If there is even 1/4 inch of snow there will be mass car accidents.

Mid-30's is pretty cold for Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton Subby

Yeah, so can us folks in Florida and Arizona laugh at you northerners when you complain that it's deathly hot at 98 degrees?

/all depends on what you're acclimatized to

It's actually quite nice out right now, but a freeze warning is expected for tommorow.

BTW subby, the big "panic" when cold weather occurs in Florida is because of agricultural concerns, not uncomfortable Floridians.

I'm more worried about the rash of 90s clipart postings. The irony could be endemic.

On the flip side when it hits above 85 in up north IT'S A HEAT WAVE!!!! EVERYBODY RUN INSIDE THERE'S FIREBALL IN THE SKY COMING RIGHT TOWARD US!!!

60 degrees?

Are they dropping like flies or something? I don't think I can hack that much heat....

OH! 60 F?

I'd kill for that right now...

Stay the hell in Florida, and out of Colorado.

Signed,
A native.

skink: Temp here will reach 29f, tonight. Darned cold for Tampa Bay. It's not like we're freaking out, but those with lots of tropical plants in the yard are.

/Coldest I ever saw it here: 14f, Christmas of '83

Yeah, high 20s is chilly, I dont care who or where you are...no one is comfortable at 20-something degrees. Ditto for high temps like the 90s.

/I see your in NPR...howdy neighbor
//well, for about 5 more weeks, then we are bailing out of Pasco, and FL.

My 60-something parents (who lived in the North their entire lives but recently retired to Orlando) are biatching about the weather. Imagine my sympathy....

Yep, the citrus and tomatoes take a beating if it gets below freezing during the night. Still shorts and t-shirt weather right now tho.

Sultan Of Herf: skink: Temp here will reach 29f, tonight. Darned cold for Tampa Bay. It's not like we're freaking out, but those with lots of tropical plants in the yard are.

/Coldest I ever saw it here: 14f, Christmas of '83

Yeah, high 20s is chilly, I dont care who or where you are...no one is comfortable at 20-something degrees. Ditto for high temps like the 90s.


I'll take 20 over 90 any day. Just have to throw a coat on. Why yes, I am from up north!

skink:
/Coldest I ever saw it here: 14f, Christmas of '83

Were her nipples hard?

If only subby had an IQ of 60.

Derwood: My 60-something parents (who lived in the North their entire lives but recently retired to Orlando) are biatching about the weather. Imagine my sympathy....

Heh. I had to click your profile to make sure we're not related. My In-laws moved to Orlando the week before Christmas and are doing the same whining. I can't wait for the phone calls in late July when it is too stinkin' hot to leave the house and go fishing.

Subby, f*ck you and your lying-ass headline.

This sort of false headline is why I spend more time at reddit these days. Yeah, yeah...well, bye...but I know of a few other farkers who have had about enough of it.

Sultan Of Herf: skink: Temp here will reach 29f, tonight. Darned cold for Tampa Bay. It's not like we're freaking out, but those with lots of tropical plants in the yard are.

/Coldest I ever saw it here: 14f, Christmas of '83

Yeah, high 20s is chilly, I dont care who or where you are...no one is comfortable at 20-something degrees. Ditto for high temps like the 90s.

/I see your in NPR...howdy neighbor
//well, for about 5 more weeks, then we are bailing out of Pasco, and FL.

Apparently, you've never been to Kansas. 20 in december, 120 in July. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Well it never dips below 60 during the day usually, and tomorrow is supposed to be 47 at the high, 20 at the low. That's really freaking cold to me.

RedMosquito: Subby, f*ck you and your lying-ass headline.

This sort of false headline is why I spend more time at reddit these days. Yeah, yeah...well, bye...but I know of a few other farkers who have had about enough of it.

Go get 'em, Ray!

Also, whoever is uncomfortable at 90 is a crazy person. Seriously, that's just not human. 90 is way better than 20 for humans.

Part of the problem is, most floridians don't own any real winter clothing. I have a sweatshirt, and a few pairs of jeans. Pretty much my only cold weather gear.

Ironically it's all the northeast transplants biatching about the cold. Real Floridians love the break from hellacious swamp heat.

Ps the high tomorrow in orlando is 84

Crucible1001: If there is even 1/4 inch of snow there will be mass car accidents.

