Chicken Little Syndrome

Hey, you know what, it gets hot in Nevada because,.... wait for it...we live in a desert.
From the LVRJ: If there are two things Nevada is good for, it's hot weather and high rankings on depressing lists.
The National Resources Defense Council has managed to bring both character traits together in a year-end weather review that puts Nevada first in the West and sixth in the nation for heat records broken in 2012.
According to the environmental group's analysis, 36 heat records fell across Nevada last year, with 12 of the state's 17 counties experiencing record-breaking temperatures.
Only five states - Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana - saw a higher percentage of heat records set.
Nevada also experienced 14 rainfall records in seven counties, 11 snowfall records in five counties and 86 wildfires that charred 90 acres or more.  http://www.lvrj.com/news/2012-heat-in-nevada-sets-records-187570911.html
Wow, rainfall and snowfall records.  If it rains  .1 inches in a day, chances are, it's going to be a record rainfall.
And the only reason we had a supposed record heat in Las Vegas, is because we had higher low temperatures.  The high temperatures were right around normal.  Finally, they have only been keeping records in Las Vegas for 100 years or less, so who knows what it is was like 150 years ago or longer. Right now, we have experienced a much colder winter.  Why?  Because of the jet stream.
In fact, last year, we had more really pleasant days than I could remember in my 7 years in Las Vegas.
So, these weirdoes at the National Resources Defense Council are just playing Chicken Little saying the sky is falling and the weather is more extreme.