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Originally Posted by flyingwriter
Arizona does not have any natural lakes. Those lakes are fake, just dammed rivers or reservoirs. Fake lakes don't count. We don't need fake lakes up here - we have thousands of real ones.
How does that prove that Minnesota is a better place to live though?
By the way, manmade lakes = man made, someone did the job, it was a source of employment. I hope in that case they continue to keep making lakes all over Arizona is it meant people can have jobs, especially during these times.
Funny story: Today, the high in Phoenix was a comfy 81 degrees, whereas Minneapolis soared to a sweltering 95. In fact, if I read correctly, MSP was the hottest major metro in the US for May 24, 2010.
Explain that one to me?
Its rare that MPLS is hotter than PHX. VERY rare. 99.99% of the time, PHX is a lot warmer, especially in summer when its 80 in MPLS and 115 in PHX. Put it this way, MPLS has never once in its history hit 110 degrees. In one summer alone, Phoenix posted 33 days of temps of 110 or higher.
Funny story: Today, the high in Phoenix was a comfy 81 degrees, whereas Minneapolis soared to a sweltering 95. In fact, if I read correctly, MSP was the hottest major metro in the US for May 24, 2010.
Explain that one to me?
Well, it was the hottest May 24 on record in Mpls. How's that?
This is what you conclude from a list of states? Whoa, pretty broad jump there, don'tcha think?
I think LAX-PHX was "concluding" this based on some previous posts made by another poster who was defending his preference of cold weather to the point of being extremely rude and condescending to those of us who prefer Arizona's weather over Minnesota's- and yes, that poster pretty much did say that educated people prefer colder climates and that most warm climates are hellholes filled with unintelligent people
Most definitely. Our northern latitude makes our days longer in summer and shorter in winter. During the summer it starts getting light around 4am and doesn't get completely dark until around 11pm. This is how we're able to squeeze so much activity into our relatively short summers.
I now understand this. Because of it's northern latitude, and it's position in the far western half of the Eastern time zone, it's daylight and night-time's are out of whack. They have this same type of phenomenon in Chicago when it starts getting really dark around 4:00 PM in the winter time. They have other astrological phenomenons like this in the EXTREME most parts of the world(Alaksa, Antartica, Iceland, Russia). I've just read about the Midnight Sun Effect in those places I named where it's relatively BRIGHT outside and the sun is shining around 12:00 AM midnight. And there is an opposite effect called a Polar Night, in which it is relatively DARK(like how it looks around 3:00AM) BUT it would be this dark around like 12:00 PM. There are places where the sun doesn't rise for MONTHS. I must experience these places.
I now understand this. Because of it's northern latitude, and it's position in the far western half of the Eastern time zone, it's daylight and night-time's are out of whack. They have this same type of phenomenon in Chicago when it starts getting really dark around 4:00 PM in the winter time. They have other astrological phenomenons like this in the EXTREME most parts of the world(Alaksa, Antartica, Iceland, Russia). I've just read about the Midnight Sun Effect in those places I named where it's relatively BRIGHT outside and the sun is shining around 12:00 AM midnight. And there is an opposite effect called a Polar Night, in which it is relatively DARK(like how it looks around 3:00AM) BUT it would be this dark around like 12:00 PM. There are places where the sun doesn't rise for MONTHS. I must experience these places.
I believe saying months is an over statement.
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Whoa, pretty broad jump there, don'tcha think?
