The Downside of a Nice Warm Winter
You’d say global warming is much in effect if you could see how things are in Northern California right now. Except that the extremely cold weather and ice storms in other parts of the country would seemingly dispel this premise.
Over here in the Silicon Valley region, it’s shaping up to be a fairly dry and warm winter — it feels very pleasant, much like Spring. I think it’s the “best” winter yet, in terms of awesome, mild weather. Sounds really great on the surface, but I really wish it weren’t this way.
No, it’s not because I want to be a wet blanket (I actually do not like rainy weather); rather, it’s because we need the rains to come back or we’ll be worrying much more about the possibility of a different kind of storm, in the coming months. I’m talking about firestorms (wildfires), which hit this region like clockwork each year. The drier things get, the more rampant they become; plus it doesn’t help that we’d be facing a drought at the same time.
It’s not too early for me to start thinking about droughts either, as my yard is beginning to sport a slight shade of yellow even at this time. It reminds me every day of what we can expect for the rest of the year: higher water bills, yellow lawn, and unflushed toilets. I’m not looking forward to this!
I guess I should enjoy the spring-like weather as much as I can since it comes at such a cost!
Now moving on along to your money matters: here are some personal financial articles I liked:
Personal Financial Articles
- Wise Bread: Catch my latest article discussing 15 Ways To Manage Risk In Your Financial Life.
- Five Cent Nickel $7500 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
- Free Money Finance Make and Save Money With Homstie, a website where people can rent out their extra space to those who need affordable self storage.
- Blueprint For Financial Prosperity: Try Living On Minimum Wage
- All Financial Matters: John Thain: What Was He Thinking?
- Mighty Bargain Hunter: Some More On My Goals For 2009
- Lazy Man and Money: Dispelling Common College PF Myths
- Generation X Finance: New Jersey Bill to Require Personal Finance 101 for High School Seniors
- Brip Blap: How To Take Abrupt Action
- Million Dollar Journey: Income Trust Distributions and Taxation
- Money Smart Life: We Will Recover
- My Dollar Plan: 6 Free E-File Options
- The Sun’s Financial Diary: U.S. November Home Prices Fell 18.2% Year-over-Year: Chart of the Day
- Frugal Dad: Frugal People Focus Too Much On The Outgo
- Rich Credit Debt Loan: The Family CFO By Mary Allvine and Christine Larson
- Broke Grad Student: How Often Do You Check Your Finances Online?
- Think Your Way To Wealth: Avoid the Worry — Don’t Just Pay Bills on Time, Pay Them Early!
- Finance Your Life: What If You Had A Financial Mulligan?
Recent Carnivals
- Carnival of Personal Finance: Thanks to Taking Charge for such a great job hosting, and for featuring the post on developing skills for managing your life as an Editor’s Pick. It’s from our sister blog, The Smarter Wallet! Our post on the best online stock brokers for cheap stock trades was also featured here.
- Festival of Frugality
We’re a little short on time today, so I’ll have the rest of the carnival coverage this weekend.
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True. With the global warming all this other stuff goes down. Domino effect
Anyone denying that global warming is getting worse is blind. The intense wildfires out west over the last year are valid proof. If you saw the size of the storm that brought snow, sleet, and ice to the midwest and east coast the last week then you saw another example of how it is all getting worse. Hoepefully the administration looks to find answers. Thanks for the mention of my post!
Thanks for the mention, SVB! Great roundup.