Nowata We Gonna Do? Record Cold in Oklahoma

Oklahoma was hit with the coldest readings ever measured this morning according to the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. In the town of Nowata the temperature was measured at -31 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature is below the prior record of -27 set in Vinita, Oklahoma in February 1905 and Watts, Oklahoma in January 1930. Also on Thursday, the Bartlesville and Pryor’s Oklahoma Mesonet temperature gauges measured -28, which would have also been state records.

Sand Springs measured -11 degrees this morning, according to the National Weather Service. Those temperatures tie a record low of 15 years ago. What should policy makers do? In New Mexico, the leadership on the House Energy Committee feels strongly that it is time to support new EIB rules that will shut down a few more coal fired power plants and also drive more energy production across state lines. Also we must stop energy exploration and production at Otero Mesa no matter what the cost. There is no need to recognize there is zero evidence of any increase in global teperatures since 1997. The committee is preaching global warming "crisis." Apparently we must continue to understand that CO2 is causing global temperatures to rise to catastrophic levels. We must get rid of energy exploration - production jobs, drive our living standards down, and we must do it quickly before we all die.

Nowata We Gonna Do? Record Cold in Oklahoma