A reporter with the joint Tallahassee Bureau for the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times literally got her first taste of snow on Wednesday.

Before you head out, you should make sure you have a sturdy sled and wear appropriate safety ... Department deputy chief of operations. "But we do train for incidents like this." ...

Have I done any food prep ... on an icy bit to see what it would do. As it got later in the morning, a small crowd gathered by a hill where kids sometimes sled down the grass on cardboard boxes.