A punishing winter that has already produced record snowfalls and crippling temperatures in many areas sent another wave of severe weather blasting across the country over the weekend.
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The call went up across America: Mother Nature, please have mercy.https://nyti.ms/2EIml0u
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Fresh snow buried cars and snarled travel from Denver to St. Louis ...
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...and behind the snow came a mass of air so frigid that the National Weather Service declared a wide area of the north central United States to be entering another deep freeze.
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Ryan Maue, a meteorologist with http://Weathermodels.com , said much of the country should prepare for an “all-week cold snap.”
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The nation may not be unified about much else at the moment, but there seemed to be general agreement about the start that March is getting off to.
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“I hate this,” said Abie Olivas, 78, a retired Navy barber in Denver, who spent Sunday morning shoveling his neighbor’s walkway for the fourth or fifth time this season.
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“I’m ready for spring, let’s put it that way,” he said as snow fell on his silver pompadour and leather jacket. “I’m ready to go fishing.”
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Yesterday was one of the best days of skiing I’ve ever had! Not everyone hates the cold, and writing about it like it’s the end of the world isn’t great for climate change concern or for getting people outside.pic.twitter.com/sRLljEvUZU
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Agreed re great skiing (cc:
@beavercreekmtn), but getting back to Denver took 7+ hours on I-70. It's not a central focus of the piece, but I do think helpful to shine a light on the fact we need to figure out a way to get more people to the mountains more efficiently/safely
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Climate change means Mother Nature won't be merciful to humans; more people will die from extreme heat or cold, flooding, forest fires, and tornadoes. The human race has been warned....
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