-=> Quoting Mark Hofmann to Nancy Backus on 02 Feb 14  13:16:16 <=-   
      
    NB>> They're on the coast, or close, aren't they...? They'd have some   
    NB>> mitigation from the ocean streams... But it still is rather amazing,   
    NB>> for MD to be that much colder... ;)   
      
    MH> Typically, almost anywhere in Alaska is colder than Maryland at any   
    MH> time of the year.  The way the jet stream has been situated this   
    MH> winter has allowed for a highway of arctic air to flow way down the   
    MH> east coast of the US.    
      
   True...  :)   
      
    MH> Even northern Florida hit freezing last week.  It has been snowing in   
    MH> places that have not seen snow in many years.  Georgia, Louisiana,   
    MH> South Carolina, etc.    
      
   And they are woefully unprepared for this sort of weather... no snow   
   emergency preparations or plans, no major snow removal equipment... and   
   no home snow shovels... and so on...  But I remember how excited we all   
   were, the one time (in 4 years!) it snowed when we lived in Mississippi,   
   and how we enjoyed playing in it... everything shut down totally...   
      
   ttyl          neb   
      
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