Did Hell Finally Freeze Over?
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118442)
Gainesville, Florida
March 16, 2017 3:23am CST
I can't believe I am sitting here in beautiful, sunny Florida, on the 16th of March, and it is 30 degrees out (-1 C). Did Hell finally freeze over? I cannot believe that our beautiful tropical paradise, that wonderful mecca of white sandy beaches and gently swaying palm trees that northerners and tourists by the millions flock to every year to escape the cold, has in essence become the cold. And during Spring Break nonetheless!
Which then makes me realize, if it's that cold here, it must be even worse in other places. So, to all of you who have it much worse than we do here in Florida, I can empathize with you. At least we don't have snow to contend with! But don't forget, us Floridians go running like banshees to grab heavy jackets any time the temperature drops below 80 degrees (26 C), so 30 degrees is pretty bad to us!
You know what I love best about snow? Not a damn thing! That's why I live in Florida!
Stay warm out there my friends!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
16 Mar 17
Hey, we are supposed to reach a high of 34 degrees up north here today. Granted we do have snow.. and it will probably be a while before it melts.. But I can deal with it because Spring is right around the corner... again.. I think.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 17
This cold spell is a little surprising for us Floridians, because we were already thick in the middle of spring. Two days ago, we had highs of 87. Huge temperature swing in just a matter of days!
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
16 Mar 17
@moffittjc yea and we had a high in the 70's last week.. I know where you are coming from.. we really slid backward with this storm.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
@minx267 I feel bad complaining about it, because I know you got it so much worse up there than we did down here in Florida. But us Floridians are wimps when it comes to cold weather, we freak out any time the temperature drops below 80 degrees! lol
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Mar 17
Doesn't it still snow in Oregon?
By the way, I love Colorado! My parents owned about 50 acres on a mountain in southern Colorado, near Alamosa. We always enjoyed spending summers there.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Mar 17
@jillybean1222 I love snow too! I especially love looking at it on TV! From the comfort of my home. In Florida.
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
3 Sep 17
@moffittjc That is scary. How long has it been going on like this?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Sep 17
@velvet53 It's been slowly happening for many years, but it's been becoming more apparent over the last few years.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Sep 17
It's never more evident than here in Florida. We never get a winter any more, our hurricanes are more frequent and more intense, our summers hotter and wetter, and our coastal cities are flooding on a regular basis due to rising ocean levels.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
Unfortunately, since where we live is in a tropical climate, most of us here don't have heavy jackets!
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
It's interesting, because when I was growing up in south Florida, it would routinely get cold in winter, and stay cold for most of the season. Now, thanks to global warming, south Florida hardly ever gets cold, and it's big news when it does!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Mar 17
@DianneN It didn't get that cold down in Miami, did it?
By the way, it's already hot up here in Gainesville again. No one everyone keeps getting sick. Hot, then cold. Cold then hot. Rainy then sunny.
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
17 Mar 17
@moffittjc It's been cooler here the last three days. I feel badly for my son's mother in law, who is in Miami for a week or so.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Mar 17
That is pretty darn cold for Florida. My son were there a couple of weeks ago, he said it was horrible hot. Guess he was there at the right time.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
Yes, prior to this blast of cold, it was hot here in Florida. I was already wearing shorts to work, and was already cursing the high humidity that we normally don't experience until summer.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar 17
@fishtiger58 Not what I expected at all for that time of year! February is usually our coldest month of the year here in Florida.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
22 Mar 17
@moffittjc There was a lot of warm weather all over the country in February
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
16 Mar 17
I'd trade our scorching summer here in Manila for some snow. You up for it?
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
If I had any snow to send you, I would gladly do it!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
16 Mar 17
I can't imagine how cold it is in other states. It's still warm here was 87 yesterday.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
17 Mar 17
@moffittjc holy moly you're awake this early ??
Yes weather has been lovely. Next week there will be a rain day I believe 
Have a lovely day! Bed time I go
Have a lovely day! Bed time I go@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
I hope you are enjoying and taking full advantage of that beautiful weather! Normally, I would be bragging about our great weather too, but it looks like we were also a victim of this latest winter storm. That blizzard up north must have been really bad if it caused our temperatures to dip so much!
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Mar 17
With all the strange weather, can't help but wonder why many deny things are changing @moffittjc
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Apr 17
@moffittjc Well, don't be confusing people with evidence and truth.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Apr 17
I agree! There's no questions it's happening. The evidence is all around us.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Apr 17
@PatZAnthony Sorry, I will make sure to only confuse people with lies and speculation! haha
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@LadyDuck (458042)
• Switzerland
17 Mar 17
@moffittjc You are so right, people always complain about the weather. Until we have those beautiful days I am happy.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
I think it's just human nature for us to complain about the weather. If it's too hot, we complain. If it's too cold, we complain. But glad to hear you are having some nice mild temperatures right now!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
16 Mar 17
Here in TN yest am was 19 today is 21 so we are on a warming trend LOL
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Mar 17
@moffittjc I went up to 55 yesterday. Today is starting at 37 so a big improvement.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
Awesome! Before you know it, it will be 25 degrees and you'll be baking in the heat! LOL
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
7 Apr 17
I didn't realize it got that cold. I knew you were in for some coolness but not that cool...I woke up this morning t see a white layer on everything outside...that was not expected and I'm not a happy camper.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 17
Right after this post, it turned ridiculously hot again (which is typical for Florida). We just got a nice little cold front that came down this week, just in time to cool things off for the weekend. It is beautiful outside right now! I wish Florida could stay this way all year long!
And sorry to hear about your unwanted snow! Hopefully it will go away soon.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
8 Apr 17
@moffittjc its gone now I hope it stays away until next winter.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
Our February was so hot that everybody was panicking that we were already in our summer weather pattern, which is not a good thing so early in the year. Probably a lot of people are relieved that it cooled back down. Our summers are already brutal enough, we don't need our spring to be so hot as well!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Mar 17
@moffittjc Really hot weather can be hard to take. March for us is sometimes really hot but I think perhaps we are over the worst of the hot weather.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Mar 17
The way I see it, I can 100% accurately predict when we'll get a polar vortex blast of cold each spring. I just circle the date on my calendar of when my kids have Spring Break from school. It's guaranteed to get cold the week they are on Spring Break. It happens every single year (including this year)! LOL
@flpoolbum (2978)
• United States
16 Mar 17
@moffittjc ~I use to live in Florida and prefer the white sandy beaches to snow. I use to say that snow was only good for two things, pictures and paintings. It's true that Floridians and anyone else living in a tropical climate are freezing when the thermometer hits the sixties. After living in a tropical climate, your body gets acclimated to the tropical climate and thins your blood.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
You hit the nail on the head! I joke that us Floridians get cold any time the temperature drops below 80!
@jillybean1222 (6408)
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18 Mar 17
we have had such weird weather. we had really warm weather, then cold, now warm again
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Mar 17
Exactly why I live in Alabama, no snow. Its freakin 25 here! But we will get back to those wonderful 70`s by Saturday.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
We are forecast to be back up in the mid-80s by the weekend. So crazy how the temperature can fluctuate that wildly in just a matter of days! No wonder everybody gets sick with the flu!
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Mar 17
No problem in Southern California where the temp has been in the high 80s for days.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Mar 17
Go ahead John, rub it in why don't you! haha
Normally, I would be bragging about our fantastic weather right along side you, but unfortunately Florida was also a victim of this latest winter storm.
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