New Conspiracy Theory

It feels like October.  I’m not quite ready for that.  By the afternoon, the temps should be perfect, though.

Well, the Farmer’s Almanac 2009 edition goes on sale today and predicts below average temperatures this winter and above-average snowfalls for the Midwest.  It boasts an 80 percent accuracy rate, so things could be interesting this winter.

However, the National Weather Service is predicting a warmer than normal winter for most of the country.

So here’s my conspiracty theory: the government is telling the National Weather Service to predict a warmer winter so that people don’t freak out before the holiday season about the high costs of heating their homes after New Years.  If people have to penny-pinch to save up for fuel, then it’ll be hard on the economy.

Come on – that makes a whole lot of sense!

Oh, here is the link to the story.