Anybody else get tired of 80 degree winters? (Noma: hotel, vacation)
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Wow, your average for July is higher then ours is. In fact I remember Maine hitting a little over 100 this last summer. I was worried about people because I don't imagine many of them have AC in Maine.
I remember a few very humid and hot days when I lived in New England and they were not prepared for it at all. Here at least people are prepared and have fans and AC units.
Wow, your average for July is higher then ours is. In fact I remember Maine hitting a little over 100 this last summer. I was worried about people because I don't imagine many of them have AC in Maine.
I remember a few very humid and hot days when I lived in New England and they were not prepared for it at all. Here at least people are prepared and have fans and AC units.
Actually a lot of people here in Maine have AC. It's just that we only need it for about 2 months but when we need it we really need it!
also did anyone ever consider that you're just having a warm winter, just like the north has unusually cold(er) winters, Fla can have just the same. I can specifically remember 3 years in a row when I opened my windows before halloween and didn't shut them till around march. Its not like EVERY YEAR since Fla discovery they've never had a mild winter. Thats like saying EVERY YEAR since NE was discovered they've had nonstop extreme blizzard like conditions. Last year alone was a testiment that that simply not true.
Also I constantly get the impression like people think that up north just have these fabulous summers where everyone is out having picnics, and bike riding and windows thrown open breeze coming in and its not even close to the truth, more often than not I had my a/c running full blast, I put it down to 65 some days in the house to try and cut out the god awful heat/haze that tortured us for months on end up here, it was extremly compareable to Florida heat, if not worse because there was no breeze off an ocean to cut through it. Dead stillness
I read my husband the headline of the topic "Fla is not all about weather" before I could even get another sentence out he laughed loudly and said "what are they crazy of course it is" .. Hmm that coming from a winter lover... I have to agree, people don't go down for swamps. They go for beaches, can't have a nice beach without warm weather.
I looked at what our temps were for July of last year between July 11th and the 25t we had
5 days of 100 degrees (with heat index)
7 days of 94 or higher
1 day of 82 degrees
1 of 80
Sounds a lot like Naples to me.
Last edited by Tarastomsgirl; 01-11-2008 at 08:37 AM..
Having spent my whole life in FL I never really understood the impact that four seasons have on life until I moved a year and a half ago. Although I'm a FL native, I just never really got used to the feeling of living in a sauna for much of the year. I looked forward to the two months of "winter" every year, which has diminished down to about two weeks over the past ~5 years. The days were crisp and clear, absolutely beautiful! The most beautiful season in FL is winter, IMHO (even though the scenery doesn't really change at all).
It's the long swampy rest of the year that I just cannot stand (not necessarily the 'heat'), making it really hard for me to breathe if I want to do exercise and strenuous activities outdoors. To me, that is equally as depressing as a dark winter. Upper 80's is one thing; upper 80's with super high humidity is another. And unless you are actually on the beach itself, ocean breezes are really nothing more than more hot, steamy air blowing the existing hot, steamy air around (I am from Miami, so I'm not just blowing some hot air at ya!).
What I realize now is that four seasons are awesome for me. I used to feel as if I didn't have much to look forward to when I lived in FL unless there was a big event coming up. Time never seemed to pass and things never seemed to change in day to day life. Now that I have experienced a change of seasons, I feel like it gives me more of a sense that life is ever-changing and I have things to look forward to other than major events.
Everyone's preferences are different. Some people thrive on change, others need consistency. I would not want to live in a place that had super long winters and tons of snow/ice, either. I've found what is, for now, a happy medium of weather for me. And for those who want a little bit of a change, north FL can provide a slightly longer cool season, but it is still far from being a true winter.
In any case, there is nothing we can do to change the weather where we are at any given time. All we can do is try to make the most of it, whatever it might be!
