Originally Posted By finallygoing The frist thing people tell you when they come back up north from their winter vacation in FL is how they only had to wear light jackets or sweaters. With this cold snap going through FL right now, I'm wondering if winter coats were needed in the parks? I know it may not be nice, but we people up here in the frigid north can't help but smile to ourselves when we see the temperatures are colder in FL than here. Shame on us !
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Here in South Florida I've been wearing the heaviest coat I own for the past week. We have a little warm up today and then we are expecting near freezing temps Saturday night and Sunday night. They are saying there could be snow flurries as far south as Vero Beach so you can bet it will be cold at WDW.
Originally Posted By -em Its winter coat, hat, scarf and glove time at WDW. Its been a balmy 40 degrees during the days but with the wind chill it feels more like the 20-30s and thats during the DAY. It's COLD. -em
Originally Posted By jkayjs That's cold almost anywhere but I guarentee there are folks in shorts & flipflops because "we're in Florida d----it!". One of our trips in the late 90'a we wore heavy coats, layers, hats & gloves preety much the whole trip. My daughter & I got the last flt out of St. Louis before they closed the airport. We could hear the sleet hitting the fuselage as we boarded. The hotels by the airport were full with folks that couldn't get home because their flts were canceled. That was back when you could pay $10 for 'extra hours' in the evening if you were a resort guest. We did this one nite & road everything repeatedly. There were so few guests they actually just allowed us to stay on rides to go around again. It paid to have the clothes we needed & since it was even worse @ home we didn't mind playing in it. We actually look back on it as one of our most enjoyable trips. We get a kick when we look @ old pis with friends that ask where we went skiing when they see my daughter in her ski jacket, stocking cap & gloves in vacation pics.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper That might have been the year I was on the Jungle Cruise. I looked pretty silly driving a "Jungle" boat with a scarf, winter coat and gloves. I can remember leaning as far as possible to avoid getting splashed by the falls. Brrrrrr............
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey It's nasty cold down here. It's currently 34 degrees and it's not expected to get much warmer. The wind is blowing, too, so it's frigid cold (at least to those of us who aren't used to really cold weather). We're supposed to have a hard freeze tonight, which has been almost unheard of in the last 25 years. I just hope it's warmer when we go to WDW next month!
Originally Posted By jkayjs I'm pretty sure I spelled pretty wrong & I think once you get off a ride you've rode it not road it. Oh well proof that even proofing isn't fail proof.
Originally Posted By dshyates I have to be at WDW at 4am tomorrow morning to cover the Disney Half Marathon. We are expected to be in the low 30s with freezing rain, sleet, and snow flurries. The proverbial "wintery mix". I am really looking forward to driving the satellite truck in that mess. And you can bet I will be wearing a winter coat with a long sleeve t-shirt and sweatshirt under it. Along with gloves and a hat. It is supposed to be around 42 in Key West. Which is a 131 year record low.
Originally Posted By Manfried What happened to global warming. Why is it so cold in this here "southern" state?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That's why they call it "climate change" now. It's supposed to work both ways. : )
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Climate change nd weather change are two different things. On average, climate change is measured in 30 year increments. And we have been warming for 30 years. Yes, we have freaky weather where the southern US is freezing and having what is a normal winter for the UK, and the UK is having temps of 0F. But the Med, Africa, South America and Oceania are experiencing record highs for this time of the year, hence "Global" warming.
Originally Posted By Mr X It's amazing how myopic people choose to be about weather as it pertains to "change". What global warming really means is more extreme, violent conditions...and recently, we sure have seen them. How about the arctic melting? That doesn't strike anyone as "odd"?
Originally Posted By sjhym33 Its been so cold here many of the water parks have been closed most of the week.
Originally Posted By Manfried Mr X, they saw you coming from miles away years ago. Look up flim-flam you will see some alternative definitions including political swindler.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I am in a western suburb of Ft Lauderdale and my neighbors were scraping ice off their car windows this morning.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Mr X, they saw you coming from miles away years ago. Look up flim-flam you will see some alternative definitions including political swindler.*** Yeah, Manfried, *I'M* the idiot. Cause all the scientists over the past half-century have been involved in a VAST, amazing conspiracy to convince us the environment is totally screwed thanks to pollution, even though it's not (because all of those MILLIONS of scientists are completely political and in on the scheme and have been for decades). And also, you're probably right about the Universe being 6,000 years old, too. Boy, what a dummy I am!
Originally Posted By MPierce If it's really cold, it's due to global warming. If it's really hot it's due to global warming If it's really dry it's due to global warming If it's really wet it's due to global warming. If there are a lot of storms it's due to global warming. If there are no storms it's due to global warming. If Donniy Osmond wins Dancing With The Stars it's due to global warming. It's easy to determine if the earth is heating up over a relatively short period of time. Determining if it is a long term effect, if it is cyclical or man made, are not so easy to determine. We would be wise to protect our enviorment while we study the exact cause, and effects our ever changing weather patterns have on us. Just remember that both sides in any debate have their on agenda. More importantly I just paid $154.33 for a burst pipe in my garage.
