Al Gore Watch: Oklahoma Colder than South Pole

Four men treking to the South Pole -- or they could just go to Okalahoma.

This tidbit from AccuWeather.com:

At 7 a.m. CST this morning, it was colder in northeastern Oklahoma than at the South Pole.


In Bartlesville, Okla., a temperature of 28° below zero was recorded at 7:19 a.m. . . . Elsewhere in the Bartlesville area, a temperature of 29° below zero was reported around 7 a.m.


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As AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Eric Wanenchak pointed out, the temperature at the South Pole was 23° below zero at 7 a.m. CST this morning. Therefore, parts of Oklahoma and Kansas were just as cold as, if not colder than, the South Pole.

Carbon credits, anyone?

Added 2/16/11:

I couldn't figure out how to embed graphics into the comment section, so I am posting this chart of global temperatures for the last 5000 years in answer to commenter John, who takes me for an "idiot" because I am not alarmed by claims of doom by proponents of anthropogenic global warming:





And then there's this, just because I like it, from Minnesotans for Global Warming:

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