Having spent my whole life in FL I never really understood the impact that four seasons have on life until I moved a year and a half ago. Although I'm a FL native, I just never really got used to the feeling of living in a sauna for much of the year. I looked forward to the two months of "winter" every year, which has diminished down to about two weeks over the past ~5 years. The days were crisp and clear, absolutely beautiful! The most beautiful season in FL is winter, IMHO (even though the scenery doesn't really change at all).
It's the long swampy rest of the year that I just cannot stand (not necessarily the 'heat'), making it really hard for me to breathe if I want to do exercise and strenuous activities outdoors. To me, that is equally as depressing as a dark winter. Upper 80's is one thing; upper 80's with super high humidity is another. And unless you are actually on the beach itself, ocean breezes are really nothing more than more hot, steamy air blowing the existing hot, steamy air around (I am from Miami, so I'm not just blowing some hot air at ya!).
What I realize now is that four seasons are awesome for me. I used to feel as if I didn't have much to look forward to when I lived in FL unless there was a big event coming up. Time never seemed to pass and things never seemed to change in day to day life. Now that I have experienced a change of seasons, I feel like it gives me more of a sense that life is ever-changing and I have things to look forward to other than major events.
Everyone's preferences are different. Some people thrive on change, others need consistency. I would not want to live in a place that had super long winters and tons of snow/ice, either. I've found what is, for now, a happy medium of weather for me. And for those who want a little bit of a change, north FL can provide a slightly longer cool season, but it is still far from being a true winter.
In any case, there is nothing we can do to change the weather where we are at any given time. All we can do is try to make the most of it, whatever it might be!
Your post was excellent. You pointed out the beauty of the four seasons and how they are still important very well. You even made me think harder about it as well, as my hubby, kids and I may have to relocate to FL from PA. I wish North Carolina was an option for us, maybe it will be one day, but we are limited because we have to follow my husband's job. Verizon does not have a presence in NC, yet.
Excellent, post...honest and thought provoking!!
Having spent my whole life in FL I never really understood the impact that four seasons have on life until I moved a year and a half ago. Although I'm a FL native, I just never really got used to the feeling of living in a sauna for much of the year. I looked forward to the two months of "winter" every year, which has diminished down to about two weeks over the past ~5 years. The days were crisp and clear, absolutely beautiful! The most beautiful season in FL is winter, IMHO (even though the scenery doesn't really change at all).
It's the long swampy rest of the year that I just cannot stand (not necessarily the 'heat'), making it really hard for me to breathe if I want to do exercise and strenuous activities outdoors. To me, that is equally as depressing as a dark winter. Upper 80's is one thing; upper 80's with super high humidity is another. And unless you are actually on the beach itself, ocean breezes are really nothing more than more hot, steamy air blowing the existing hot, steamy air around (I am from Miami, so I'm not just blowing some hot air at ya!).
What I realize now is that four seasons are awesome for me. I used to feel as if I didn't have much to look forward to when I lived in FL unless there was a big event coming up. Time never seemed to pass and things never seemed to change in day to day life. Now that I have experienced a change of seasons, I feel like it gives me more of a sense that life is ever-changing and I have things to look forward to other than major events.
Everyone's preferences are different. Some people thrive on change, others need consistency. I would not want to live in a place that had super long winters and tons of snow/ice, either. I've found what is, for now, a happy medium of weather for me. And for those who want a little bit of a change, north FL can provide a slightly longer cool season, but it is still far from being a true winter.
In any case, there is nothing we can do to change the weather where we are at any given time. All we can do is try to make the most of it, whatever it might be!
What a great post, I agree! You made me really think esepecially when you talked about having things to look forward to and the seasons changing being a great reminder of life ever-changing. You are right, I never thought of it that way but it is the same everday usually and with the changing of the seasons it almost gives you a chance to refresh and start a new. I could not agree with you more, I read your post and was like, YES!!
But, everyone to his own opinion. I am sure some people like the same thing year round, for me it has driven me batty!
