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January 2008 Bitter Cold Snap Doesn't Discriminate
This cold snap that has kicked off 2008 doesn't discriminate. Unlike systems of recent years this one is taking the plunge all the way through Florida. Parts of the Florida panhandle will see Thursday morning lows in the mid teens. There are numerous watches and warnings for the state.
This is a wind chill advisory for Jacksonville, FL
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
237 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008
FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-021600-
/O.CON.KJAX.WC.Y.0001.080102T0600Z-080102T1600Z/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-
ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...FERNANDINA BEACH...JACKSONVILLE...LAKE BUTLER...
STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...ST AUGUSTINE...TRENTON...
GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...PALM COAST...OCALA
237 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MPH INLAND AND 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE COAST WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
MINIMUM WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO NEAR 15 DEGREES ACROSS THE
SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY OF NORTH FLORIDA AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...
WITH VALUES NEAR 20 DEGREES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AND
WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THE
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURE IS HOW COLD IT FEELS WHEN OUTSIDE BASED ON
THE RATE OF HEAT LOSS FROM EXPOSED SKIN CAUSED BY WIND AND COLD.
THIS MAY WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR WARM PROTECTIVE CLOTHING.
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Tallahassee, FL Hard Freeze Warning
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
226 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE SAME AREA...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...USHERING IN VERY COLD DRY AIR ON GUSTY NORTH
WINDS. THIS COLD AIR MASS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-
021500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.HZ.A.0001.080103T0000Z-080103T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KTAE.HZ.W.0001.080102T0600Z-080102T1500Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
MADISON...GREENVILLE...SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...
PERRY...MIDWAY...MAYO...CROSS CITY...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...ASHBURN...
TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...ADEL...SPARKS...
NASHVILLE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE...
QUITMAN...VALDOSTA...LAKELAND
226 PM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /126 PM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/
...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
TO 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
ON WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID TO LATE MORNING.
THE DURATION OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO
8 HOURS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S...EVEN AT THE COAST.
ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE EVEN COLDER AS LOW
DROP IN TO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS IN THE NORMALLY COLDER INLAND
LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE CITIES...AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S AT
THE COAST. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER
SUNSET WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL MID MORNING
THURSDAY. MOST AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR
12 OR MORE HOURS.
ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING...BUT THERE IS
GREATER UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THIS SINCE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MAY BE ON
THE INCREASE. IF THESE CLOUDS ARE THICK ENOUGH THEY COULD PREVENT
TEMPERATURES FROM BEING AS COLD AS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES OF 26 DEGREES OR COLDER
ARE LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD HARM CROPS...ANIMALS...
AUTOMOBILE RADIATORS...AND EXPOSED WATER PIPES. A WATCH MEANS
THESE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
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And even our friend DanG who lives an hour SOUTH of Tampa in Port Charlotte.
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
431 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008
FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-022000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.LW.Y.0001.080102T1400Z-080102T2000Z/
/O.CON.KTBW.FZ.A.0001.080103T0600Z-080103T1300Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-
DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...BRANDON...
TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...WAUCHULA...
SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA...
PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
431 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
COLD DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL ALLOW FOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A WIDESPREAD AND
DAMAGING FREEZE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS. DURING THE FREEZE PERIOD...
TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN
3 HOURS.
IN ADDITION TO THE COLD AND DRY AIR GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH
ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH CONDITIONS ON AREA
PONDS AND LAKES. BOATERS AND OTHER WATER ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD EXPECT
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS...AND AVOID WATER ACTIVITIES TODAY.
TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF OUTDOOR WATER
PIPES...PIPES SHOULD BE WRAPPED...DRAINED...OR ALLOWED TO DRIP
SLOWLY. THOSE THAT HAVE IN-GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN
THEIR SYSTEMS...OR COVER ANY ABOVE-GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM
FROM FREEZING.
THE RISK OF FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING INCREASES DURING
VERY COLD WEATHER DUE TO THE IMPROPER USE OF HEATING DEVICES.
NEVER USE PROPANE OR GAS HEATERS INDOORS. BE SURE THAT ELECTRIC
SPACE HEATERS ARE FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS AND ARE NOT LOCATED
WHERE THEY CAN BE KNOCKED OVER. KEEP ALL FLAMMABLE OBJECTS AWAY
FROM HEATING DEVICES.
RESIDENTS AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS. COVER THEM OR MOVE THEM
INDOORS. IN ADDITION PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST
TO BE 20 TO 29 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR OR ABOVE GALE
FORCE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL
CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS ON LARGER AREA LAKES WHICH COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGE TO...OR FLIP...SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT.
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS MAY WISH TO POSTPONE LAKE RELATED ACTIVITIES
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
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And how about a wind chill advisory for Miami?
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
456 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA
FOR THURSDAY MORNING...
