['97ventureowner]

You're not hearing me cry about this great weather. Sure beats the hell out of the snowy winters I remember back in the mid to late 70's. They are also saying that this nice weather is also being caused by the Atlantic oscillation along with El Nino. The oscillation is in the North Atlantic starting around Greenland. Syracuse has the distinction of being the snowiest major city in the United States but this year we've only received just over 12" of snow, and mostly all of that was in November! There is a competition(Golden Snowball Award) amongst the three cities on the Thruway, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse as to who gets the most snow every year, and we usually win by a "avalanche". This year Buffalo has gotten over 30" so far.I've been loving this warm weather too concerning my heating bill, but our local gas supplier tacks on a surcharge( they call it an 'adjustment' from normal) to the bill when the weather is warmer than normal to make up for lost revenues when people use less gas. THAT SUCKS. Not to worry though. Weather seeems to have a way of evening itself out over time, so I'm sure we will pay dearly for this nice stretch. In fact we might see more lake effect snow later into the season than normal because the Great Lakes are warmer and not freezing over.