Sunbathing in Siberia?

We think we're having crazy weather here.   But even more serious concerns are coming from way up north.

On the internet today were time-sequence photos of a small lake of water immediately surrounding the North Pole.   That was . . .  water, not ice !!  At the North Pole !!!

And then there was an article about record temperatures in the northernmost city in the world, Norilsk, Siberia, where thermometers hovered just below 90 degrees.  Previous average temps in July are 56 degrees.

There's a song with the line, "We're having a heat wave, a trop-i-cal heat wave."    This is the summer of the "Siberian Heat Wave."

Climate change, anyone?   The signs are growing month by month that the problem is getting worse. . . fast.   With such a do-nothing Congress, what's the use?   There's zero chance of passing any significant legislation, at least before the 2014 elections.   Obama will do what he can with regulations that don't require congressional action.

Ralph