.

Russ

-- (imashortguy@hotmail.com), April 22, 2002.

Hey TEXAS, at least I got to cut off the air today. hope it will last a while, know it won't

-- Robin Downing (Southpawrobin1@aol.com), April 22, 2002.

Well sounds about NORMAL to me here in Southern California.............we all know unusually warm weather is what we call "Earthquake Weather", sounds like you had some instead of us for once.We have been having 90's since early Feb on and off, that's even hot for us, no winter to speak of this year, and virtually no rain either.Call it global warming, when the world's weather gets less and less predictable, and the extremes get more extreme..............

-- Gayle (kestrel91316@aol.com), April 23, 2002.

Whether the Bush administration likes the science or not, global warming is a fact and is wrecking havoc with our climate. We humans are the culprits, and if we don't collectively change our ways soon, it may be too late. (If you live in the middle of the country, your land may be beachfront property by the time your kids inherit!)

-- Deborah Stephenson (wonkaandgypsy@hotmail.com), April 23, 2002.

Hey, Cindy...The weather has been pretty scary here in Saskatchewan. Mostly dry, dry, dry. Not that long ago we still had HUGE snow drifts that we could build/dig snow forts out of during winters, now there's barely enough to get the broom out. We didn't used to have a lot of tornados, now it's a summer-long concern. Especially during July. The effects of Global Warming are not very pleasant sometimes.

Hope you have a great summer...Judy

-- Judy Hill (hillsacres@sk.sympatico.ca), April 23, 2002.

8" of snow on the 8th, 90 degrees on the 16th, 4" of snow on the 21st. Over all we are still dry. Weather changes and so does climate and we are not helping a bit.

-- John in Mn. (nospam@mywork.com), April 23, 2002.

i heard that this was the year for el nino (sp?). happy happy joy joy.

-- C (punk_chicadee@yahoo.com), April 23, 2002.