How hard is it to get throught the summer, really? (Spring Hill: live in, move to)

[nucat78]

Originally Posted by graphix

Very true, however you know cold is going to kill you. When would you expect 95 degrees to kill you?

Living in a "temperate" climate, we have deaths every year from cold in the winter and heat in the summer and it rarely gets above 95 here. The heat deaths are usually among elderly and /or those with underlying cardiac issues. The cold deaths are usually from exposure among the homeless and elderly who do not turn on the heat in their homes for unknown reasons.

[mary54mi]

So far 20 months here in Florida, the worst part is everyone at work puts the heat on when it's 60 degrees outside! I sweat when it's cold. So far hate the "hot" months here even more. Swin to tolerate, that's more fun anyway.

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by mary54mi

So far 20 months here in Florida, the worst part is everyone at work puts the heat on when it's 60 degrees outside! I sweat when it's cold. So far hate the "hot" months here even more. Swin to tolerate, that's more fun anyway.

Might I ask what possessed you to move to a warm weather climate if you sweat when it is cold?

[Pragmaticus]

Originally Posted by mary54mi

So far 20 months here in Florida, the worst part is everyone at work puts the heat on when it's 60 degrees outside! I sweat when it's cold. So far hate the "hot" months here even more. Swin to tolerate, that's more fun anyway.

That was funny!

[It's Cin!]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Might I ask what possessed you to move to a warm weather climate if you sweat when it is cold?

I took it to mean that the poster sweats when that 60 degrees is cold to everyone else.

[lihutchi]

Just for grins, can any of you compare the humid summers to Dallas TX and the thunderstorms to Phoenix AZs monsoons?

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by It's Cin!

I took it to mean that the poster sweats when that 60 degrees is cold to everyone else.

With her additional comment that she hates the hot months even more I took it that she does not like warm weather.

[vaughanwilliams]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

If someone thinks 79 is hot then I would say Florida is not where they should be living.

Ya think? Few more years and you and the other 18.5 million (!) residents can have Florida all to yourselves.

[TampaKaren]

If the summer heat was so bad then no one would be able to live here (79 replies at this post?). This is just a smidgen ridiculous.

[graphix]

Originally Posted by thethinktank

I doubt anyone would disagree about the dangers of driving in heavy summer rains in Florida. I strongly disagree with your assumption that it is as dangerous as winter driving in the north. It's laughably ignorant. It's apparent you prefer the cold-- that's fine. But you're doing a disservice to the state of Florida and Tampa in general to suggest to potential Floridians that our safety will be worse in Florida.

I disagree. I also disagree that it's laughably ignorant. Perhaps I'll give you something that's less laughable to the ignorant.

The coefficient of friction between rubber tires and snow ranges from .3-.6. Wet roads can have a coefficient of friction from .4 down to .1. The lower values equate to decreased traction.

So, visibility can be more reduced than in a snowstorm—which we've only decided empirically, unfortunately—and the road surface is more slippery. So, how exactly can it be less dangerous to drive in a thunderstorm than to drive in a snowstorm?

We're not talking iced over roads or abnormal conditions like hurricanes. We're talking a thunderstorm and a snowstorm.