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#1 Postby stormraiser » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:05 am

keep up hope. IT's possible. This day in weather history....


1960... A snowstorm in the Deep South produced more than a foot
of snow in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
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#2 Postby Guest » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:07 am

Thanks for the ray of hope Anthony.
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:33 am

Thanks for the honk Anthony. I KNOW I am not alone in the wishing.
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#4 Postby JQ Public » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:59 pm

Any of y'all remember that storm? It must have been amazing to see snow along side the palm trees!
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#5 Postby Anonymous » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:39 pm

JB compares this weekend's chance to an event in Jan. '64 that brought Hico Tx (wherever that is) 9" of snow and snow to Houston and San Antonio.

No Mention of anything but rain for Fla though --complete washout Saturday :cry:
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#6 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:40 pm

I wouldn't think there would be palm trees in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama.

Palm trees outside my window here in central Florida aren't native to this portion of the Florida, either. They are nearly dead, if they aren't literally so.
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#7 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:53 pm

I have several palm trees in my backyard by the pool Tom. Just like the ones you see out of your window. :)
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#8 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:57 pm

Oh well, I honestly can say that I didn't mean there are literally no palm trees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

I have heard time after time that they live longest across south-central and more so southern Florida (in the eastern United States).
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#9 Postby JCT777 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 3:58 pm

I am hopeful for those of you in SE TX, LA, AL, MS and GA! 8-)
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#10 Postby Skywatch_NC » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:01 pm

When I visited Florida in July 2000 to attend a cousin's wedding in Sarasota the poor palms looked so funky due to the severe drought that year. :(
That was the year they had some bad brushfires, too, if I recall correctly. :eek:

I can speak for TX having some palm trees down around the Houston area because my Mom and I accompanied Dad on a business trip there in the late 1980s. :)

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#11 Postby bfez1 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:03 pm

Keeping the fingers crossed!!!
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#12 Postby gboudx » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:07 pm

New Orleans NWS only says it will rain. They don't even mention that it will cool down. :(
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#13 Postby JQ Public » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:10 pm

Oh woops...i am not expert on palms, but i know we have them on the southern beaches of north carolina like around wilmington etc.
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#14 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:32 pm

I remember to a degree seeing palm trees along the North Carolina coast on The Weather Channel, back in the 1990's when they were reporting one of the hurricanes that area.

Sure, palm trees exist north of southern Florida... but they aren't native to that area, they don't "stay alive" elsewhere.
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#15 Postby Below N.O. » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:09 pm

gboudx wrote:New Orleans NWS only says it will rain. They don't even mention that it will cool down. :(


Last night channel 4, WWL's Chief Met said there was a good chance of snow north of the lake. He is about the most conservative of all local Mets.
We will see if he changes his mind tonight.

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#16 Postby PTrackerLA » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:14 pm

Palm trees will grow fine in Louisiana as there are many large palm trees all over Lafayette but the only native "palms" I can think of are the palmettos which grow close to the ground in swampy areas.
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#17 Postby timNms » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:16 pm

I have a palm tree in my front yard. I bought it about 7 yrs ago. The cold doesn't kill it down. It looks nice with snow in it :)
A funny story:
Last summer we were in Biloxi for the truck rodeo (My father in law is an OTR trucker). We stayed in a hotel beside the coloseum. I was out walking around and saw these small palms barely breaking the surface of the soil. Smart guy that I am thought "Hmmmm I can get a free palm tree by pulling one up." I figured it would be ok, since the lawn care workers had been mowing them down. So, picture this. Here I am out there on the sandy edge of the parking lot trying my best to pull up a 3" palm tree. I tell you what. It's IMPOSSIBLE. The roots go to China! So much for saving $50. and needless to say, I still only have ONE palm in my yard.
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#18 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:17 pm

Hopefully my point made above remains true and logical.
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#19 Postby Suzi Q » Thu Feb 12, 2004 6:03 pm

Honk
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#20 Postby gboudx » Thu Feb 12, 2004 8:27 pm

[quote="Below N.O."][quote="gboudx"]New Orleans NWS only says it will rain. They don't even mention that it will cool down. :([/quote]

Last night channel 4, WWL's Chief Met said there was a good chance of snow north of the lake. He is about the most conservative of all local Mets.
We will see if he changes his mind tonight.

Below N.O.[/quote]

I assume that's Carl you're talking about. I'm near Baton Rouge. Wonder what we'll get up here? I'm expecting rain, then a change over to even more rain. ;)
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