Any time I hear someone start barking about denying global warming, I can reliably count on them to be a few bricks shy of a full load, hold a healthy share of internal redneck, and I think less of them. A lot less.

Yes, some winters are more intense, some summers more intense, and fire seasons get longer and more severe, but the larger picture, irrefutably backed by science, notes a continuing trend which is not cyclical, but due to human intervention and poor environmental stewardship. There is zero question of that, and to deny it, much like the ostrich with head below ground, is idiotic, ignorant, and short sighted. Very, very short sighted.