I think I'd like some pecan pie

Global warming is expected to result in an increasing incidence of ice storms in the United States and North America:


Warmer winters bring in ice

Major ice storms in the United States, 1949–2000

Changes in freezing rain patterns in the South Central United States

Possible impacts of climate change on freezing rain in south-central Canada using downscaled future climate scenarios

Section 6: The Impact of Climate Change (note the question "What effects might climate change have on Canada's transportation sector?")

With all that said, it seems somewhat like divine retribution that a massive ice storm hit one of Oklahoma's main cash crops: pecans.

Ice Storms Devastating to Pecan Orchards

MEANWHILST, over on Accuweather's Global Warming blog, someone asked Brett if warming is expected to result in more lake effect snow. Brett said "a little".

Aw heck, Brett, it's predicted and observed:


Global Warming Means More Snow For Great Lakes Region (for the Finger Lakes region; actual paper was published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)

Very simply: areas that get lake-effect snow have shown an increase in snowfall. Areas that don't get lake-effect snow don't show a significant increase. The paper was published in 2003.