01-14-15  ^ 
 Rare January hurricane (Alex) forms in the middle of the Atlantic
 Ocean - only 4 since 1851

 11-30-15   ^
 International Climate Summit opens in Paris, France
  -
 key_> closes 12-12-15 ; global warming

 10-23-15   ^
 Pacific Hurricane Patricia - strongest ever recorded hurricane 
 makes landfall in Mexico - moves east into Texas causing 
 flooding

 10-05-15   ^
 Frontal boundary pulls moisture from hurricane Joaquin
 causing historic flooding in South Carolina

 06-02-14   ^
 EPA announces new guidelines to reduce CO2 
 emissions by 30% by 2030 by coal fired power plants
 key_> global warming ; climate change

 02-11-14   ^
 Winter Storm PAX - the Weather Channel has 
 been naming winter storms for a year

 02-10-14   ^
 Historic flooding in London, England

 01-27-14   ^
 Another polar vortex descends on the South
 key_> snow - ice ; Atlanta

 01-22-14   ^
 California in the grips of the worse drought on 
 record
 key_>  forest fire

 01-06-14   ^
 A Polar Vortex decends on the U.S. with temps as 
 low as -20F ; teens in Texas and single digits in 
 Alabama ;

 11-10-13   ^
 Super Typhoon Haiyan with winds in excess of 190 mph brings
 catastrophic death and destruction to the Philippines

 09-12-13   ^
 Historic flooding in Colorado

 10-29-12   ^
 Superstorm Sandy hits New York & New Jersey - the slow moving
 hurricane inundates a wide swath of the East Coast and knocks
 out power to millions (subway tunnels take a week to resume
 full operations)

 08-29-12   ^
 Hurricane Isaac makes landfall very close to New Orleans on the
 7th anniversary of hurricane Katrina

 08-20-12   ^
 Mississippi River is being dredged - the summer drought has
 lowered the river more than 15 ft.
 key_>  heat wave

 09-13-08   ^
 Hurricane Ike hits Galveston , Texas

 08-20-07   ^
 CAT 5 Hurricane Dean

 07-21-07   ^
 Worst flooding in England in 60 years

 07-15-07   ^
 Strongest July typhoon ever hits Japan

 06-04-07   ^
 CAT 5 tropical cyclone hits Oman in the Middle-East ; 1st major
 storm in 60 years / 1st CAT 5 ever

 05-08-07   ^
 sub-tropical storm Andrea - 3 full weeks before the official
 start of hurricane season

 02-06-07   ^
 SNOW !! lake-effect in Buffalo area - 146" 

 01-12-07   ^
 ICE !! major ice storm