It's really weird. I can't think of anything else though. I mean, I've lived in Irvine my whole life and it wasn't until I joined the Network that things started to get weird, and that's the consensus among everyone else.
No, that storm was weird. I don't even know what it is, but global warming it was not.
You could always try ferrets or something. They're supposed to be carnivours. And rats can eat meat sometimes too.