>>>Don't worry. Global warming will take care of it.
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>>I think they mislaid the globe and now when they need to warm it up, they can't find it ;).
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>In the meantime, 71 inches of snow in one month setting a record:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/nyregion/23snow.html
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>Some are calling it a freak diversion of the jet stream:
>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1340436/Why-cold-warm-Greenland-Diverted-jet-stream-letting-icy-blast-Arctic.html

I can't tell from the article where in California that is. There are parts of CA, like the Sierra Nevadas and the ski resorts, that get tons of snow every year. A spun story maybe?