Sunday, 10 January 2010

Ain't That Global Warming A Bitch? (6)


Florida. The state of oranges and perennial sunshine.

Despite record lows, a load of rumors and the collective hopes and dreams of everyone in Gainesville, officials aren’t expecting snow to fall this Friday night.

North Florida continues to face one of the coldest winters in its history. Wednesday, the NWS center in Jacksonville braved 21 degree weather, the city’s coldest temperature on record, Schuler said.

“It hasn’t been that cold since 1884,” he said.

It's not going to snow though, oh no.

Viewers in Flagler and Marion counties reported seeing snow flurries just after 5 a.m. Another viewer in Brevard County reported flurries along the beach at Cape Canaveral. Ice reports were also received from Volusia, Orange and Osceola counties.

"We are close to or expecting to break records across Central Florida," WESH 2 News meteorologist Malachi Rodgers said.

Fuck the polar bears, won't somebody think of the Iguanas?