Good post. I agree entirely. It really does seem that eastern north America, particularly the further north you go in latitude has been locked into a warm winter pattern for the past few years (with the exception of late January 2011). It used to be that getting temperatures of 60F was exceptional at this time of year. Recently, I've come to expect it. Regionally our climate is much warmer, particularly, it has to be said in Canada. As for the bolded paragraph, I think we all know to whom DT wa