I miss the cold, come back please! (people)

[CelticLady1]

When I first came to Florida, in 1980, I know I was expecting palm trees, orange groves, and balmy breezes! I was from Wyoming and had never traveled east of the Mississippi River. That first year, (we arrived in October), was a bit of a shock, to say the least. And, I have never been so cold, as I was that first year! In Wyoming, we had a dry cold. But, here in NW Florida, because it is can be so damp, (yes, I know it's relatively dry, right now ), compared to WY, that I like to froze to death! I wore my down coat everywhere I went, even inside, (and I am not exaggerating). Needless to say, I've acclimated a bit over the years, (don't even have a down coat, anymore ), but I still don't run around in shorts, in the winter, like alot of folks I see. They're crazier than a bedbug! (But, then, I don't wear shorts in the summer, either. So, I imagine those same folks think that I'm nuts! ).

[SunnyDog]

I'm waiting for Puerto Rico to become a state.

[Need_affordable_home]

Originally Posted by FL-NC-AZ-TX

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/forecast/Map...=271&map.y=122

Check out this forecast! Laurel Hill, FL is forecasting 13F on Friday night! Crazy! You would think this was the upper midwest or NE...not Florida.

Id like to see how close they are to their "predictions" where do I find out the actual temperatures that already happened?


Snow is a small miracle in Florida, the "sunshine" state. Its tropical in south Florida, nearly tropical in central Florida and subtropical in north Florida. The visualizations people conjure of Florida is of a sunny, tropical paradise, not a snowy, frozen zone!

[bamboosmom]

I thought Puerto Rico was a state!

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by bamboosmom

I thought Puerto Rico was a state!

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico



Congress, President Harry S. Truman, and the people of Puerto Rico established the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in a multi-step process. First, in 1950, the 81st Congress enacted and President Truman approved legislation "adopted in the nature of a compact" that authorized the convening of a constitutional convention to develop the first constitution for the governance of Puerto Rico. Second, voters approved the initiation of the process through a referendum. Third, voters elected delegates to the constitutional convention in 1951; the delegates worked on the document throughout the year. Fourth, the product of the convention, a constitution that established the structure and operation of a republican form of self-government, was approved by the voters in Puerto Rico and submitted to Congress and President Truman early in 1952. Fifth, the 82nd Congress modified the constitution and voted its approval of the amended version in July 1952. Sixth, the Puerto Rican constitutional convention approved the modified document shortly thereafter and Governor Luis Muñoz Marín declared the constitution in effect on July 25, 1952. That constitution remains in effect.

The constitution establishes a republican form of local government; contains a bill of rights; sets out provisions related to municipal government, finance and revenue mechanisms; and outlines the following framework for local governance:

* The Legislative Assembly consists of a 27-member Senate and a 51-member House of Representatives.
* The executive branch is headed by a Governor elected to a four year term. The Governor makes executive appointments (with the advice and consent of the Senate), serves as commander-in-chief of the militia, and exercises emergency powers.
* The authority for the judicial branch is vested in a Supreme Court (a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices), a U.S. district court, and other courts established by the Legislative Assembly. The Supreme Court adopts rules for other courts, and the Chief Justice directs the administration of the commonwealth courts.

While the approval of the commonwealth constitution marked a historic change in the civil government for the islands, neither it, nor the public laws approved by Congress in 1950 and 1952, revoked statutory provisions concerning the legal relationship of Puerto Rico to the United States. This relationship is based on the Territorial Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The statutory provisions that set forth the conditions of the relationship are commonly referred to as the Federal Relations Act (FRA). While specified subsections of the FRA were "adopted in the nature of a compact", other provisions, by comparison, are excluded from the compact reference. Matters still subject to congressional authority and established pursuant to legislation include the citizenship status of residents, tax provisions, civil rights, trade and commerce, public finance, the administration of public lands controlled by the federal government, the application of federal law over navigable waters, congressional representation, and the judicial process, among others. While the commonwealth constitution provides for self-government by Puerto Ricans, Congress continues to exercise authority over at least one internal governance matter; urban development and slum clearance authority remains subject to federal limitations set out in the FRA."[1]

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[bamboosmom]

Oh wow, I thought it was a state. Guess Pennsylvania isn't a state either.
That's a commonwealth too.

[Need_affordable_home]

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho
Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas
Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia
Wisconsin Wyoming

Hello, here is a list of the 50 states. Pennsylvania is most definately a state and one I probably may relocate to.

[bamboosmom]

I heard it's a commonwealth. I doesn't matter to me. We are moving there anyways. Commonwealth, state, LOL. As long as we are near our family again that's all that matters!! Ah, the mountains and real trees again!
Springtime like I remember it, bulbs and flowers blooming and me sneezing like crazy. That's ok, I don't mind, I am happy to be starting on our new adventure. Yippy

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by bamboosmom

Oh wow, I thought it was a state. Guess Pennsylvania isn't a state either.
That's a commonwealth too.

Is a state,but is also consider a commonwealth:

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

The Seal of Pennsylvania does not use the term, but legal processes are in the name of the Commonwealth and it is a traditional official designation used in referring to the state. In 1776, Pennsylvania's first state constitution referred to it as both "Commonwealth" and "State," a pattern of usage that was perpetuated in the constitutions of 1790, 1838, 1874, and 1968.[3]

[bamboosmom]

oh wow, we get two for the price of one LOL LOL