Winter Storm Warning in Florida?
This is funny, because just the other day I wrote my annual Spring Sprinkler System Tune Up article talking about getting ready for the Spring. Now we may possibly get snow here in North Florida, which is a very rare occurrence! I logged onto weather.com to check out the forecast and the first thing I see for my zip code is "Winter Storm Warning".
I just about cracked up laughing because I'm sure that our dinky little Florida winter storm is nothing compared to what the unfortunate people in the northern part of the country have been dealing with the past week! I don't think we'll be bringing out the snow shovels here, actually I don't think anybody in Florida even knows what a snow shovel is...LOL.
I doubt we'll even see snow. I've lived here for 15 years and never once seen snow since I've been here. We may see sleet or most likely just cold rain, which is no fun either. In situations like this here, before the "snow" reaches the ground it turns back to rain or a slushy mix. Escabmia County, the county just west of Okaloosa County where I live has canceled school for tomorrow. The reason being is for the "safety of the children".
I can somewhat understand because our school buses are not equipped to drive on icy roads, nor is anyone around hear experienced in driving in icy conditions, except for those who have lived in colder climates. I still find it funny because I've lived in places where it actually does snow and if people canceled school and work everyday there was icy conditions, nothing would ever get done in the Winter!
Within a week or two we'll be enjoying 60 degree weather. I believe the forecast showed Sunday getting back up to the mid 50's. One thing about living here that is kind of a pain is the wide fluctuation in temperatures from day to day or even within one day. Normally this time of year we may see lows of mid 30's to low 40's at night and then it can reach up to the mid 60's by the afternoon. I'll start off my day bundled up and layered clothing and quickly shed sweatshirts as the day progresses.
So my fellow Floridians, do not fear. This cold weather will pass quickly and there will be warm weather again soon. We'll all be needing our irrigation systems again very soon. I'll promise my blog readers and website visitors this; if it does actually snow and it sticks to the ground without melting first, I will take pictures and post it up on my blog! We'll see :)
Scott
Florida Irrigation Tips
I just about cracked up laughing because I'm sure that our dinky little Florida winter storm is nothing compared to what the unfortunate people in the northern part of the country have been dealing with the past week! I don't think we'll be bringing out the snow shovels here, actually I don't think anybody in Florida even knows what a snow shovel is...LOL.
I doubt we'll even see snow. I've lived here for 15 years and never once seen snow since I've been here. We may see sleet or most likely just cold rain, which is no fun either. In situations like this here, before the "snow" reaches the ground it turns back to rain or a slushy mix. Escabmia County, the county just west of Okaloosa County where I live has canceled school for tomorrow. The reason being is for the "safety of the children".
I can somewhat understand because our school buses are not equipped to drive on icy roads, nor is anyone around hear experienced in driving in icy conditions, except for those who have lived in colder climates. I still find it funny because I've lived in places where it actually does snow and if people canceled school and work everyday there was icy conditions, nothing would ever get done in the Winter!
Within a week or two we'll be enjoying 60 degree weather. I believe the forecast showed Sunday getting back up to the mid 50's. One thing about living here that is kind of a pain is the wide fluctuation in temperatures from day to day or even within one day. Normally this time of year we may see lows of mid 30's to low 40's at night and then it can reach up to the mid 60's by the afternoon. I'll start off my day bundled up and layered clothing and quickly shed sweatshirts as the day progresses.
So my fellow Floridians, do not fear. This cold weather will pass quickly and there will be warm weather again soon. We'll all be needing our irrigation systems again very soon. I'll promise my blog readers and website visitors this; if it does actually snow and it sticks to the ground without melting first, I will take pictures and post it up on my blog! We'll see :)
Scott
Florida Irrigation Tips
posted by Irrigationman at
5:55 PM
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