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Apr 10: Snow Job
Posted On: April 10, 2007 8:56 AM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
Related Subjects: Greater Fort Lauderdale
It was a fabulous weekend at Fort Lauderdale beach. Clear blue skies and calm seas and cool breezes.
Has it really been snowing somewhere in this country? Yes, it has. Snowing, very cold or both - and in major cities. Did you see the Cleveland Indians baseball players, dressed in their uniforms and making snow angels? Places in Ohio had more than two feet of snow on Easter. The same day, Atlanta shivered with a wind chill of 23 degrees. As I write this on Monday, Chicago is expecting snow flurries, nearly three weeks into spring. When you live in Fort Lauderdale, you forget how nasty the weather can get in many areas of the United States even long after winter has ended.
As I think back about coming down here for my job interview at the Fort Lauderdale newspaper in 1989, some of my most vivid memories involve the change in weather. I was working as a TV reporter at a CBS affiliate in Burlington, Vermont and wanted to get back into newspaper journalism. I also seriously wanted to stop living in what felt like a frozen meat locker for half the year. I remember leaving a distinctly cold Burlington on an early morning flight, changing planes in chilly Boston and landing in Fort Lauderdale for lunch with one of the editors. I was wearing a jacket of some kind. But the air suddenly was, like . warm. I don't know exactly what I expected in Florida. But I do know that I marveled at the temperature and the clear, sunny skies. I had gone straight from late winter to early summer.
Except that it wasn't winter at all. My interview happened on May 10th. That should tell you a lot about the weather in Vermont. And here. Everywhere I went in Fort Lauderdale, there was sunshine. I felt like my face was soaking up rays, storing them for use after going home to Burlington. I stayed downtown at the Riverside Hotel and that night, after my interviews, I wandered the north bank of the New River, looking up at the palm trees and admiring the yachts tied there. About this time, I thought to myself, "I really want this job! I really want to live here!" I did get the job, of course, and I've been here ever since. But I haven't forgotten what it's like to get hit with a late burst of winter when all you want is summer.
That happened to me many times when I lived up north. All I can say is, hang in there. Or better, come down for a visit if you can. Summer is already here, waiting for you any time.
Has it really been snowing somewhere in this country? Yes, it has. Snowing, very cold or both - and in major cities. Did you see the Cleveland Indians baseball players, dressed in their uniforms and making snow angels? Places in Ohio had more than two feet of snow on Easter. The same day, Atlanta shivered with a wind chill of 23 degrees. As I write this on Monday, Chicago is expecting snow flurries, nearly three weeks into spring. When you live in Fort Lauderdale, you forget how nasty the weather can get in many areas of the United States even long after winter has ended.
As I think back about coming down here for my job interview at the Fort Lauderdale newspaper in 1989, some of my most vivid memories involve the change in weather. I was working as a TV reporter at a CBS affiliate in Burlington, Vermont and wanted to get back into newspaper journalism. I also seriously wanted to stop living in what felt like a frozen meat locker for half the year. I remember leaving a distinctly cold Burlington on an early morning flight, changing planes in chilly Boston and landing in Fort Lauderdale for lunch with one of the editors. I was wearing a jacket of some kind. But the air suddenly was, like . warm. I don't know exactly what I expected in Florida. But I do know that I marveled at the temperature and the clear, sunny skies. I had gone straight from late winter to early summer.
Except that it wasn't winter at all. My interview happened on May 10th. That should tell you a lot about the weather in Vermont. And here. Everywhere I went in Fort Lauderdale, there was sunshine. I felt like my face was soaking up rays, storing them for use after going home to Burlington. I stayed downtown at the Riverside Hotel and that night, after my interviews, I wandered the north bank of the New River, looking up at the palm trees and admiring the yachts tied there. About this time, I thought to myself, "I really want this job! I really want to live here!" I did get the job, of course, and I've been here ever since. But I haven't forgotten what it's like to get hit with a late burst of winter when all you want is summer.
That happened to me many times when I lived up north. All I can say is, hang in there. Or better, come down for a visit if you can. Summer is already here, waiting for you any time.
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Hi Bob,<BR/><BR/>I'm all booked and ready for my Ft. Lauderdale vacation. Thanks for your input on the Hyatt Bonaventure. I will be sure to tell you what it was like. 13 more days!!<BR/>Gina
Posted By Gina | 04/10/2007 4:36 PM
Posted By Gina | 04/10/2007 4:36 PM
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