[Rhodes22-list] Cold weather hits the tropics!

Jim White jdwhite at utpa.edu
Wed Dec 22 13:04:51 EST 2004


Thanks Slim
That puts it in perspective for me. I hope the turtles like Robert Earl 
Keen, Owen Temple and Jerry Jeff, Buffet and Tish Hinojosa.....music to 
soothe the savage beasts!
jw

At 12:59 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
>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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