How about this angle? Do you feel guilty about enjoying the warmer/hotter weather since it is "normally" not this hot in Vermont, on average, allegedly due to the effects of climate change, global warming, etc. Just curious.
Trust me Jason, Vermont has seen hot summers long before the climate change argument! This type of summer hasn't been around for a few years though. The last one I recall being this warm was in 1995--we had some 100 degree days in June that year, if I remember correctly.
What's different, is how cold our winters are not getting! I'm not that old, but I recall much heavier snow fall when I was a kid and far colder temps that lasted longer than they do now. December-January were generally down right frigid with a thaw coming somewhere at the end of Jan for a day or so, but then it was cold. either below zero cold or teens & 20s cold. Some winters were very snowy and some I recall rainy, which meant ice everywhere.
Now it seems like the majority of winter temps are most often in the 30s the snow comes, but doesn't stay for long before melting down. (at least in this area, I can't speak for other areas of the state) January seems to be the only month with harsh temps and it's all usually lifting by the end of March.
Of course there have always been exceptions to the above scenarios and there still are, but winter is definitely the season with the most marked change if you ask me.
I don't feel guilty about enjoying a nice summer and I don't complain about it either, since there have been plenty that were not so nice in recent years!
I started this whole thing because I thought it was interesting that people tend to feel there is a pay back for nice weather. I didn't expect the turns it took. I was thinking more along the lines of the laws of physics: In my mind it seems reasonable that the weather patterns from season to season would react to the one before it in some manner, since it's all interconnected. (I don't know if does, but assume so) A period of low precipitation would set up a period of greater precipitation (either in the form of rain or snow)--I don't have a clue if that logic really applies or not, but it seems that this would be where people got the notion about payback...
