Cold

[[Two figures in winter hats, one hat white and the other hat black, are walking.]] White Hat: It is brutal out. So much for global warming, huh? <<Black Hat sighs>> Black Hat: This used to happen all the time. White Hat: What? [[A picture of an x-y plot, with years from 1970 to 2014 along the x-axis and dots rising up for each year, mostly concentrated from 1970 to 1999. The plot is labeled "Days with lows < 0°F".]] Black Hat: You're from St. Louis, right? On average, it used to get below 0°F there a handful of days per year. But you haven't had a day like that since the nineties. [[The two figures continue walking.]] Black Hat: Then, in 2014, when the first polar vortex hit, it dipped below zero for two days. And everyone freaked out because what used to be normal now feels too cold. White Hat: It is too cold! [[Panel labeled "The future:" contains a generic figure, looking at a frozen puddle on the ground.]] Figure: Look at this - ice! In St. Louis! So much for global warming. <<off-panel sigh>> {{Title text: 'You see the same pattern all over. Take Detroit--' 'Hold on. Why do you know all these statistics offhand?' 'Oh, um, no idea. I definitely spend my evenings hanging out with friends, and not curating a REALLY NEAT database of temperature statistics. Because, pshh, who would want to do that, right? Also, snowfall records.'}}

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