Ithaca Key West Tourism Board

Ha ha ha, oh, I finally get the joke (I didn't get the joke when someone used it as a team name at trivia night last night) now that I've read this article: "Ithaca, New York, tourism site: Don't come here, go to Florida."

The article explains that the Ithaca tourism folks did a sort of spoof thing on their website, where they told people that the weather is too cold here, and they should go to Key West instead.

Unsurprisingly, the Visit Ithaca website itself seems to be down (too much traffic, I suspect, now that the joke's out there in the national news world?) but here's a screencap of what the site looks like, or at least looked like yesterday, as shown in the Ithaca Journal:

It really is an unusually harsh and long cold snap this winter. Apparently I'm the only one avidly enjoying it...

Philosophical Bathroom Graffiti

(I love you, Ithaca.)

"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder (Down by Boulder Dam that Day)"

Wheeeeee!

That's -17°C / feels like -23°C, for you European folks.

(The alarming fine print on that "Wind Chill Warning" reads, in part: 

A wind chill warning is issued when winds combine with bitterly
cold temperatures to create extremely dangerous conditions for
exposed skin.  The wind chill will be cold enough to cause
frostbite in about 15 minutes or less...and could lead to
hypothermia if proper precautions are not taken. If you must go
outside...remember that several layers of clothing will keep you
warmer than a single heavy coat. It is very important to cover
all exposed flesh to protect yourself from frostbite.

But I walked home in it, and it didn't seem that bad!)

SNOW, more

And a few more...

And one I'm calling The Perils of the Steps (icicles to spear you from above, treacherously slick steps to wipe your feet out from under you below!):

SNOW!

Snow!

I'm finally in the right place.