People can debate if global warming is real and what the cause is. I think it’s simple. I’ve lived in MA my entire life. When I was a kid I remember sitting at the bus stop with a hoodie or a jacket and it being cold. Now there are 90 degree days and my kids wear shorts to school until the end of October. I used to play pond hockey all winter. Now I don’t even think our ponds ever have a chance to develop ice thick enough.

We are now in a pattern of weather extremes. Last 10 or so years we’ve had a weird October nor’easter that brings rain/ice and tons of wind. We have days in the dead of winter that are above 50 degrees with warm tropical like wind. We haven’t had a normal winter comparable to when I was a kid for a very long time.