Darn! I thot movin to TN would get me away from the FL heat (live in, humid)

[cncguy2000]

we looked at a house outside of monterery, In the Hills...
was Nice, upper 70's, trees and breeze kept it cool.
Went back to cookeville, seemed temp went up 15F.

Back home now, (Gulfport) and just spent all day in the yard....
it's about 30F hotter than cookeville and 100% more humid!
but hey it's South Mississippi!

[pearlieBOBbieQ]

Originally Posted by happyappy

So you don't like Tennessee then, I take it?

well some of Tannysea is okay, I lived there too, there are worse places I guess, perhaps the great State of Mississippi, and the great State of Alaska

[SunKrist]

Originally Posted by pearlieBOBbieQ

but to each his own, frankly I'm glad to see some of these bozos go back to wherever they came from, many of which were out of place in the first place

Well, as to whether or not I'm a "bozo" in your opinion is your call, but "back to wherever I came from" would be nowhere, because I was born and raised right here in St. Petersburg. However, the last part of your statement does apply to me: "many of which were out of place in the first place."

Anyway, as you said, to each his own. I like both beaches and rivers, both boating and actually enjoying a fire, both palm trees and mountains. What I don't like is the general atmosphere here, and the unseasonal winter weather. I happen to like white (or at least a little chillly) Christmases. Anything else just isn't genuine.

And, even if it does get as hot in TN as FL, it doesn't get as humid, and the heat doesn't take up 75 percent of the year. I have been up there three different times now, and each time I have returned to FL the weather has been much less comfortable.

By the way, you can complain all you want to those who have moved here that their complaints about FL's heat are unfounded. But that doesn't work with those who were born here and had no choice.

[SunShell]

I am very disappointed with the weather here in TN. If you check the weather hot spots online you will find the humidity is worse MOST of the time in TN than FL. The air is still and heavy here. Feels like pollution to me. The drastic change in weather here causes so many allergies and colds. I've never seen so much illness in all my life.

[happyappy]

It's very odd the different reactions from people to the climate in Tennessee. My wife has suffered all her life from allergies from various things. We have 10 cats and 1 of them suffers from allergies, gets stuffed up and breathes noisily.

We've been here in Monterey close to 2 months now and both our cat and my wife are allergy-free--so far. She is amazed. We can't imagine the why of it. We lived in Washington State both in the wet Seattle area and for about 3 years in the much drier--and much hotter!--climate near Spokane. Both areas caused allergies for my wife and our cat.

Whatever the reasons, they're just more to add to the list of good things about this adventure of ours.

[Bones]

Originally Posted by SunShell

I am very disappointed with the weather here in TN. If you check the weather hot spots online you will find the humidity is worse MOST of the time in TN than FL. The air is still and heavy here. Feels like pollution to me. The drastic change in weather here causes so many allergies and colds. I've never seen so much illness in all my life.

Sorry to hear you're unhappy with the weather.
On the upper plateau is cooler with lower humidity and usually a breeze.
This was in town @ 7:53am today (highest humidity time today, 66%)

7:53 AM 73.9 °F / 23.3 °C 62.1 °F / 16.7 °C 66% 29.99 in / 1015.5 hPa 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers South 8.1 mph / 13.0 km/h / 3.6 m/s - N/A Clear

[SunKrist]

I'm sure that there are parts of TN which have higher humidity than parts of FL. But that doesn't mean that TN in general has higher humidity than FL in general. It's probably quite the opposite. Certainly the humidity in the Knoxville area is much lower than the humidity in the Tampa area; that I have experienced first hand.

[hiknapster]

I will never understand the FL vs. TN humidity thing. We vacationed in TN when we lived in FL and the TN humidity was MUCH higher than in FL, yet it felt great. We went back down to FL and even though the temperature said the same and the humidity was supposedly lower it felt horrible.

I'd swear it was a conspiracy from the FL tourism board, but the information comes from the National Weather Service.

[Bones]

The humidity has always been higher in Clearwater than here on the plateau.....

[Jay148]

I moved to Florida from New England for the warm winters. (Mild) was tired of the ice and waist high snow. Some years we had snow on the ground from late October to the end of February. Just could not take it…I have been in Florida for 25 years, and as of 3 weeks ago, my house in on the market… I am not leaving Florida because of the heat. I am leaving because of the cost of living here. Everything from taxes to the electric bill has doubled in the last few years. Insurance (if you can get it) has doubled since the last 3 Hurricanes we had. (All within a couple of months). Last Christmas Day a Tornado missed my house by one block..So those are the reasons I am leaving Florida… In the winters in the N.E., I would stay in a nice warm house..Now in Florida, I stay in an air condition house…It is beautiful here, but beauty is just skin deep.. People are rude. A lot of road rage. Where ever you go they are putting up condos..I once lived in a nice country setting..NOT anymore… So as soon as I sell my home, I’m packing up and looking for a place in Jonesborough, Gray, Limestone,or Telford Tennessee. I have been checking out the area for the last year. Breathe taking views of the mountains, mild climate, and always a friendly “hello”… I wish I was there right now…