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Cold Casualties: Sharksicles And Frozen Iguanas
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/05/575863292/cold-casualties-sharksicles-and-frozen-iguanas

The cold is causing frozen iguanas to fall from trees in Florida
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/weather/iguana-cold-florida-bomb-cyclone-trnd/index.html

Those Iguanas Falling From Trees in Florida? They Probably Aren’t Dead
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/iguana-florida-cold-weather.html

It's Raining Lizards in Chilly Florida, Where Even Animals Can't Deal With the Cold
http://www.cbs8.com/story/37200392/its-raining-lizards-in-chilly-florida-where-even-animals-cant-deal-with-the-cold

Video: Frozen iguanas fell from trees in South Florida
http://wavy.com/2018/01/05/video-iguanas-fall-from-trees-in-florida-due-to-cold-temps/

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fuagf -- hope all's well -- our all-time record high is a measly 113F

Sydney swelters on hottest day since 1939 as mercury hits 47.3C
The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures in the region hitting as high as 47.3C (117F) [117.14F].
7 January 2018
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Sunday's temperatures fell short of the scorching heat to hit the area in 1939, when the mercury reached 47.8C [118.04F].
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-42595180

when getting into those sorts of temperatures, another 4 to 5 degress F is not a small difference