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11-16-2008, 04:15 PM
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"Cold WHITE Christmas in NY"
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: where my heart is
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I was in Nassau Bahamas
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Originally Posted by Lulu101
Sigh. It's been nice Florida! But it's just too cold here. I'm moving to Barbados where they have a normal climate.
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on a cruise in January 2006. The temperatures never got to 70 degrees there. ROFL Give it up for a few days.  By next week your beloved SW Florida will be back pushing 80 degrees by the weekend.  |
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11-16-2008, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Collingswood, NJ (Philly metro area)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulu101
Sigh. It's been nice Florida! But it's just too cold here. I'm moving to Barbados where they have a normal climate.
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How would you take your van (home) to Barbados? |
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11-16-2008, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DailyJournalist
How would you take your van (home) to Barbados?
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Uncalled for Daily.
Anyhow, I am a native and I like the cool weather. |
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11-17-2008, 06:06 AM
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WARNING: Extreme cold front coming through Florida -- shock to bodily system
When??? Far as I'm concerned, the weather here is finally livable! I hope it sticks around for a while.
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11-17-2008, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Lulu101
I almost went into shock today when I went outside. I had on a jacket but it still wasn't enough. I'm now trying to decide between two bad options: a) driving the van all the way down to Key West b) trying to book cheap flight to Puerto Rico at the last minute until this front passes and we have normal weather again.
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Up here in Northern Illinois, we call that 'balmy' ; I cant wait to move to Florida and enjoy 'that nip in the air' ! |
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11-17-2008, 03:42 PM
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of Earthian ethnicity
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lulu101
Sigh. It's been nice Florida! But it's just too cold here. I'm moving to Barbados where they have a normal climate.
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Your van just won't reach that destination, unless you hire Jesus to drive 
So here's the place for you:
Costa Rica lures new wave of retirees | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida's Information Leader
And it even has mountains you've once longed so much for  . Yeah, your last experience with mountains would rather be forgotten  . But these are "normal" mountains, nothing like NH  |
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11-17-2008, 09:02 PM
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I won't need the van--I'll get around on a scooter like the locals. It's called going native.
As for Costa Rica, I'm so sorry but...mountainous = COLD , so forget it!
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Originally Posted by outsider1
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11-17-2008, 10:06 PM
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I actually just moved out of Florida to return to my home state of Connecticut... but I remember laughing like a maniac during my first Floridian "cold snap" when the weather man said "protect your plants, pipes, and person." Um, pipes don't freeze at 35 degrees! LOL!
Now that I'm back in CT though and cold and miserable knowing that this isn't even the worst of it (today got up to about 40 degrees), I'm missing those weather warnings on days that the high won't make it to 60.....
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11-18-2008, 05:22 PM
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Location: Weeki Wachee,FL
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Originally Posted by beanandpumpkin
I actually just moved out of Florida to return to my home state of Connecticut... but I remember laughing like a maniac during my first Floridian "cold snap" when the weather man said "protect your plants, pipes, and person." Um, pipes don't freeze at 35 degrees! LOL!
Now that I'm back in CT though and cold and miserable knowing that this isn't even the worst of it (today got up to about 40 degrees), I'm missing those weather warnings on days that the high won't make it to 60.....
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Pipes do freeze at 32 degrees though and many areas of Florida do get below 32 degrees. Water pipes are also not buried 6 feet deep like up north either.
Add to that the fact that many homes are on well water and the pipes come up out of the ground and you will have many people with frozen pipes.
It will be getting down to 29-30 here tonight so everyone, protect your plants, pipes and person.
Don't know if it was mentioned but if you are in a northern county that is expecting freezing temps just leave a faucet dripping slightly. This slow movement of water through the pipes stops them from freezing up most times.
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11-18-2008, 05:42 PM
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by verobeach
WARNING: Extreme cold front coming through Florida -- shock to bodily system
When??? Far as I'm concerned, the weather here is finally livable! I hope it sticks around for a while.
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Me too! Me too!
I live in Sebastian and I luv this cool (not cold) front.  |
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