[Rhodes22-list] Cold weather hits the tropics!

[Steve Alm]

Jim,  ummm, I hate to state the obvious--but what about The Turtles?   8-)
Slim

On 12/22/04 1:04 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> 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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