Residents of Bizarro Lauderdale Adapting Well to Cold

This South Florida winter has been the coldest since... I think the Ice Age, actually. Even we native Midwesterners are bitching. At the moment, it's a chilly 50 degrees in Fort Lauderdale -- the last bleak day before a warm-up, our local forecasters promise. Meanwhile, in Lauderdale, Minnesota, it's currently...

By Thomas Francis

February 19, 2010

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This South Florida winter has been the coldest since... I think the Ice Age, actually. Even we native Midwesterners are bitching. At the moment, it's a chilly 50 degrees in Fort Lauderdale -- the last bleak day before a warm-up, our local forecasters promise. Meanwhile, in Lauderdale, Minnesota, it's currently nine (9) degrees above zero. And the locals are celebrating these inhuman conditions with some terrifying event they call the "Snow Commotion." See below:

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