Kathryn Brightbill ✒️
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Sometimes writer, focusing on the religious right & homeschool movement history | UF Law & Covenant College alum | Manatee Dems
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I didn't know it snowed in Sacramento!
The worst thing about that winter was that we got home after driving 22 hours straight because hotels were all full, only to discover it was 19 degrees in the house, we had rolling blackouts, and the heat pump barely worked. Oh, and the well was frozen.
The worst thing about that winter was that we got home after driving 22 hours straight because hotels were all full, only to discover it was 19 degrees in the house, we had rolling blackouts, and the heat pump barely worked. Oh, and the well was frozen.
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I didn't know it snowed in Sacramento!
The worst thing about that winter was that we got home after driving 22 hours straight because hotels were all full, only to discover it was 19 degrees in the house, we had rolling blackouts, and the heat pump barely worked. Oh, and the well was frozen.
The worst thing about that winter was that we got home after driving 22 hours straight because hotels were all full, only to discover it was 19 degrees in the house, we had rolling blackouts, and the heat pump barely worked. Oh, and the well was frozen.
The last time there was significant snow before this was back in '89, when my family got stuck in the storm all along the eastern seaboard coming home from Pennsylvania, and my dad says they put like 2 inches of sand all over the interstate in north Florida, lol.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The last time there was significant snow before this was back in '89, when my family got stuck in the storm all along the eastern seaboard coming home from Pennsylvania, and my dad says they put like 2 inches of sand all over the interstate in north Florida, lol.
found the video of the public works guys salting roads, it was before the snow actually started falling in north Florida, which probably explains why there weren't a ton of accidents
Pensacola Public Workers Prep Street For Winter Storm Enzo || ViralHog
YouTube video by ViralHog
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
found the video of the public works guys salting roads, it was before the snow actually started falling in north Florida, which probably explains why there weren't a ton of accidents
Ahh, yeah, that's tough to get the hang of it if you don't experience it very often.
My undergrad was on top of a mountain with windy roads and sheer drops, so they would cancel classes if there was much of any snow because there wasn't a margin for error navigating the roads
My undergrad was on top of a mountain with windy roads and sheer drops, so they would cancel classes if there was much of any snow because there wasn't a margin for error navigating the roads
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ahh, yeah, that's tough to get the hang of it if you don't experience it very often.
My undergrad was on top of a mountain with windy roads and sheer drops, so they would cancel classes if there was much of any snow because there wasn't a margin for error navigating the roads
My undergrad was on top of a mountain with windy roads and sheer drops, so they would cancel classes if there was much of any snow because there wasn't a margin for error navigating the roads
LOL, the Subaru part had to have been embarrassing
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
LOL, the Subaru part had to have been embarrassing
Yikes, I've never seen anything like that! Was there a layer of ice or do people just really not know how to drive in snow at all?
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Yikes, I've never seen anything like that! Was there a layer of ice or do people just really not know how to drive in snow at all?
Yikes! The raw milk people really don't think about what it was actually like before everyone boiled their milk.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Yikes! The raw milk people really don't think about what it was actually like before everyone boiled their milk.
Oh yeah, that's definitely nerve wracking if you're not used to it. I haven't driven on snow since I graduated college, so I don't know how I'd handle it if it were to start snowing here.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Oh yeah, that's definitely nerve wracking if you're not used to it. I haven't driven on snow since I graduated college, so I don't know how I'd handle it if it were to start snowing here.
One of my great great grandfathers died young because he was a part time undertaker and caught some communicable disease from a corpse, I forget which one, and the family lore about it is all so matter of fact about something that's survivable with modern medicine today
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
One of my great great grandfathers died young because he was a part time undertaker and caught some communicable disease from a corpse, I forget which one, and the family lore about it is all so matter of fact about something that's survivable with modern medicine today
I think most people stayed home. There was a video that went viral of some town in North Florida where public works was salting the roads by having a guy sitting on the tailgate of a slowly moving pickup truck throwing salt by hand
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I think most people stayed home. There was a video that went viral of some town in North Florida where public works was salting the roads by having a guy sitting on the tailgate of a slowly moving pickup truck throwing salt by hand
A random coincidence of history is that the day it snowed in Miami was also the day that Miami passed the anti-discrimination ordinance that kicked off Anita Bryant's anti-gay hate campaign in backlash.
The Day It Snowed In Miami (2014)
YouTube video by Miami Herald
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A random coincidence of history is that the day it snowed in Miami was also the day that Miami passed the anti-discrimination ordinance that kicked off Anita Bryant's anti-gay hate campaign in backlash.
It's wild how the Before Times weren't even all that long ago. My great grandparents were teenagers when Garfield was shot.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It's wild how the Before Times weren't even all that long ago. My great grandparents were teenagers when Garfield was shot.
It actually snowed quite a bit in North Florida last year! It's usually only a once every couple decades thing because it's seldom both cold and damp enough at the same time. It actually snowed once in Miami in the '70s, but never before or since.
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It actually snowed quite a bit in North Florida last year! It's usually only a once every couple decades thing because it's seldom both cold and damp enough at the same time. It actually snowed once in Miami in the '70s, but never before or since.
There's definitely going to be at least one cholera outbreak from dipshits drinking "raw" water
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
There's definitely going to be at least one cholera outbreak from dipshits drinking "raw" water
It really is.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
It really is.
It depends on what part of the state. North Florida can get down into the teens, while Miami and Broward might get into the 40s and low 50s once a year but usually stays in the 60s.
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It depends on what part of the state. North Florida can get down into the teens, while Miami and Broward might get into the 40s and low 50s once a year but usually stays in the 60s.
And even if you catch it, as long as you seek medical attention quickly, antibiotics will clear it up.
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
And even if you catch it, as long as you seek medical attention quickly, antibiotics will clear it up.
My money is on a cholera outbreak or two from dipshits drinking "raw" water and not practicing basic sanitation. Either that or typhoid from raw milk.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My money is on a cholera outbreak or two from dipshits drinking "raw" water and not practicing basic sanitation. Either that or typhoid from raw milk.
If you're going to make projections about what diseases are going to return to the US, I would suggest doing a few seconds of research to find out what has already turned up and was quickly controlled.
Ditto for bubonic plague projections, because that's already here and doesn't do much.
Ditto for bubonic plague projections, because that's already here and doesn't do much.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
If you're going to make projections about what diseases are going to return to the US, I would suggest doing a few seconds of research to find out what has already turned up and was quickly controlled.
Ditto for bubonic plague projections, because that's already here and doesn't do much.
Ditto for bubonic plague projections, because that's already here and doesn't do much.