Climate change

It’s changing, alright. We’ve had a number of Major League Baseball games cancelled due to whopping snowstorms this past week, which I can’t recall happening before.

Now this.

Hundreds of airline flights were grounded Wednesday and a major league baseball game was called as yet another spring snowstorm spread wet snow across the upper Midwest.

North Dakota and South Dakota both measured about 7 inches, and up to 10 inches was possible in Wisconsin, the National Weather Service said.

“It’s kind of flying sideways,” hardware store owner Harvey Neu said in Menomonee Falls, Wis. “It’s not like a gently falling snowfall. It’s more of a get-out-of-my-face type of thing.”

That’s how it was all day in Chicago. In your face.

About 400 flights were canceled at O’Hare International Airport because of poor visibility, said city aviation spokesman Gregg Cunningham. The airport also had delays of one to 2 hours on both inbound and outbound flights, and delays at Midway Airport were about 30 minutes, he said.

“The storm system is moving north right now, but it may circle around and stay in the area,” Cunningham said.

Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport also had a handful of delays and cancellations.

“I think we are all cranky about the weather,” said Pat Rowe, spokeswoman for General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.

I join the ranks today waiting at the airport, awaiting weather updates. But I won’t get cranky.

Wednesday’s Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs game was postponed because of the storm. During the weekend, heavy snow wiped out scheduled Angels-Indians games for four straight days at Cleveland, and their contest was finally moved to Milwaukee’s enclosed field.

Now that’s enough to make a lot of fans cranky.

Nearly two dozen school districts canceled classes Wednesday across southern Minnesota, where up to 6 inches of snow was forecast. More closed in Iowa, where numerous vehicles had slid off slippery highways.

And that’s enough to make a lot of school children really happy.

Snow this late is not that unusual, said weather service meteorologist Andrew Krein in Chicago.

“Typically every few years we’ll get some snow in April,” Krein said. “Snow in April is not unheard of.”

So…is the global warming thing on hold?