Both Tampa and St. Petersburg set records for consecutive days in which the high temperature did not reach 60 Â°F (16 Â°C), and Tampa experienced ten consecutive days with a low temperature below freezing. Much of the area received a wintry mix of rain, sleet, and possibly a few snowflakes on January 9â10.
Consider, also, that while our government may require rabies vaccines every three years for the protection of public health, individual veterinarians may exempt some petsââtemporarily, at leastââon the basis of their compromised health.
Also, by law, many states require a yearly rabies vaccination even though studies have shown that many of the rabies vaccines we use give us three years of protection. Many veterinarians, myself included, were suspicious that the vaccines we used were giving much longer periods of protection than one year.