[tallrick]

Originally Posted by Nirvana-Guy

Yes, I have. 3 months of a real winter compared to 9 months of the "Florida winter" is not that bad. Believe me, if you move down here you will begin to dread every single morning when you have to to get in the car and go to work. Leave work and your car will be at a lovely 100 degrees inside, you will already be drnched in sweat by then, but getting in a sauna-car is not fun either.

FYI: Just as an example, it is March and I have had my A/C cracked down to 71 the whole day and night or sweat and be uncomfortable all day long. It is hot and muggy, like you had never seen before.

The weather has been 65 and 100% humidity from 6:30am - 10:00am. That is when the temps jumps to 75, still 100% humidity. Then we go from there to 86 degrees, and still the yucky 100% humidity, so it feels like 90+ degrees. You will neve sweat like you do here in March. It is hot, very hot. Not the dry, mild heat. It is highly uncomfortable.

Once you hit late May - late Sept, the weather will be 80 degrees with 100% humidity in the morning, to reach 90 - 95 degrees during the day (again, 100% humidity causes the heat index to feel like it's over 100) and peak out at 92 - 95 degrees by 5pm, with the "lovely" 100% humidity. By Oct, the weather "cools down" to about 90 daily. By Nov or Dec, you seem to feel no difference, it will stay in the 90s.

Mind you, I am relating the month of MARCH to you. The weather usually begins to suck around the begining of April and it continues to be horrible until right before Christmas. Your A/C will be on the whole time. If you turn it off during the day, the humidity will build up on your walls and the walla begin to "sweat". That causes indoor mold and usually makes indoor allergies become unbearable.

Let me not even get started on the allgergy thing, as it is terrible down here. People have these week-long headaches because of the pollen and mold spores, which are aggravated by the high humidity. I have met tons of people that don't have headaches where they mopve here from and have no allergy issues, but they develop these conditions once they get down here.

That aside, you will find yourself:

1. Forcing yourself to go out and get drenched in sweat daily. That means from your house to the car then from the car walking through the parking lot to the office and then (the worst every day) back out from the office arounf 5pm to the car. The later is appalling, just ask the locals what I am talking about.

2. Stay home all the time during the "FL winter". That means go to work and the grocery store and back and stay indoors the whole time, as long as you can.

3. Try and be outdoorsy like you are in your home state and m ake everyone esle around mad because you are so sweaty and stinky.

I know you think this will be fun... I hear that story all the time. But move down here and the terrible heat will make you sing a different tune. I hear the "I am so glad it's this hot" at first and then I hear groaning and complaining all day long after the first 3 or 4 months. The 9-month summer really takes a toll on your patience.

I am glad someone's not afraid to tell the truth. Remember it's only HOTTER down here! The weather is difficult to handle but wait till you meet the people!!

[daniellefort]

Yup i can relate to that. Burned my legs on my own car seat a few times. Never had allergies until i moved here. Can't even work outside in the yard because it's so darn hot. Almost not even fun going to the beach because the water is so warm. rush home so your ice cream don't melt from the grocery store. Haha. All in all, i still like it here. guess it's knowing the sun is always shining and i've lived in places where the sun never or very rarely came out from behind the clouds.

[dreamer1]

[quote=dreamer1;536566]To Nirvana-Guy. I don't know where you used to live during these winter months but here in buffalo, try driving in whiteouts and can't see a damn thing hoping you don't go into a ditch or go groceryshopping and fighting the bitter blowing snow while your trying to push your cart through the snow. Or you go to your car but the doors are frozen shut that you have to run back and forth from the house either pouring hot water on your handles or heat your keys. Or just the fact you don't go anywhere bacause it's so dreary and cold who wants to go out? Or if you have kids and it takes forever trying to get all their hat, coat, gloves boots on. Or how about you come out of work and you have an inch of ice your have to scrape off. Or how about instead of having your a/c on you have your heat on and your still cold and then you get those gas bills. I've been to Florida all different times of the yr and i would still take the heat. In winter i would go to my car and it's so cold your back tightens up. I have a vacation home here in Florida and i'm there alot so i don't think all of what your saying is true and i also have family that lives there. Maybe your more south than i am. We are in Davenport near orlando.