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Curious research finding: people who live on the US Gulf Coast see evidence of warm days based more on their politics than on the temperature. "Political orientations rather than local conditions drive perceptions of local weather conditions and these perceptions—rather than objectively measured weather conditions—influence climate-related attitudes." -- Shao, W. and Goidel, K. (2016), Seeing is Believing? An Examination of Perceptions of Local Weather Conditions and Climate Change Among Residents in the U.S. Gulf Coast. Risk Analysis. doi:10.1111/risa.12571