Monday, Oct 31

Today in class we discussed the article in the NYT titled "Cruel Trick of Weather Sows Havoc in the East" and I had planned on writing about it here anyways because it definitely caught my eye. The article was about the October snowstorm that hit on Saturday and went into early Sunday morning. It explained that in some places, damage was worse than the damage after Hurricane Irene. In CT, where I'm from, Governor Malloy even declared a state of emergency (there were 12+ inches in some places which is wild because up until this point in time, the record for that day was less than 1/10 of an inch!). What I really found interesting was how the reporter first discussed the damage, then Halloween, and then global warming. At first glance, I thought this was really neat how the reporter showed a bigger picture than just another storm. The article explained that this doesn't prove or disprove that global warming is real and happening and I thought that weaving this into the story of a current event was very creative and appealing. It showed that this one event might be part of something bigger, or hey, it might not be.