Saint Augstine, FL In World News |
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TerryM
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Topic: Saint Augstine, FL In World News Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 7:23pm |
National Geographic listed the 10 cities in the world with the best Christmas Light displays. Saint Augustine was one of them! Only 2 cites in the USA made the list. The other one was in Georgia but I'm sorry to say I don't remember which city it was. They were not ranked just listed.
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techntrek
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Posted: 30 Dec 2011 at 11:39pm |
Is there a specific area of St. Augustine that tends to "outshine" the rest of the city?
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TerryM
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Posted: 31 Dec 2011 at 7:13am |
Not really. There are over 2 million lights in the "down town" or old city that are lit up. Flagler College and the old hotel, now city hall, are the prettiest though. Every year they add more lights so it just keeps getting better. The Bridge of Lions going over to Anastasia Island is all covered in lights. The reflection on the river really sets it off.
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Tidalwave4455
Groupie Joined: 25 Aug 2011 Location: minnesota Online Status: Offline Posts: 57 |
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 10:58am |
Be prepared for chilly nights in Jan-Feb in St Augustine! For the last two years, we had frosts
quite a few nights. Frost on roofs and lower leaves on palmettos frosted off. Florida panhandle has had colder nights than central Minnesota the last few days (early Jan 2012). Visiting relatives have been surprised how cold it can get during the nights. Panhandle got down to 22F this last week. Luckily, I never 'un-winterized' the Pod when I hauled it down from MN. |
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TerryM
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 at 7:42pm |
I have never winterized the Pod. We hit 32* here for about 1 hour. Down here a "hard freeze" is 28* for a couple of hours. I'm about 1 air mile from the ocean and that helps a lot. Just a couple miles inland it was down to 24* in the morning.
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tpierce220
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 281 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 11:35am |
Terry that 24 is colder than it was here this morning in Chicago where the low was 39 degrees at the high school by my house. Wacky when it's warmer here in January than in northern Florida.
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sfish
Senior Member Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Location: Bloomington Mn. Online Status: Offline Posts: 134 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 6:18pm |
I will put that on my winter bucket list! Thanks
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TerryM
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 7:43pm |
By Tuesday it is supposed to get up to 76* or 78*. This really has been a strange winter all over the country!
Terry PS: Saint Augustine cracked the Top 20 Destination Places in the country too! |
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