Posted on 01/09/2010 5:04:35 PM PST by Libloather
Record freeze in Florida
Jan 10, 2010
MIAMI - A SHARP Arctic front sweeping the United States brought unusual snow to many of the deep southern states on Saturday, and leaving normally balmy Florida shivering from record icy lows.
At least nine deaths were blamed on the freezing snap that blanketed much of the central part of the country this week, CNN said.
In sub-tropical Florida, Key West - the southernmost point in the continental United States - saw it's coldest day in 112 years, with a low of 47 degrees Fahrenheit (8.3 degrees Celsius).
The cold air was expected to settle over the state through the weekend with freezing temperatures set to remain until Monday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) also issued severe wind chill alerts for the Midwest, warning that even limited exposure to the cold could cause frostbite or hypothermia.
The Arctic air mass across the central states was bringing wind chills below minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-28 degrees Celsius) as officials said the conditions could mean frostbite in less than 30 minutes. -- AFP
That's like those Canadian bureaucrats who said the New Brunswickers couldn't eat the lobsters that were washed up by a storm because they didn't have lobstering licenses. It must be a genetic deficiency in that group.
>> we here in Michigan put on boots..........ear muffs ain’t gonna keep your feet warm.
LOL! I thought St. Olaf was in Minnesota!
Shouldn’t they be called Myanmar Pythons now?
Good point. Really I think it's used as a slur. The liberals are making a reference to the fact that the pythons are unable to produce credible birth certificates. I am still thinking of the irony in that. Anyhow they've elected a Python named Monty as their spokesperson and he will bring their grievances to the Ministry of Silly Walks I believe.
Here in Michigan, we wear the earmuffs on our nether regions.
Bright sun, blue sky and shirt-sleeve weather in Redmond WA today. Something’s really wrong here...
Tell them that making more wood will make more oxygen too.
I’m in Houston. I have a 20+ year old Satsuma orange tree. I tented the tree with a surplus parachute with a kerosene heater underneath.
At 9:30 pm it was 25.2 degrees just south of Gainesville Florida. It has been extremely cold here for the past week or so. The heat in my office was out all last week, miserable way to work I tell you!
Heat is out all over the place. My sister is an organist at a church in Jax. Their heat died a few days ago and she could barely get the organ to croak.
..Its only fitting, that Algore.
...receive the full wraith of Mother Nature.
I think the orange concentrate mfgrs. can salvage some of the frozen fruit.?
1976 killed huge swaths of orange trees.
I remember flying over Central Fla and seeing the damage.
*Mexican voice*
LOL, My friend.
Good luck with your tree.
Gunner, is your lemon tree okay?
W. Broward here. I just turn on my gas oven once in a while to keep the house above 70. I’m not used to wearing long pants this many days in a row though. It’s really cold!
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