Cold Weather and Global Warming

The cold weather that has been setting records across the world has led many people to believe that global warming is just a hoax. How can the climate be warming when Florida has had one of the coldest winters in 60 years? According to news source, Voice of America, we must remember to distinguish between climate and weather. Secretary of the World Meteorological Organization, Michael Jarrud states the trend towards global warming is still there. There will be record setting temperatures every year, whether it be because of cold or warm weather, or storms. According to Deke Ardnt a scientist at the National Climatic Data Center states that the cold weather most of the world has been experiencing is due to "bending airflow." He stated "we basically have seen just a big outbreak of arctic air" in the MSNBC article Experts: Despite Cold Snap, Earth Still Warming. Air flows east and west between the Arctic and the Tropics and it acts as a fence to keep the arctic air confined, but this year the air was let loose because of a zigzg pattern. Michelle L'Heureux, a meteorologist at the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated that the zigzag pattern we have been experiencing is normal from time to time, but scientists are unsure as to why it is so strong this year. Although cold weather has been prominent this winter, Deke Ardnt reminds us that 2009 ranked in the top ten hottest years ever. The cold weather has ruined 70 percent of Florida's tomato crops, hurting growers and farmers, but more importantly, hurting the migrant workers who cant afford to miss work because of weather. It seems that everybody is ready for the warmer weather to come, I know I am, but we must not forget that global warming is still happening, and that we must start changing our ways.