While here in the midwest we are use to seeing freezing temperatures during this time of year, the people in Florida are not use to this at all. It was reported that the middle of the state could have reached as low as 20 degrees! The citrus farm owners sprayed the citrus with water hoping that a thin sheet of ice would insulate the fruit. I have learned about that processes helping fruits in a biology class. While it seems a little backwards it actually helps and could possibly really help these farmers. On the up side they we predicting that if we have a cold Dec. then we may have a warm Jan. and Feb. which I am not too sure how I feel about that. I would really like to see snow staying on the ground until March.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/07/winter.weather/index.html?hpt=T2
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