1977年1月份,佛州连续5夜的冰点以下低温,使柑桔和蔬菜遭到严重损害。若干早期的报告指出,存留树上的柑桔的30％、在土蔬菜的一半以上,都被寒冻毁坏。据设在奥兰都郡的佛州果蔬公司某发言人称,巨大面积的畏寒蔬菜受害严重,但部分仍可收获。 January 1977, Florida for five consecutive nights of freezing temperatures below the freezing point, so that oranges and vegetables were severely damaged. A few earlier reports pointed out that 30% of the citrus in the remaining trees, more than half of the soil vegetables, were destroyed by chilling. According to a spokesman for the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Company in Oran, a large area of ​​chilly vegetables is harmed but some are still harvested.