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This is Lake Oroville in California; the top photo was taken in 2011, and the bottom photo is from a few months ago. Maybe Jim Inhofe could send them one of his snowballs.

Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success. Follow @paulwaldman1