Warming Wednesdays: it is cold outside

Artist Randall Munroe suggests we pass this cartoon on when friends complain about the winter weather.

Here in San Francisco, we're basking in one of the nicest summers in years during this winter -- no fog, clear sunshine, and shorts weather. Of course this is the consequence of drastic drought -- the mountains have about 20 percent of the snow pack they would have been expected to have at this time of year. Come summer, there are sure to be water shortages.