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“I cannot believe I’m getting cold.”<\/p>\n

So said my wife just a little while ago as she plunged deeply into the back of her closet for her winter bathrobe. She had donned a lighter summer robe that had been moved to the front<\/em> of her closet.<\/p>\n

Why the change in wardrobe planning?<\/p>\n

Well, those record highs the Texas Panhandle was experiencing a few days ago — when temps soared into the high 80s and low 90s — have now been overtaken by what’s forecast tonight as a possible record low.<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re proud of the saying here on what I like to call the Texas Tundra: If you don’t like the weather, just wait 20 minutes, it’ll change.<\/p>\n

OK, so the weather didn’t change in 20 minutes, but it surely has changed rather, um, dramatically just in the past few days.<\/p>\n

Oh, have I mentioned that damn wind and the dirt it picks up as it roars in from almost any direction on our vast horizon?<\/p>\n

The drought is projected to stay with us for a while. Some doom-and-gloomers think it will stay well past the foreseeable future. I have no clue as to when it will break. As of today, we’ve received a little more than an inch of rain all year <\/em>recorded at the National Weather Service station at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport. At this pace, we’ll finish the year with, oh, about 3 inches total.<\/p>\n

The drastic change in temperature is quite another story. It’s approaching the middle of May, for crying out loud. Summer is just around the corner. The weather guys are calling for possible snow<\/em> just a bit west of us in Union County, N.M.<\/p>\n

Does any of this make you think of the issue that some folks seemingly refuse to accept as a reality? You know … climate change?<\/p>\n

Bundle up, folks.<\/p>\n\n

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