Are "change of seasons" overrated? (to live, price)
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Thanks to North America's geography, which features no strong block against arctic air, the effects of the wretched "four-seasons" weather pattern gets to rear its ugly head so far south.
For instance, Houston, New Orleans, Jacksonville, etc, could be growing coconuts right now, but don't, all because of something that comes down, like what, 1, maybe 2 days a year at most?
I enjoy spring, summer, and fall as their own entities. I do not enjoy the transitions of one season to another.
I absolutely despise winter. Hate, hate, hate everything about it.
I've heard that living where there's only one season is monotonous and something you'd get tired of... but I'd be willing to take that risk if it means never having to deal with winter.
Could happen, could happen! But earthquakes aren't "weather." In 48 years in SoCal, I've been inconvenienced by exactly one earthquake--and my husband, who grew up 30 miles away, hasn't been inconvenienced by any. Yet!
That's the thing, though. You can see weather coming, you can't see an earthquake!!
Big things might be coming, sadly. Disasters have been off the charts this year!
That's the thing, though. You can see weather coming, you can't see an earthquake!!
Seeing it coming just prolongs the agony. My sister, who moved from SoCal to Oklahoma, swears this is true. After her second "tornado warning," when she and her family had spent hours huddled in the storm shelter listening to the radio, and nothing happened, she said she could completely understand why most of the locals basically ignored the warnings.
Thanks to North America's geography, which features no strong block against arctic air, the effects of the wretched "four-seasons" weather pattern gets to rear its ugly head so far south.
For instance, Houston, New Orleans, Jacksonville, etc, could be growing coconuts right now, but don't, all because of something that comes down, like what, 1, maybe 2 days a year at most?
How exactly would any of those cities truly benefit from growing coconuts?
Seeing it coming just prolongs the agony. My sister, who moved from SoCal to Oklahoma, swears this is true. After her second "tornado warning," when she and her family had spent hours huddled in the storm shelter listening to the radio, and nothing happened, she said she could completely understand why most of the locals basically ignored the warnings.
Pssh, speak for yourself One of my passions is to go storm chasing and capture images of tornadoes across the Midwest and Plains. I lived in hurricane and tornado country (still technically live in tornado country) and both can be very exciting. I guess people are different. I love watching stormy clouds roll by. I loved spring time in Texas for that reason.
Not only that, but in times when cold-fronts aren't coming through (which was the case for much of Winter 2016-2017), these three cities see quite a bit of winter days where nighttime lows stay above 16°C. The all-round general temperature profiles for these cities are more than warm enough for coconuts, the only handicaps are the occasional cold snaps.
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Originally Posted by BadgerFilms
How exactly would any of those cities truly benefit from growing coconuts?
How would they not?
Last edited by Texyn; 10-05-2017 at 07:17 PM..
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In 48 years in SoCal, I've been inconvenienced by exactly one earthquake--and my husband, who grew up 30 miles away, hasn't been inconvenienced by any. Yet!
One of my passions is to go storm chasing and capture images of tornadoes across the Midwest and Plains. I lived in hurricane and tornado country (still technically live in tornado country) and both can be very exciting. I guess people are different. I love watching stormy clouds roll by. I loved spring time in Texas for that reason.
