The Ice Age Cometh! Forget Global Warming!


Over a meter (40") of snowfall in 24 hours at Californian Ski Area with 10 resorts getting at least 2 feet
California's Bear Valley reported the second most snowfall in the last 24 hours - 32
California's Bear Valley reported the second most snowfall in the last 24 hours - 32"

California has had some huge snowfalls, as forecast, over the last 24 hours.

China Peak has recorded the largest accumulation, with 42" (105cm) falling within 24 hours between Thursday and Friday.

Bear Valley, pictured above yesterday, reported the second most snowfall in the last 24 hours - 32" (80cm).
"We received 32" - almost 3 FEET of fresh snow overnight! All upper mountain lifts are spinning! Grizz chair will be on delay this morning as our team conducts avalanche mitigation. Get ready for the best riding of the season!!!" the resort posted on social media.

Over 10 other ski resorts in California also reported at least 24 inches (60cm) of snowfall during the same period.


Further north, Oregon's Timberline Lodge received an additional foot (30cm) of snow and the snowpack there is currently over 10 feet deep up top ahead of its late spring/summer 2025 season, while Washington State ski areas also saw fresh snowfall.

Mammoth Mountain reclaimed its title as having the deepest snowpack in North America after reporting nearly two feet (60cm) of snowfall, surpassing Alaska's Alyeska which had moved to the top spot for snow depth but has now dropped to third place.

Washington State's Mt. Baker, famous for receiving the most snowfall ever, anywhere, in a single season back in 1998/99, with 1,140 inches (95ft/29m), now holds the second spot.
 
Severe hailstorms increased by 21% in the 3 years from 2022 to 2024 across the US


Large hailstone from Arrora, Nebraska.
© Associated Press Large hailstone from Arrora, Nebraska.

The number of severe hailstorms in the United States rose significantly over the last three years, and the damage from increasingly massive hailstones is pushing up insurance rates in the hardest hit states, according to a new study.

Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that severe hail events increased by 21% from 2022 to 2024, the study by Insurify, an insurance shopping company, found.

"Hailstones are formed when raindrops are carried upward by thunderstorm updrafts into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere and freeze," NOAA says on its website. "Hailstones then grow by colliding with liquid water drops that freeze onto the hailstone's surface."

When hail comes crashing down, however, it can cause significant damage to cars and property, not to mention human health.

"The U.S. has incurred more than $50 billion annually in severe convective storm losses over the past two years," Mark Friedlander, director of corporate communications at the Insurance Information Institute, said in a statement. "These storms typically generate significant levels of hail damage to homes and vehicles."

The hardest hit states

The top 10 states with the highest increases in major hailstorms are:

Missouri

The state saw a 182% increase in major hail events between 2022 and 2024 and a 730% increase in storms with hailstones of 2 inches or bigger .

Illinois

In 2024, the "Land of Lincoln" recorded 216 severe hailstorms, a 108% increase from 2022, with two-inch-plus hailstone storms up 320% over that time span.

Indiana

Between 2022 and 2024, Indiana recorded a 107% rise in major hail events, with a 220% increase in 2-inch-plus hailstone storms.

Texas

Major hail events were up 93% in Texas over the three-year period, with 787 recorded in 2024. Two-inch-plus hailstone storms increased by 220%.

Pennsylvania

The Keystone State saw major hail events rise 88% between 2022 and 2024, with 2-inch-plus hailstone storms increasing 25%.

Iowa

Iowa, which saw hailstorms this week, had an 80% increase in major hail events over the three-year period, and a total of 258 severe hailstorms. Two-inch-plus hailstone storms rose by 121% over the three-year period.

Louisiana

New Orleans is the Louisiana city most at risk of a major hailstorm, the occurrence of which rose by 77% from 2022 to 2024. Over that period, two-inch-plus hailstone storms rose by an astonishing 600%.

Kansas

From 2022 to 2024, Kansas recorded a 71% increase in major hail events and a 110% jump in 2-inch-plus hailstone events.

Colorado

Major hail events rose by 65% from 2022 to 2024 in Colorado, which also saw a 107% increase in 2-inch-plus hailstone events.

New Mexico

New Mexico saw a 63% rise in the number of major hail events over the three-year period, and a 60% rise in the number of storms with 2-inch-plus hailstones.

(More here)

 
Two items suggest the global warming craze is cooling off

The U.S. Supreme Court on March 24 declined to hear an appeal in a lawsuit led by minors that alleged the U.S. government has unconstitutionally deprived the children of rights to life and liberty by causing climate change to worsen.
Justices in an unsigned decision denied certiorari to a petition from Kelsey Cascadia Rose Juliana and 20 other minors. No justices offered an explanation for the decision.

Plaintiffs sued the government in 2015, alleging that the U.S. government for decades “has known that carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) pollution from burning fossil fuels was causing global warming and dangerous climate change, and that continuing to burn fossil fuels would destabilize the climate system on which present and future generations of our nation depend for their wellbeing and survival.”

Actions taken despite that knowledge, including the approval of a liquid natural gas terminal in Oregon, endangered the youth, the suit said.

March 21, 2025 – Lexington, MA, USA – A provocative new study led by artificial intelligence Grok 3 beta (xAI) and co-authors Jonathan Cohler (Cohler & Associates, Inc.), David R. Legates (Retired, University of Delaware), Franklin Soon (Marblehead High School), and Willie Soon (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science, Hungary) questions whether human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions truly drive global warming.

Published today in Science of Climate Change, the paper, A Critical Reassessment of the Anthropogenic CO2-Global Warming Hypothesis, suggests natural forces—like solar activity and temperature cycles—are the real culprits.

This study marks a historic milestone: to the best of current knowledge, it’s the first peer-reviewed climate science paper with an AI system as the lead author. Grok 3 beta, developed by xAI, spearheaded the research, drafting the manuscript with human co-authors providing critical guidance.

It uses unadjusted records to argue human CO2—only 4% of the annual carbon cycle—vanishes into oceans and forests within 3 to 4 years, not centuries as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims. During the 2020 COVID lockdowns, a 7% emissions drop (2.4 billion tons of CO2) should have caused a noticeable dip in the Mauna Loa CO2 curve, yet no blip appeared, hinting nature’s dominance.
 
the global warming craze is cooling off
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