Here's what Yosemite Valley looked like this week 2 years ago . . . and, yesterday

[bigtree]

tweeted by, US Dept of Interior ?@Interior 43m

Here's what #Yosemite Valley looked like this week 2 years ago (L) & yesterday (R). @YosemiteNPS pic.twitter.com/S4VvwUyhKT

[cleanhippie]

1. Yeah, and?

Beautiful pics. One of my favorite places on the planet.

Was there some point you were trying to make? Please don't say it is evidence of global warming, because weather in a specific location on a specific day means nothing in that respect. Yosemite may get a blizzard at the end of April, does that prove anything?

Yes, man made climate change is real and poses an immediate danger to the planet. This is not an example of that.

[Smilo]

4. You don't get it........

besides climate change, etc. The flora and fauna are out of sync, by having no snow/precipitation there will be a huge chance that things will become so dry fires will be seen more often, more deadly and be more costly to fight.

The west is already semi-arid - now when we should be seeing things under a coating of white, we are seeing green - this does not bode well for those who rely on the snow pack for water. It does not bode well for man nor beast.

[cleanhippie]

8. Yes, I get it. I get that local weather varies greatly.

There are early springs, late winters, early winters and late springs. Not to mention early summers, late summers, mild summers, mild winters, harsh winters,... Well, hopefully you get the point.

And that point is that local weather is not a good representation of global climate change. To argue that it does demonstrates a very narrow and, with no disrespect to you at all, ignorant view of the very real problem of global warming.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Sierra snow pack was 93% of normal in January, it's about 40-55% today

That being said, I heard they are predicting twelve inches of snow in the Sierra this weekend.

[Smilo]

5. Not enough and that will melt

much more quickly than previously.

[Submariner]

3. Smaller waterfalls and lower numbers of trout downstream will result

Upstream snowmelt runoff will probably be barely existent this Spring.

[KurtNYC]

6. it is the end of March in the High Sierra

we used to say "if you don't like the weather now, just wait 15 minutes and it will be different"

Normal is determined by collecting a range of data over time, not a snapshot.

[NCTraveler]

7. Very pretty. nt.