On 16 Dec 2004 08:35:16 -0800, wrote:


Phisherman wrote:

Last time I went to Florida was a December to get away from the cold.
When I got there, there was an ice storm. All the interstates were
closed, hotels were all filled up, and I slept in my (cold) car.
Haven't gone back and that was 15 years ago.

Two brothers I know _drove_ from Fairbanks, Alaska to spend Christmas
with their parents in Jacksonville, Florida. On the day they arrived
in Jacksonville the temperature was 12 F. The high that same day in
Fairbanks was 20 F.

12° in Jacksonville is very unusual. I lived there for five years
(only a decade after Charlie) and don't remember it ever getting that
cold. However, even after ten years in Jamestown, NY, and 26 years in
Chicago, I still maintain the coldest I ever felt was one night in
Jacksonville when it was 18°. I was sitting in my car, a convertible
(yes, the top was UP, dammit), waiting for someone, and I couldn't get
warm, even with the heat going. I can still remember it, and it's been
35 years.

I think appropriate garments, time of day, and associated weather
phenomenon have everything to do with it. I took a 50' tower down one
day in Chicago when it was 10°. Down vest, bright sunshine, no wind
made it quite comfortable...until I had to put bare hands on steel.


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