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On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:47:01 -0500, jeff wrote:

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On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:19:47 -0800, "John B" wrote:

Yes. I do. Any day now I expect to see my first wild flower of the
season...I think they're buttercups...

I'm just afraid this is going to have to be my last winter...'twas the worst
I have ever had. There were just days when I didn't even leave the
house....if I saw a sunbeam I'd have to run outside and try to stand in it,
then I'd get numb from cold...

Clothing that used to suit me well to zero and a little below now barely
works in the low 20's...

I talked to a realtor Sunday..soon I'll be southbound and down, loaded up
and truckin...if the house sells...
I'm not sure what you mean by "southbound," but if you plan on staying in the
US, a couple of things you may wish to consider: 1. I am currently within sight
of the Sound (well, I would be if I went outside, but, well, it's a bit chilly
outside...) and, well, it's a bit chilly outside, and 2) I can't tell you the
exact date, but it snowed in Houston within the last coupla weeks. Currently,
it's low-mid 30s here and in NO, and mid-20s up in the country. That said, I
don't ever recall it being truly cold in S. Florida, the Keys, or the Bahamas
...which, in a demonstration of why there is chocolate and vanilla, is one of
the few things I _don't_ like about that region (rude Yankees and certain
Quebecois being among the few remaining other things, mainly in S. Florida, the
Keys mostly, but not entirely, excepted...).

A tidbit of trivia - it has never, in however long the records have been kept,
gotten down to 32F/0C in Miami or most of S. Florida (most records are in the
mid-30s) until this year, where a number of record lows were set in some of the
inland areas of Palm Beach County - IIRC, it got to 28F around the lake - still
no "freeze" in most areas, though.

TC,
R

i lived in miami for 3 years 1972-75. it snowed one day during that
time (i think it was in december or january)... i don't remember
temp...but it was cold.

Oh, IIRC, it has snowed in the Keys (and I know it has snowed all over S.
Florida), but again, IIRC (again, since records have been kept - what it during
the Ice Age, I don't know), Miami has never gone below 32F. In fact, I seem to
remember hearing something about a new record set this year or last at something
like 35-36. Oh, hell, how hard is it to Google? So I just did and assuming
this to be accurate, according to CNN weather, the record low at MIA was 39F in
1927 and according to a Miami news report, Miami's (I don't know if they mean
_Miami_ or "Miami" (Miami-Dade metro area) record was 37 until this year, when
it hit 36 in January.

TC,
R
jeff

"cold" in miami is relative, given usual tropical temps, but my google
beats yours. miami record low...35. it also last snowed there in 1977.
35 in miami is akin to 40 below in nebraska...relatively speaking. g

jeff