Every day we hear breathless commentary that one or another weather phenomenon — record heat, cold, tropical storm in California, fires, drought, etc. — have not happened for decades. Eureka! Our government’s efforts to roll back the climate clock is working.

Climate czar John Kerry is popping champagne (the good stuff — French). Isn’t that what the effort is all about? Don’t we wish for the days back in 1936 when the temperatures across the U.S. hit a record high of 120 degrees. Or 134 degrees in 1913 in Death Valley. And the record low of -70 degrees in Montana in 1954. Florida had a record low of -2 degrees in 1899. Real degrees, not “adjusted” or “feels like” degrees. How about the days of the Cat 5 hurricanes in 1924, 1928, 1932 (two), 1933 (two), 1935, 1938, etc.?

Don’t we all wish for those good old days and feel thankful for the billions of dollars it is costing us?

Dave Fredley

West Deer

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