Will,
Cold air in Cuba reminds me of weather on the Island of Taiwan where I lived for two years, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It was supposed to be a tropical/subtropical climate throughout the island. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the middle of Taiwan, but the northern end of the island where I lived was unusually cold in the winter because of the proximity of the Asian landmass. I lived at an altitude of 1,200 feet above sea level and it did snow twice at my house while I was there, though not much. At the tops of the mountains (my house was on the sides) where elevations reached to 3,800 feet, snowfall was more substantial. The snow didn't last long, but long enough for the Chinese to flock to the snow in droves, roll around and play in it. Afterward, many came down with pneumonia. Midway down the island in the Central Mountains, snow was regular in the winter. Elevations reached to 13,000 feet. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Fell" <[email protected]> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 12:52:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Re: Weather May not be worth the trip Bob. Right now at almost 1 PM it is only 42 outside and this weeked looks like more of the same. And it's this way all the way down to the tip of Fla. Normally when we have an artic front blow in, usually only two or three times per winter it stops south of JAX on the peninsula, but last night I told my better half it would be a good weekend to head 4 hours down to Melbourne to visit her sister. We checked the weather and it was only going to be 45 there tomorrow and raining to boot. Curious I checked on Marathon on the Florida Keys and their prediction was only in the 50's. In this mornings paper it said the cold front was going to stretch across Cuba and the Carribean, unheard of as far as I know. On Jan 8, 9:30 am, [email protected] wrote: > Will, > > Do you mind if ENTS moves in with you. I'm sick of winter already. It is > snowing lightly outside now and the maximum temperature here at the house > will likely not rise to over 25 today. Saturday night the temperature here at > the house will likely be around 0. > > One advantage to cold weather I always thought was thinning out the > populations of pests like ticks. But, if they're able to live through > extremely low temperatures, what the heck good is really cold weather? > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Will Fell" <[email protected]> > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 8:57:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Weather > > Yes it is all relative. It was 70 degrees here New Years eve and fell > like a rock Jan 1. Jan 12nd was the first below freezing morning this > winter and all week we woke up to temps in the 20's and highs only > about 50. This morning is the first day since Jan 1st we haven't > awoken to temps below 32. It was only 35 this morning, but the "warm > spell" won't last as it is to head to the low 20's tonight. Normally > we will get a day or two of cold weather then it will blow out to sea. > The cold has been the lead story in all the papers the past few days > and everyone is fussing about it. I imagine folks in New England would > be running around in shorts in this weather, but it has us in the deep > south shivering. > > But I really wonder about the ticks. Here in South GA ticks are not a > problem like up north. You will get an occaisional tick, but not like > some places further north where you can't go in the woods without > spraying down. And we do not have lyme disease dispite having a heavy > deer population. So I really wonder if ticks and Lyme disease are > responsive to cold weather. > > WF > > On Jan 8, 7:34 am, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ents, > > Wednesday night/Thursday day we here in St. Louis got between 3-6 > > inches of snow. While this is not much the problem was the cold front > > that came with it. High temps for yesterday were in the teens and > > today and tomorrow the highs are to be in the single temps. Of course > > the wind chills have been -10 and below. This is heading towards the > > Northeast today. I hope that everyone there dresses warmly and in > > layers if they have to get outside. > > > I hope that this bitter cold (yes I know Lee, this isn't cold for you) > > kills off some of the ticks around here. I am tired of pulling them > > off of me along with getting Lyme. > > > Beth- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
