Then there is this article from NOAA that supports the fire ants prediction for a colder and wetter winter here in the south.
Remember our ant sample is localized to points just south of Atlanta. Points north and west will have to inquire of their own ants. The article covers the entire USA. Much of the USA will experience a warmer winter, but not here, according to NOAA.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories...eroutlook.html
We'll see who is right, my interpretation of the ants, NOAA, or neither.