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    Quote Originally Posted by Slüdge View Post
    Did it drop below freezing even once this past winter? It didn't in south Georgia where I live. But I have actually seen 22° at Ginnie one New Year's Eve.
    One night the last week of this past February at Dive Outpost it got down to 25 degrees. Our suits were hanging outside and froze solid. Had to bring them inside and thaw them out before driving down to meet Jeano at Manatee to do Friedman's. It was 70 by noon, though.

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    I've seen it in the teens a few times while I was living there, the 20's were somewhat common in late Dec., Jan. & early Feb.

    It's bad luck to be superstitious.

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    I remember one year where it hit zero there (94 I think) and people thought I was nuts walking aorund in t -shirt LOL it was standard at home temps for me that time of year --There was even a little snow flurry at Ginnie-it was great as no one was diving

    On the drive home ...Georgia was having emergencies as they could not provide enough Natural gas for demand. -I unfroze pipes in a few restaurants along the way in Kentucky and Ohio (local plumbers not used to doing it I guess) That was a freaky winter... it even hit -45 in Ontario for weeks on end and all our water mains and home services froze

    Other than that it was always soooooo nice to hit the warmth in Florida come xmas time- I can still hear the hum of A/C and smell the air to this day...some one mail me a pecan pie would ya!!!


    I did chuckle once in The keys when I found wool blankets in the closet... all depends on what your used to I suppose


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    Quote Originally Posted by MORGAN View Post
    One night the last week of this past February at Dive Outpost it got down to 25 degrees. Our suits were hanging outside and froze solid. Had to bring them inside and thaw them out before driving down to meet Jeano at Manatee to do Friedman's. It was 70 by noon, though.

    Mike
    Here's a shot of a wetsuit we left outside on the night of the 20th(February). At 7AM, the wetsuit could stand on its own. There were icesycles on the bottoms of them too :/




 

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