Tim wrote:
On Monday, January 6, 2014 11:00:05 PM UTC-6, Wayne. B wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jan 2014 20:24:17 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:



According to the Weatherunderground radar there is snow and freezing



rain about 60 miles north of here near Sarasota. That does not bode



well for a good beach day tomorrow.







http://www.wunderground.com/radar/mixedcomposite.asp?region=d5&size=2x&type=loop



The iceman cometh Wayne. For you and Greg, that's most rare, but temporary though...



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Since we both live on the water, and the water is still around 70

degrees or so, that is an extremely unlikely event. Greg's water is

exceedingly skinny however and consequently holds less heat. On the

other hand, he's a tad farther south. Inland from here it happens

once in a while, and also 20 or 30 miles to the north. As you drive

north a short distance there is a very noticable change in the

predominant vegetation as you cross the frost line.

Before my dad went into the service in 1943, he got a job in Tampa
working in a ship yard as an apprentice electrician. When he got off the
train in Tampa Fl. it was snowing.

Rare, but it happened.

My wife and family moved to Houston for a couple years in the early 60's.
She got a frozen radiator on the car. I guess in those days, they did not
run antifreeze in all the cars, especially in the South.