FLZ067>075-168-172>174-022000-
/O.UPG.KMFL.WC.A.0001.080103T0200Z-080103T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KMFL.WC.Y.0002.080103T0200Z-080103T1400Z/
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAHOKEE...SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...
WEST PALM BEACH...NAPLES...IMMOKALEE...
MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...COCONUT CREEK...FORT LAUDERDALE...
HOLLYWOOD...PEMBROKE PINES...SHARK VALLEY...MIAMI...FLAMINGO...
JUPITER...PALM BEACH...BOCA RATON...POMPANO BEACH...
FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH...HOLLYWOOD BEACH...AVENTURA...
MIAMI BEACH...CORAL GABLES...CUTLER BAY...HOMESTEAD...
FLORIDA CITY...EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
456 AM EST WED JAN 2 2008
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
BY THURSDAY MORNING...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE
UPPER 20S IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR TO THE UPPER 30S ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST COAST. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 5 TO 10 MPH
ACROSS THE INTERIOR TO 10 TO 15 MPH ALONG THE COASTS...WIND CHILLS
THURSDAY MORNING WILL FALL WELL BELOW 35 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. PROLONGED EXPOSURE CAN
RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF VENTURING
OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
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This is about as deep as a blast will get. The odd thing about it is that the air up north isn't really all that cold. Yes it is cold but it could easily be 10 to 20 degrees colder. This is the kind of weather that Florida would get in the early to mid 80's. I lived down there for what was called Florida's little ice age. It was a series of winters that devastated the Florida citrus crop. While this system isn't bad enough to cause the kind of damaged experience in 1983, 1985 and 1989 it is certainly a harsh reminder of what nature can deliver.
Just remember it could have been worse.
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23F with 20mph gusts in the Charlotte NC area. Will be colder (15F) Thursday and Friday mornings, but no wind.
Teens down to north FL. Wowzers....
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My parents back in 1981 or 1982 looked at buying a small orange grove in Brevard County, Florida. Fortunately they passed on it. Of course you reference 1983 which was just catastrophic for the citrus industry. They took a beating again two years later in 1985 and four years later in 1989. I'm amazed anyone even tried to recover from that. The freezes those three years wiped out pretty much everything north of Lake Okeechobee.
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Tanked all the way down to 24 degrees here.....currently 30. Pretty cold for Texas.
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wunderground says 29 here tonite --- SW FL
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Given it'll be around 40 tonight here, in Seattle, that's freaking cold for SW Florida. It was 50 degrees yesterday! |
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that's freaking cold for SW Florida
TELL me about it !
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And we can plan on spending $3 per lb on oranges next year |
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I don't think this cold is big enough to negatively impact citrus prices. Morning lows in central Florida won't be below freezing long enough.
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You're probably right, still, unusual cold can't be good for a lot of the crops in this country. I feel we should spend more money diversifying our foods, and preparing to grow alternate crops rather than studying Kangaroo farts. I think a smart nation could change course if needed be, within a couple years, if they were prepared for it, like stocking a variety of grains and seeds for both colder, warmer as well as dryer, and wetter climates. I'm no expert, but I can't see how all this wasted money on research and propaganda based on CO2 induced warming could be being better used to actually prepare for eventual change. |
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The citrus growers are already trying to combat the cold.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080102/D8TTFLQ81.html |
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Looks like things could be a bit worse. For parts of central Florida the freeze warning has been canceled and a hard freeze warning has been issued.
| Official Advisory/Bulletin: | URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
121 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008
FLZ053-030230-
/O.CAN.KMLB.FZ.W.0002.080103T0600Z-080103T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMLB.HZ.W.0001.080103T0300Z-080103T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMLB.LW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080102T2200Z/
OSCEOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD
121 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED SINCE UPGRADED TO A HARD FREEZE WARNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH
LOWS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 20S. A LONG DURATION OF SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED...WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW 32
DEGREES FOR UP TO 8 TO 10 HOURS...AND BELOW 28 DEGREES FOR UP TO 4
TO 6 HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS.
A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS
BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
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I had a family member that used to live in Crestview, Florida years ago. I believe they first built their home there in the 1960's. When the home was built it didn't have heat or a fireplace. How things have changed.
At 5:53pm this evening Crestview already hit the freezing mark. They will likely spend 16 hours at or below freezing. This follows a daytime high of 39 degrees. The low for tonight is forecast to be between 14 and 18 degrees. Tomorrow night will be a balmy low 20's.
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it was 28 here this morning !
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Seeings how most of our food comes from Florida this time of year, I'm a bit worried about food prices. |
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already taking a beating from continued high gas prices, which affect EVERY part of the U.S. economy...
got cash ?
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I think we could weather a lot of the problems if it weren't for oil/gas compounding the issue. |
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yeah, the gas thing has got us by the balls. |
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