Snow and sleet in Alabama fell to within about 100 miles ( 160 kilometers ) of the beaches on the Gulf of Mexico, and a freeze warning was posted along the coast for Thursday.
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"Within weeks of that funding being cut off and frost and freeze warnings being eliminated, here we have this freeze, " said Ray Gilmer, a spokesman for the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association in Orlando.
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On this chilly night there is good reason _ a freeze warning that could jeopardize his flight home to Laredo _ for rookie politician Tony Sanchez to duck out a bit early from an event set up to make friends and money for his gubernatorial campaign.
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With the mercury dropping as much as 25 degrees between sundown and 11 p . m . Thursday, the National Weather Service issued a freeze warning and wind chill advisory for much of mainland South Florida, including critical vegetable and sugar crops around Lake Okeechobee and citrus groves in and north of the Treasure Coast.
