Florida Cold

[Stewart]

This just in from Miami...

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[Stewart]

Urgent - Weather Message
National Weather Service Miami Fl
1223 Pm Est Wed Jan 2 2008

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Glades-hendry-inland Palm Beach-coastal Collier-inland Collier-
Inland Broward-inland Miami Dade-mainland Monroe-
Far South Miami Dade-
Including The Cities Of...palmdale...moore Haven...clewiston...
La Belle...big Cypress Seminole Reservation...pahokee...
South Bay...belle Glade...naples...immokalee...
Miccosukee Indian Reservation...shark Valley...flamingo...
Florida City...everglades National Park
1223 Pm Est Wed Jan 2 2008

...freeze Warning Remains In Effect From Midnight Tonight To 9 Am
Est Thursday...

Very Cold Air Will Continue To Spill Across South Florida Today
And Tonight. Freezing Temperatures Are Likely Tonight...west Of
The Florida Turnpike In Palm Beach County...west Of A Sawgrass
Expressway Interstate 75 Line In Broward County...west Of Krome
Avenue In Miami-dade County...and In All Areas Of Mainland
Monroe...glades...hendry And Collier Counties. Prolonged
Subfreezing Temperatures Of 3 To 5 Hours Can Be Expected Thursday
Morning Across Glades...hendry...and Collier Counties With 1 To 2
Hours In Other Areas. Frost Will Also Be Possible...but Only In
Wind Sheltered Locations.

It Is Imperative That All Interested Parties Act Immediately To
Take Any Steps Necessary To Protect Crops And Other Tender
Vegetation...as A Significant And Killing Freeze Will Occur For
Much Of South Florida Tonight. Also...be Sure To Insulate Outdoor
Plumbing Fixtures That Are Exposed To The Cold Air...and Provide
Adequate Food...water...and Warm Shelter For Pets.

Stay Tuned To Noaa Weather Radio And Other Local Media For
Further Details Or Updates On This Event.

A Photographer Just Sent The Image Below To Us From The Everglades
Taken Earlier Today.

$$

70/dd

[News Is Broken]

I blame global warming.

[Golfball_Size_Hail]

<enter guy saying, "and they say this is global warming">

[WXDUDE]

OK, so we'll send a crew to South Beach to show cold people trying to keep warm, sipping hot chocolate and bundled up, we'll take a live picture of the bank thermometer showing it's already 50° and DROPPING, then we'll kick off our team smotherage with the weather center TRACKING the cold temperatures! Been there, done that.:thumbsup:

[Ping-Pong Ball]

Mock all you want, but heaters, insulation, and other cold weather prevention efforts are not part of the building code in SFLA.

Plus, think of all the thin skinned blue hairs who will have to endure this cold snap with nothing more than Bermuda shorts, dark socks, and forever blinking turn signals to keep themselves warm.

[News Is Broken]

OK, so we'll send a crew to South Beach to show cold people trying to keep warm, sipping hot chocolate and bundled up, we'll take a live picture of the bank thermometer showing it's already 50° and DROPPING, then we'll kick off our team smotherage with the weather center TRACKING the cold temperatures! Been there, done that.:thumbsup:

Same thing happens in Phoenix whenever it RAINS. The Fox affiliate is the biggest culprit of this "smotherage" (very nice - I love that by the way) by literally throwing the entire news team at every monsoon storm as if it was the Second Coming. They are followed closely in the cheese department by the local CNN affil KTVK who makes a regular habit of taking the otherwise competent and talented Mike Watkiss and making him and a photog play in the rain all day without an umbrella. To his credit though, I've never heard Mike refer to the rain as "the wet stuff". Maybe there's still hope for this market after all.

Reporting live from a 2 inch puddle in the station parking lot, I'm News is Broken. Back to you.

[FSU Weather]

The way the national media is covering this you would the world is coming to an end. This happens every winter at some point. State of emergency in this state? Give me a break. Put on a damn coat. The MOS and NWS forecasts are too cold for most sites in Florida. The lower teens being forecast by TBW for parts of their area are borderline irresponsible. We had a hard freeze warning up (in Tallahassee) for Wednesday morning. The low ended up being 33 degrees with a gusty northwest wind. All 3 hard freeze warnings issued by TAE this season did not verify. It should verify tonight, but 19 degrees isn't happening. (FYI - A Hard Freeze Warning is defined as having temperatures at or below 25 degrees for at least 2 consecutive hours).

There's my 2 cents.