It's getting hot in here ... and it ain't just the January Thaw

Plus: Colorado River Chronicles; Big Bend Border Wall boondoggle

🥵 Aridification Watch 🐫

Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when I lived in Silverton, Colorado, elevation 9,318 feet, we often experienced a “January thaw.” It was a period of a few sunny, warm days between storms that usually fell in January but could also occur in February. If you could find a south-facing deck that was protected from the wind a…