Just like pennsylvania

If subby can't read numbers, does that make them illiterate, or inumerate?

Fett56: Also, whoever is uncomfortable at 90 is a crazy person. Seriously, that's just not human. 90 is way better than 20 for humans.

Part of the problem is, most floridians don't own any real winter clothing. I have a sweatshirt, and a few pairs of jeans. Pretty much my only cold weather gear.

The funny part about this is(me being located in the North), at -7 C(20 F) I'd actually be pretty darn comfortable in jeans and a sweatshirt.

Also, I love your description of jeans and a sweatshirt as being "cold weather gear". Made me giggle.

AlgertMan: On the flip side when it hits above 85 in up north IT'S A HEAT WAVE!!!! EVERYBODY RUN INSIDE THERE'S FIREBALL IN THE SKY COMING RIGHT TOWARD US!!!

Pretty much. The way I see it, I'd rather freeze to death than burn to death.

mtudo: If subby can't read numbers, does that make them illiterate, or inumerate?

It means we can run a train on his mom for either being dumb herself and passing on the genes or for picking his moran dad.

DontMakeMeComeBackThere: Yeah, so can us folks in Florida and Arizona laugh at you northerners when you complain that it's deathly hot at 98 degrees?

/all depends on what you're acclimatized to

We'll stop complaining about heat when southerners stop putting on jackets when the forecast calls for a low of 60.

I'll take 98 in Arizona any day. 98 in Florida....no way. That is the definition of "wish I was dead"

this why you old farkers end up here in Florida.

cause its not that cold. mostly hot.

and golf

skink: Razzed: I'd actually be pretty darn comfortable in jeans and a sweatshirt.

Florida cold is weird, I assume because of humidity. I lived for several years with 'real' winters, and the same temps seem colder in Florida than in Western Canada. Even in Atlanta, days that would require a jacket here seem like shirtsleeve weather. I wonder if proximity to the Gulf makes a diff?

*shrugs*

True story. It's a different kind of cold here; multiple thin layers are usually better than sweatshirts and the like, I find.

juzblome: this why you old farkers end up here in Florida.

cause its not that cold. mostly hot.

and golf

Just got off the course, getting a kick etc.

/Or I would be if I didn't do so craptacular

That's about what the temperature has been is at my house. I can't believe how warm it's been...

I remember reading somewhere (FARK probably) that Florida houses aren't as well insulated as houses in colder parts of the country so I can see that being a problem when they get cold snaps there.

It will be near 60 in Denver the next two days. Perfecto.

I'm freezing in key largo right now, getting a kick, etc.

krafty420: It was 10°C (50°F) today in Nova Scotia - normal high should be around 0°C (32°F) for this time of year. We obviously sent all of our cold air south.

I lived in NS for 22 years, I'm sitting in West Palm beach with Jeans, tshirt, sweater, winter coat and scarf right now.
I'm really considering grabbing my gloves later.
I've been here for 3 years and trust me, I don't miss NS weather at all! The food and people I miss though, mmm donairs, KD, garlic fingers and Alexandras Pizza... mmmmm

Frantic Freddie: I remember reading somewhere (FARK probably) that Florida houses aren't as well insulated as houses in colder parts of the country so I can see that being a problem when they get cold snaps there.

This is true. A lot of houses are built to keep cool, which as you can imagine gets a bit impractical if the temperature dips below 40 or so.

And nobody thinks jeans and sweatshirts are cold-weather gear. I can't speak for the person who posted that or their area, but I know that, in a lot of places in Florida, it's actually pretty difficult to FIND true cold-weather gear. The ironic thing is that, like in most places in North America, in Florida the worst of the cold weather comes after the new year--but that's when stores have already put the swimsuits out! So finding clothes to take you though a surprise 20s-30s snap can be a challenge, especially after people succumb to Weather Channel panic and clean out the local Wal-Mart.

I'm always amused by people who move to Florida after a lifetime of living up north, expecting it to be like "Miami Vice", girls in bikinis running around everywhere. And then it hits January and temps drop to 28 a few times. Long-timers know about the seasonal temperature changes, it's the transplanted northerners who are squealing about it and feeling betrayed.

There was a snow flurry on Christmas day last year in the Big Bend area, west of Tallahassee. You wise up eventually.