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Florida water parks shutting down as freezing temperatures hit state
Fox News ^ | January 20, 2020 | Michael Hollan

Posted on 01/20/2020 1:06:39 PM PST by Hojczyk

January is no time for splishing and splashing, even in the Sunshine State.

Vacationers looking to escape winter weather by taking a trip to Florida are in for some bad news: cold weather is on the way. In fact, things are about to get so cold that some of the state’s water parks are shutting down.

Universal Studios tweeted out that its Volcano Bay water park will be closed Monday through Wednesday due to the unusual wave of cold weather slated to hit.

Arctic air is funneling into Florida starting Monday, causing the coldest temperatures of the winter so far, Fox 51 reports. Temperatures could dip below freezing, which has caused freeze watches to be issued across several counties.

Warm weather is reportedly expected to return later in the week, with low temperatures returning to the mid-50s.

Disney World’s website also states that Blizzard Beach Water Park will be closed Monday through Wednesday, although it does not state if this is because of the cold weather. According to the website, the park will reopen at 10 a.m. on Thursday morning.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: chat; florida; globalcooling; globalwarming; localnews; snowbirds
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1 posted on 01/20/2020 1:06:39 PM PST by Hojczyk
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Nothing unusual for Florida...it has been hotter than normal the last four winters


2 posted on 01/20/2020 1:08:28 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Dang Gorebull warming!

Let Greta know!


3 posted on 01/20/2020 1:08:32 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Democrats sue Iran over the right to use "Death to America" as their 2020 campaign slogan!)
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To: Hojczyk

Here in central KY we hit 70 degrees last week. :)


4 posted on 01/20/2020 1:09:03 PM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Hojczyk

Global warming. /s


5 posted on 01/20/2020 1:09:19 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Hojczyk

Good thing we got all this Global Warming,

or else it could actually get cold out there


6 posted on 01/20/2020 1:10:34 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: Hojczyk

It was down to 24 here in N.Georgia last night and
cold predicted for a few more days. Warmed up to 40
this afternoon.


7 posted on 01/20/2020 1:10:46 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Hojczyk

How dare they?


8 posted on 01/20/2020 1:15:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Hojczyk

How DARE it get so cold.


9 posted on 01/20/2020 1:17:54 PM PST by samtheman (I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
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To: tet68

We were 22 last night in Hall County, GA. (on the lake between Dahlonega and Gainesville)


10 posted on 01/20/2020 1:18:29 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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My son said it was 17 this morning in Asheville, NC


11 posted on 01/20/2020 1:21:03 PM PST by DLfromthedesert
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Ummm... This happens mostly in January, in Florida. Spent years in St. Pete/Tampa. Once or twice, every year, a couple of days, got wicked cold. Nothing like Chicago, so...

Ah, well, if it bleeds, it leads...

12 posted on 01/20/2020 1:24:03 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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We are in the Titusville Mooring field. 20+ kt winds and it’s suppose to be 42 tonight. We’ll bundle up and run the stove for a bit.


13 posted on 01/20/2020 1:31:57 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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Winter usually comes the 18-19th of Jan. and ends in FLA around Presidents day, then it becomes early summer. Oh yes, then we get hurricanes, about 14 of them of which 4-7 with be Cat 2 or better. late summer ends in December but quickly returns to early summer as stated. Is there anything else you need to know about FLA weather? Its usually warm, hot, and hotter. Sometimes it reaches freezing at 55 degrees if you have been here long enough. Lets not forget, today is Saturday, or was it Saturday yesterday, it could be Saturday tomorrow??? OH wait, I remember now, there are 7 Saturdays in a week. Ahhhh, life in the Gunshine State, where you enjoy your sunny days and fry your brains.


14 posted on 01/20/2020 1:32:15 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: Hojczyk

1/26/1986 was pretty chilly along the Space Coast. Just ask Thiokol.


15 posted on 01/20/2020 1:36:13 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Did you get to see Space X pop their rocket the other day?


16 posted on 01/20/2020 1:37:46 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Hojczyk

feel bad for fams in the NE that plop down big bucks on a Fl getaway for late Jan and find out when the time arrives its warmer at home.

Oh well Come On Down


17 posted on 01/20/2020 1:38:12 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Blueflag

I’m over near Amicalola falls.
Probably just as cold tonight and tomorrow.


18 posted on 01/20/2020 1:39:19 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Since you are that close, and will understand, we are on the Chestatee part of Lanier. Pretty country up there where you are as well.


19 posted on 01/20/2020 1:42:28 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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We usually fish the chestatee in the spring from
Lumpkin Co. park for stripers, my brother is a guide
on the lake.


20 posted on 01/20/2020 1:44:21 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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