Been awhile since we saw you two.
Heather's dialogue on this page was inspired from real life. My brother and his family spent Christmas in Miami with his in-laws, and he said their 5 month old son hated the heat down there and was fussy and crying the whole time.
I’ve done the opposite.
A 90F October to a 20F November.
I lacked the proper apparel. I think I took quite well to the dramatic change, all things considered.
Now where I’m living will go from high 60s to low 30s day to day. It’s a weird place, and I never expected to see snow this close to the Equator.
“Now where I’m living will go from high 60s to low 30s day to day”
That sounds like New York City right now.
I remember having a minor freakout when a classmate from like Fiji or something was in Washington going to my college, and around Christmas my Dad (always safety-conscious) mentioned that she might not realize how important it was to e.g. have blankets in the car in case you end up stuck and have to spend the night in the car while waiting for help. (This might’ve been before our household had multiple cell phones.)
I brought it up as a prayer request for her safety, and it’s one of those times when my request got kinda ridiculed as trivial, kinda like “why waste God’s time it’s not that big a deal” — I can recall one person praying thanks that my heart was so tender or something. And yeah, I think my reaction was a bit of an overreaction, but the reactions to my reaction are the ones that stick with me.
There are safety concerns in colder climates. Coming from a different climate, you might not be aware of them. This doesn’t strike me as trivial.
I don’t think that’s a bad concern. Living in the mountains I have a backpack filled with survival gear from first aid, provisions to life straws (Straws with filters so you can drink from rivers without a concern.)
Survival is important.
oh man do i take after Keisha… When i went into boot-camp for the Navy, leaving Michigan in the middle of winter, i got to go to Orland Florida (before they closed it down) and out of the 80 people in my company, a total of me and like 4 others LIKED the weather in December… everyone else thought it too bloody hot, just like Heather…
Did my boot camp at Orlando from July to September, had a lot of red flag days (not allowed to do anything outdoors but march from our barracks to the classroom or the mess hall) during that time.
Question: When did you join the Navy?
DEC 86 Company C040
Florida does get cold during the winter.
It’s just that it’s too bloody hot the other 362 days of the year.
Thanks, I needed a laugh today.
Went from Michigan to Great Lakes Boot Camp, in September of `94. It was only a little bit colder than I was used to, but I liked it just fine.
Better part was when I went to Alameda, California in December. It was in the mid to low sixties. I remember getting stares as I walked around the cities connected to San Francisco (via BART) in my shorts and t-shirt. Great fun!!
Reminds me of one August I spent in Wisconsin. What to me was pleasant, maybe even a bit cool, summer weather was treated as a critical emergency. The news was giving a constant drumbeat of how to prevent heatstroke.
I don’t want to imagine how someone from Wisconsin might suffer on a 90/90 day (90+ degrees Fahrenheit and 90%+ humidity).
Turnabout’s fair play. After all, Wisconsinites do get to snicker about the panic that paralyzes some other parts of the country at the prospect of a couple of inches of snow.
Here in the Dallas area we had snow last week for an hour and a half.
Someone posted a photo of the light dusting with the legend, “WE WILL REBUILD!”
I’m not sure if i said it here or on another forum before. so, sorry in advance if you’ve heard it before… but when my older sister moved to Virginia, apparently with only about 0.5 inches of snow on the ground, they go to snow routes for buses, and close schools, etc. just because they usually don’t get snow at all… so there she is, just zipping down the freeway laughing at all the people spun out in the ditches, that is, until the cops pull her over… “You know you were driving too fast for the conditions, ma’am?, i’ll need to see your license and registration please…” and since she hadn’t lived there long enough to need to get it changed to a local one, when he saw that her license was from Michigan, he said in a flat monotone voice: “oh… you’re from Michigan… Have a nice day ma’am!”… smiled, then walked back to his car and drove off… she sat there for a couple of minutes before realizing that she was free to go about her day… i still get a kick out of her re-enacting of the cop…
Odd. This time of year, Florida should be quite pleasant to those of us who like our heat in moderate amounts.
“Snowbirds” is the term for (mostly Canadian) people who fly south for 1-3 months in the coldest parts of the northern winter, and may or may not maintain a seasonal home down there in Florida. Most have no desire to experience the southern climes in the baking heat of their summer.
If it’s too cold, you can put on more clothes; if it’s too hot… Indecent Exposure carries penalties of 1 year in prison and/or $1000 fines.
Also, I am loving Keisha’s hat. ^_^
The Texas equivalent is the people who come down to their second homes in the area around Brownsville from their homes in Minnesota.
I hear Florida can be pretty darn humid and bleh. DX I generally don’t like heat so I feel her pain.
But I bet presents made the visit better. 😀
Agreed. Give me the southwest and no humidity any day.
Or autumn weather. Burning leaves is kinda nice. :3
The time I spent in Florida (Jacksonville, anyway) it was more humid than any time I spent in Vietnam.
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DX Yuck…well at least she got presents and possibly ice cream? Cuz if I were her grandparents. I’d get her some ice cream.
When I lived in Virginia, the first week it felt like I was drowning. It’s that damned coast I think.
Yep. People from the desert mock the 95°F heat, but they don’t realize it’s 95°F at 90% humidity.
I remember going from Florida to Palm Springs, CA for a GIS conference. The temperature was in the 90s, but I literally didn’t realize I was sweating (despite a several mile walk to the conference center) until I got back to my hotel and noticed the salt crystals coming off of my clothes as I took them off. It felt downright comfortable. The low humidity meant my body’s temperature regulation could actually work.
They also mock us for being cold at 50°F, but that’s also at 90% humidity.
As a teenager, several times I went outside during a blizzard to refill the kerosene heater while wearing tightie whities and flip flops. (I’ll pause here to let everyone stop vomiting from that mental image.) But it gets dang chilly here (Tampa) when it drops to the 50s.
My family went to Florida for Christmas one year (well, more than one, but one in particular that I recall) and stayed with my grandparents.
We forgot to pack shorts. And said grandparents refused to turn on the a/c.
YAY! Its these two! Happy to see them both. 🙂