If its so unhealthy to be here someone should tell the many elderly that live here. I can endure alot of other stuff but for me personally when my back hurts I can't take it. I can hardly move when I am in cold weather. I can't sleep, I can't get around very well, its just awful. I can imagine as you get older, it gets worse. Alot of the elderly to leave here in the summer and return to the place they were from originally, I don't know the percentages but from what I hear its pretty high the fluctuation in population.
My point exactly, they do leave in the summer because it is so hot, therefore unhealthy here because of the heat and humidity. If it was bearable in the summers, I am sure more would stay. It is a known fact that Florida in the summer is not so nice, why do you think all the hotels are cheaper, etc. My husband works in the hospitalilty business and they lower the rates considerably in the summer because they need business and they are begginng for people to come down. No one is going to pay $700 a night in August here to suffer by the pool!
The elderly go north to experience better summers with hopefully less heat and less humidity and they come here in the winter to experience the great weather here. So, they avoid the extremes on both ends.
Having spent my whole life in FL I never really understood the impact that four seasons have on life until I moved a year and a half ago. Although I'm a FL native, I just never really got used to the feeling of living in a sauna for much of the year. I looked forward to the two months of "winter" every year, which has diminished down to about two weeks over the past ~5 years. The days were crisp and clear, absolutely beautiful! The most beautiful season in FL is winter, IMHO (even though the scenery doesn't really change at all).
It's the long swampy rest of the year that I just cannot stand (not necessarily the 'heat'), making it really hard for me to breathe if I want to do exercise and strenuous activities outdoors. To me, that is equally as depressing as a dark winter. Upper 80's is one thing; upper 80's with super high humidity is another. And unless you are actually on the beach itself, ocean breezes are really nothing more than more hot, steamy air blowing the existing hot, steamy air around (I am from Miami, so I'm not just blowing some hot air at ya!).
What I realize now is that four seasons are awesome for me. I used to feel as if I didn't have much to look forward to when I lived in FL unless there was a big event coming up. Time never seemed to pass and things never seemed to change in day to day life. Now that I have experienced a change of seasons, I feel like it gives me more of a sense that life is ever-changing and I have things to look forward to other than major events.
Everyone's preferences are different. Some people thrive on change, others need consistency. I would not want to live in a place that had super long winters and tons of snow/ice, either. I've found what is, for now, a happy medium of weather for me. And for those who want a little bit of a change, north FL can provide a slightly longer cool season, but it is still far from being a true winter.
In any case, there is nothing we can do to change the weather where we are at any given time. All we can do is try to make the most of it, whatever it might be!
I feel the complete opposite. We tried a move back to PA from FL and hated every second of it. Four seasons is a nice concept, but not always reality.
It really depends on the year. But many times up there you get a 1 month spring, a 5 month cold, gray season, a 2 month summer, and 4 months that have wild temperature changes. The changing leaves are great for a few weeks, then they are brown and then gone. They can be gone from Oct-May, so I considered that one long, horrible season.
So to each their own. We did 30 years of 4 seasons and 7 years down here. No amount of money could ever get me to leave FL ever again.
We don't need the weather or seasons to give us variety or change. We have our activities that we love, and change them as needed for variety. Soccer, volleyball, scuba, snorkeling, tennis, golf, the beach, boating, fishing, swimming, nature trips, etc.
We simply change the focus of our activities when something becomes boring and cycle through them all. Our family are all fitness fanatics, we have acclimated ourselves to the heat and now thrive in it year round, physically, mentally,and emotionally.
I'm sorry, I guess I just can't relate to your post in any way. But you have found what works for you and thats great!
I feel the complete opposite. We tried a move back to PA from FL and hated every second of it. Four seasons is a nice concept, but not reality.
How is four season not reality? I mean there is fall,winter, spring, and summer everywhere you go. Sure, maybe Spring is shorter than winter some years or summer seems endless but the season do exist, it is a fact. No one said anything about them being the same exact number of days? I lived in Washington Dc most of my life and we always had four seasons, even if Spring seemed to only last two or three weeks, it came!
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