While Buffalo, New York and Eastern Lake Ontario in general was suffering from historical storms that killed Americans, Alaska didn't have snow. It is called the Polar Vortex and it was displaced to lower latitudes due to global warming and the imbalance of CO2 in the troposphere.
Members of the Dimond High School Nordic cross-country ski team practice during snowless conditions by running outdoors on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska.
November 21, 2014
By AP
Members of the Dimond High School Nordic cross-country ski team practice during snowless conditions by running outdoors on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska.
November 21, 2014
By AP
There's a place (click here) western New Yorkers can go to escape the huge snowfall totals of this week, and it's a long way from Florida.
Try Anchorage, Alaska.
The state's largest city, which averages nearly 17 inches of snow at this point in the season, has seen less than four inches, and that snow fell a month ago. Since then, it's been nothing but bare ski slopes and residents staying indoors to work out.
And while some folks have left town to do winter activities like ice skating, others are really happy to see the brief vacation from snowfall....