Tonadoes one day, blizzards the next! That's amazing. Sounds like a one-stop shop for storm chasers.

I see 2015 is destined to be the hottest year since... last year. Thus breaking the record. And 2016 is predicted to be hotter again.

Are we getting near a tipping point?

I guess your mom is an early riser - 4am!? But that's an incrredible temp swing.

I'm not an expert on the Californian bushfire season, but having worked at a firefighter in Australia for 5 years i know the season generally runs from Dec-Feb. You can get the odd fire either side of that in a bad year (this year for example it started in Oct), but never in the middle of winter.

I've heard that climate change has impacted California a lot - but to have bushfires continuing through fall and winter? God help them when summer comes.