The "Gore Effect"

Gore Effect:

The phenomenon that leads to unseasonably cold temperatures, driving rain, hail, or snow whenever Al Gore visits an area to discuss global warming. Hence, the Gore Effect

~Urban Dictionary

I don't know whether it is poor planning on Gore's part, or some other cause, that causes this strange phenomenon, but it seems to be as real as global warming itself. It also seems that this phenomenon might not be limited to Gore himself, but anyone discussing global warming.

• January 2004—Gore brings coldest temperatures in 50 years to aid his speech in Boston

• January 15, 2004—Al Gore gives global warming speech in NYC, which was experiencing some of the coldest temperatures in decades.

• November 2006—With summer 2 weeks away, Al Gore visits Australia, and brings enough cooling to reopen the ski resorts

• February 13, 2007—Almost 2 weeks after the ground hog declared an early spring, the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce's subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality's hearing on global warming scheduled for Feb. 14 is canceled due to an inch of snow, sleet, and hail. Also, Maryville University in St. Louis canceled their presentation of "An Inconvenient Truth" due to snowstorms.

Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, either the earth is in denial, or we have found our remedy for global warming:

IF IT GETS TOO HOT, INVITE AL GORE