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http://www.arborday.org/media/mapchanges.cfmhedgehog
(36,286 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)But living in a state which everybody left when the weather got bad makes me think this place never was much like paradise.
jillan
(39,451 posts)Thanks for posting.
Confusious
(8,317 posts)Instead of "it's not happening" it becomes "its not man-made"
formercia
(18,479 posts)Enlightened self-interest.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)since they START with the USDA map and then change to their own. The USDA map TO USDA map would be more convincing.
sP
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)but that zone has doubled in size.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)It is absolutely unbelievable that people are not rapidly changing. Things like the next Olympics would be canceled in a sane world. All frivolous tourism would be ceased.
But that all sounds so negative. I pity the generations to follow this fossil fuel party.
Uncle Joe
(58,481 posts)Thanks for the thread, Gabby Hayes.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)kick and rec.
I am still in zone 8 which has now grown to cover most of the state.
Hardiness maps are one thing.
What really counts is heat maps, since that affects how well produce grows from spring to fall.
This year, NONE of our fruit trees blossomed.
And our crepe myrtles are blooming in July, instead of late spring.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)While I appreciate saving the money re-purchasing them each year, it's been quite an unsettling realization.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)I wonder if there are further changes in the past 6 years.