Once the snow started falling in Buffalo this past week, the sound of climate alarmists running to their keyboards in order to blame climate change became deafening.  And, as always, problems abound in their analyses. At Slate, Eric Holthaus asked the question, and then answered it: In the aftermath of a massive lake-effect snowfall event in western New York state on Tuesday, it's worth asking: Is climate change playing a role here? Because, I mean, come on. Seventy – seven zero-- inches, people. And another huge round is forecast for Thursday, by the way. Buffalo deserves answers. The short answer is: yes. Global warming is probably juicing lake-effect snows, and we've had the data to prove it for quite some time. As proof, Holthaus shows a NOAA National Climatic Data Center plot of “Northeast Extremes in 1-Day Precipitation” during the “Cold Season (October-March)” from 1911-2014.  Well, the snowfall happened in November,...(Read Full Article)