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Remember when it snowed in Tampa Bay 42 years ago?
TampaBay.com ^ | 1/19/2019 | Gabrielle Calise

Posted on 01/20/2019 2:31:09 PM PST by simpson96

Jan. 19, 1977. The day when temperatures plunged into the 30s on the Suncoast and snowflakes dusted Tampa Bay. The storm didn’t last that long, but it was enough to cement the day into our area’s history.

Some native Floridians delighted in seeing their first snowfall. Families built snowmen together. College students ran around nude and skipped class.

But not everyone was pleased to wake up to the falling flurries. Farmers’ crops were destroyed. Icy gusts of wind knocked over power lines and ripped trees out of the ground. The governor at the time, Reubin Askew, called a state of emergency.

Let’s take a trip back in time to that frigid day.


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To: simpson96

I was there!


21 posted on 01/20/2019 3:15:39 PM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: simpson96

Yes, I remember it well. On the way to work, we went sideways over the bridge at Six Mile Creek. Totally not used to driving on ice. There was still a little snow on the roof at home that afternoon (mainly due to it being in the shade).


22 posted on 01/20/2019 3:30:31 PM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: Popman
i>I can only imagine what would happen if it snowed...

If it does, I advise you stay home. I know I will.

23 posted on 01/20/2019 3:43:07 PM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: simpson96

Is that Prince Phillip’s car in that picture?


24 posted on 01/20/2019 3:49:29 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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To: blueunicorn6

When I was in college, students only ran around nude on warm days.


25 posted on 01/20/2019 3:50:08 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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To: njslim
Remember nothing but blizzards for winter 1977 Buffalo get buried under more that 30 feet of snow that year

Those were the days.

BTW, nobody really remembers much, but the next year was almost as bad with blizzards.

It was because of the widespread panic whenever the word *blizzard* was used that the NWS redefined the criteria for something qualifying as a blizzard.

26 posted on 01/20/2019 3:51:53 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Yeah, I might have suggested Tampanians, or something.

Lemme see here...

Tampanites
Tampars
Tampites
Tampers
Tampanners
Tampagnes
Tampanans

Tampa's a toughie.

27 posted on 01/20/2019 3:52:20 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Then you’ve never enjoyed the thrill of nude snowshoeing.

Running along with the wolves trying to bite you on your bare donkey.

Getting a bad case of Snow Balls.


28 posted on 01/20/2019 3:57:21 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: simpson96

A bunch of snowflakes.....


29 posted on 01/20/2019 4:20:31 PM PST by caver
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To: Redwood71

A tank of a car is exactly what you want in snow.


30 posted on 01/20/2019 4:21:04 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Redwood71

Ford Fairlane = Tank ???????


31 posted on 01/20/2019 4:22:41 PM PST by caver
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To: Windflier
Lemme see here...

Tampanites
Tampars
Tampites
Tampers
Tampanners
Tampagnes
Tampanans


Tampa's a toughie.



Tamps is full of Hispanic sounding names for the streets and even some areas.

Tampa itself is a Hispanic name, probably named by a Cuban.

So, my suggestion would be another Hispanic sounding name:

Tamperos or Tampañeros.

32 posted on 01/20/2019 5:03:23 PM PST by adorno
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To: Windflier
Lemme see here...

Tampanites
Tampars
Tampites
Tampers
Tampanners
Tampagnes
Tampanans


Tampa's a toughie.


Tamps is full of Hispanic sounding names for the streets and even some areas.

Tampa itself is a Hispanic name, probably named by a Cuban.

So, my suggestion would be another Hispanic sounding name:

Tamperos or Tampañeros.
33 posted on 01/20/2019 5:05:00 PM PST by adorno
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To: Chickensoup

Yes. We are actually full blooded Tampans. No Strings Attached.

Local radio made a song years ago.


34 posted on 01/20/2019 5:07:19 PM PST by Mass Market
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To: adorno
Tampañeros

I thought of that one, but my little tablet device doesn't have the Spanish character set, so I chose not to include it.

Thanks for adding it.

35 posted on 01/20/2019 5:19:04 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier
I thought of that one, but my little tablet device doesn't have the Spanish character set, so I chose not to include it.

Actually, I cheated in getting that Spanish character. I used Google to look up a word that I know includes the special character in Spanish, and removed the rest of the word while keeping the character I needed, then filled the rest of the word to the lest and right of the character.

I'm sure there is an easier way of getting the Spanish or any other foreign character, but I wasn't about to go looking.
36 posted on 01/20/2019 5:26:48 PM PST by adorno
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To: FrankR

I guess you never thought of running on the air contests !!!

That would wreck havoc with the old relay telco swicthes.


37 posted on 01/20/2019 5:31:35 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Windflier

BTW, the easier way of getting the Spanish n with tilde, is to click on the Windows icon (bottom left) and type ‘character map’ and look for the character and copy/paste it.


38 posted on 01/20/2019 5:48:17 PM PST by adorno
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To: simpson96

I remember that winter, I think it was 76-77. Living south of Richmond Va. Water lines were busting in the ground all over. It stayed cold for so long. If we had a winter like that now, I’m not sure people could deal with it. Of course you have no choice. That was before the day of snowflakes.


39 posted on 01/20/2019 5:49:49 PM PST by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: George from New England

“I guess you never thought of running on the air contests !!!”


Cute! Snide, but cute.

The snow started mid day, and was ended by the next morning. The phone system was “locked up” by citizens calling each other, before we even pointed it out.

Having on-air contests takes some “set up”, there has to be a “prize” of some sort, and time for as many as possible to enter, and play.

We were a small station, limited budget, but, the only one in town.

Actually, during my tenure there, we ran hundreds of contests, all well-organized, and commercially successful.

My point was the limited capacity of local telephone systems during that era. It was NOT ATT or BellSouth.

I thought it would be a humorous anecdote, but you seem to want to make it a critique on radio station management.

But, there’ petty people all over these days.


40 posted on 01/20/2019 5:54:53 PM PST by FrankR (Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
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