April 9th 2012 UPDATE:  Here is a temperature map for the Month of March in the year 2012 for the United States.  This should help bolster my argument that it is like we are living in the twilight zone, particularly our weather. First quarter of 2012 also warmest on record; early March tornado outbreak is year’s first “billion dollar disaster” Record and near-record breaking temperatures dominated the eastern two-thirds of the nation and contributed to the warmest March … Read entire article »