[Rhodes22-list] Cold weather hits the tropics!

[Steve Alm]

Jim, if it'll make you feel any better, tomorrow's high is expected to be 0.
Those turtles will thank you for being there for them.  Keep up the good
work!
Slim

On 12/22/04 12:49 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> Wellll...my gloating over our warm and tropical clime is about to come to
> an abrupt halt. We're due to get a big inflow of very cold air starting
> tomorrow, in fact freezing temperatures and sleet are even in our forecast.
> To top it off, I am the regional coordinator for the sea turtle stranding
> network, and will be on call (and probably at the lab) throughout the event
> including Christmas day and beyond (it's scheduled to warm up by the first
> of next week). The problem is our bay is quite shallow, and rapidly falling
> water temperatures sends the critters into a state of shock, so the next
> several days will be sea turtle central here at the lab as we try and take
> care of them until the water warms up enough to release them back into the
> wild. Gosh, it's so romantic being a marine biologist.....
> 
> Doesn't look like I'll be roasting my nuts by the home fire this Christmas
> eve!
> Happy Holidays ya'll.
> jw
> Jim White
> Le Menagerie
> 
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