More Global Warming???

It gets "worser and worser". Hooray for Al Gore.



Los Angeles Times: L.A. facing its driest year ever: "Put away that umbrella and hold on to that moisturizer.

The National Weather Service on Monday declared that Los Angeles is experiencing its driest year on record.

Only about 2.40 inches of rain has fallen on downtown Los Angeles since July 1, and there's no sign of rain through at least the middle of this month.

Forecasters expected February — historically Los Angeles' wettest month — to provide some relief, but it didn't. Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather models suggest that a La Niña climate pattern is emerging in the Pacific, continuing the drought-like conditions.

The prolonged dry spell contributed to an unusually long fire season, rife with Santa Ana winds that have extended into March.

The last time it was remotely this dry was 1924, when 2.50 inches of rain had fallen.

'We've never had a drier year on record so far,' said Eric Boldt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. 'If nothing significant happens in March, then we've pretty much run out of time.' "