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10. Ithaca Tourism Bureau Urges Travelers To Visit The Florida Keys Instead

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 09:23 AM

Feb 2015

“That’s it. We surrender. Winter, you win.”

As the Northeast continues to freeze under snowy, stormy, and blustery conditions, the tourism bureau of Ithaca, New York, has conceded defeat, urging potential visitors to go to Florida instead.

VisitIthaca.com, the tourism website run by the Ithaca Convention & Visitors Bureau, recently added a pop-up window to its site, telling visitors that “due to this ridiculously stupid weather,” they should consider foregoing a trip to Ithaca, where sub-zero temperatures are expected this week. Instead, the website urges, go to the Florida Keys.

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Stop. Just f-----g stop. [View all] WilliamPitt Feb 2015 OP

Unbelieveable....!!!!!!!! Stuart G Feb 2015 #1

you are living the life I have lived for forty years here in Alaska roguevalley Feb 2015 #84

Holy shit !!!!! treestar Feb 2015 #2

Time to go sledding... Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #3

It's 1 degree out. WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #5

Sending you a virtual Cheers Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #9

I share your sympathies as a native Texan. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #31

Here is a picture that may help ashling Feb 2015 #54

Adorable! Owl Feb 2015 #95

Unless your city has banned sledding... KansDem Feb 2015 #32

Kids can no longer sled in parks? The dumb just makes me want to scream wildly and throw things Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #48

Nice photos! KansDem Feb 2015 #56

Great photos! What is the name of the town you live in? smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #87

Thanks! Normandy is beautiful! Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #90

Thanks for history lesson! smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author Exhibit A Feb 2015 #4

Yikes! ProfessorGAC Feb 2015 #6

Hey I wish I could! Stop feeding me CO2 and I'll quit snowing on you! Agreed? on point Feb 2015 #7

That's Jesus punishing you all for Ballghazi. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #8

Lol. Agschmid Feb 2015 #57

At least that's what Jesus told us. sybylla Feb 2015 #59

I'm from Indianapolis, so . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #82

Ithaca Tourism Bureau Urges Travelers To Visit The Florida Keys Instead charles d Feb 2015 #10

Too funny! I'm near Cape Canaveral, we'll be 81 degrees today. CaptainTruth Feb 2015 #13

Done! :) Takket Feb 2015 #21

Go Play on a Launch Pad! charles d Feb 2015 #25

That earned you an alert mister! A Simple Game Feb 2015 #50

Too bad, we're headed that way tomorrow anyways..... daleanime Feb 2015 #14

Yes, please. marym625 Feb 2015 #35

? charles d Feb 2015 #39

The thing says "Key West Anyone?" marym625 Feb 2015 #41

Okay charles d Feb 2015 #64

Sorry marym625 Feb 2015 #65

Freaking wow!! malaise Feb 2015 #11

This year the cold pushed East. The Midwest had it last year. Thor_MN Feb 2015 #12

it's cold here heaven05 Feb 2015 #16

It's not last year's cold... Thor_MN Feb 2015 #26

true heaven05 Feb 2015 #42

We're going to get all the way to 28 by Saturday marym625 Feb 2015 #36

That's poor man's fertilizer eating your sign. elias49 Feb 2015 #15

chill will Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #17

Oh, come on! randome Feb 2015 #24

Here it is... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #43

Thank you for posting the cute Kitty! Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #52

"King (or Queen) of all I survey!" Followed by: "Crap! Is that all there is?" randome Feb 2015 #55

Helpful Cute Kitty is Helpful. And Cute. Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #60

that looks like Buffalo snow... druidity33 Feb 2015 #79

sorry. barbtries Feb 2015 #18

No, you have it all wrong. randome Feb 2015 #19

Suck it up, man! edbermac Feb 2015 #20

And yet much of the West is suffering through a crippling drought. totodeinhere Feb 2015 #22

Need a Keystone Pipeline to pipe melted snow out to Cali/NV! Roland99 Feb 2015 #27

Exactly! And it wouldn't destroy the aquifers if it sprung a leak! nt SunSeeker Feb 2015 #77

make sure the fire plug is accessible KittyWampus Feb 2015 #23

Great photo tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #28

Extreme weather is a symptom of mountain grammy Feb 2015 #29

Will�. MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #30

I wondered where you have been hiding marym625 Feb 2015 #33

And it's snowing again.......... Marrah_G Feb 2015 #34

Damn that Global Warming!!! n/t greytdemocrat Feb 2015 #37

Great image. CrispyQ Feb 2015 #38

Winter? Please send some to California. We haven't had winter in two or three years. Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #40

We got hit with real bad sleet and ice overnight here in NC.(Charlotte area) Terra Alta Feb 2015 #44

55 degrees at 7 am MissB Feb 2015 #45

7 degrees at 555 am TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #49

I do wish we had some of that snow. MissB Feb 2015 #51

Yep. 8* above normal for the low and 13* above normal for the high here too. ffr Feb 2015 #58

Not until we bury that unnecessary government regulation! One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #46

God reads traffic signs. Orsino Feb 2015 #47

Remember.... mimi85 Feb 2015 #53

118 Days Til Bike Week... catnhatnh Feb 2015 #61

I am so over this winter. bigwillq Feb 2015 #62

Cheer Up Liberal_Dog Feb 2015 #63

That's some serious snow, Will ReRe Feb 2015 #66

Wish you guys could ship some of that to California. calimary Feb 2015 #67

So much for that "global warming" nonsense derp derp corkhead Feb 2015 #68

Had a bit of frost on the lawn this morning chknltl Feb 2015 #69

Could be worse.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #70

Yikes. hifiguy Feb 2015 #71

Wow! gademocrat7 Feb 2015 #72

big f-ing deal backwoodsbob Feb 2015 #73

After shoveling coal with your face, right? WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #75

Up hill both ways? nt Logical Feb 2015 #94

send it to us the west coast as our mt snowpack is record low uppityperson Feb 2015 #74

It was cold down here too obxhead Feb 2015 #76

Chicago, 1979. Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #78

Apparently God really was a Seahawks fan... joeybee12 Feb 2015 #80

I'm not that far from you and I can barely see out the windows of the house. Vinca Feb 2015 #81

so, who's gonna onethatcares Feb 2015 #83

Here is the SOLUTION!!! Playinghardball Feb 2015 #85

Man you guys have short "STOP" signs up there!!! bvar22 Feb 2015 #86

Hey Will...didn't you used to live in San Diego??? KauaiK Feb 2015 #88

San Francisco WilliamPitt Feb 2015 #91

Dear Eastern US sakabatou Feb 2015 #89

wow. that's a lot of snow Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #93