A Streetcar Named Global Warming

This scene from New Orleans, the Big Easy, or perhaps today we should call it the Big Chill:

Snow in New Orleans is a rarity. The last time it snowed was Christmas 2004; before that, the last snow recorded was in 1989, according to Jim Vasilj, a forecaster with the National Weather Service. Since 1850, snow had fallen in "measurable amounts" rather than traces in the city just 17 times, Vasilj said. Of the 17, today's snowfall was the earliest in the season recorded.

Did Al Gore have a speech scheduled down there today?