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The petroleum industry (oil) is the big money maker in Siberia
And Last I heard is Alaska residents get paid to use oil. Maybe Canada too? That's a nice incentive cause it would be super expensive to live in a cold climate and pay over $6000 in heating costs a year. I'm trying not to pay more than $1000 here. lol
I lived in Western New York State growing up. We had a few days where school was cancelled due to extreme cold back in the winter of 1993-94. I'm sure this was also the case in other extremely cold winters like 1981-82, 2002-2003, and 2014-2015.
From 2011-2014 my university was closed a total of one day for weather. Tomorrow will be the 5th time closing this semester.
When I was in college, back in the dark ages, we never shut down because of weather, but almost all students liked on campus then, unlike now. We just walked to class. Now most have to drive, so it makes more sense to close for snow/ice now.
Closing for cold? I don't think we ever have except if the heating system was out.
School systems close a lot easier due to weather nowadays. I suppose it's because of fear of law suits.
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And Last I heard is Alaska residents get paid to use oil. Maybe Canada too? That's a nice incentive cause it would be super expensive to live in a cold climate and pay over $6000 in heating costs a year. I'm trying not to pay more than $1000 here. lol
More importantly having to import most of your food
This isn't "recess" but I had P.E. during the cold snap of December 2010 and one morning was around 34 F and we did our activities outside.
Seriously, do you have a single clue of FL's climate? 50 F isn't anything radically unusual here.
Really? In Miami-Dade County, the policy is "if its under 50 then students go in the gym during PE" which to me is laughable, but its true. I remember we had a "cold front" in November 2009, and by "cold" I mean it was 57 degrees. This one kid was moaning about how "cold" it was, saying "Shouldn't we be inside?" (Again, very laughable in hindsight) to which the coach responded "Only if its under 50. Its 57."
Yes 57 feels cold in Miami because people are not acclimatized to this kind of weather. I also experienced it one December when I was in Miami on vacation when the temperature dropped from 83 to 55 and it felt freezing. If it stays like that all winter, people would eventually get used to it, but it doesn't.
Yes 57 feels cold in Miami because people are not acclimatized to this kind of weather. I also experienced it one December when I was in Miami on vacation when the temperature dropped from 83 to 55 and it felt freezing. If it stays like that all winter, people would eventually get used to it, but it doesn't.
Yes 57 feels cold in Miami because people are not acclimatized to this kind of weather. I also experienced it one December when I was in Miami on vacation when the temperature dropped from 83 to 55 and it felt freezing. If it stays like that all winter, people would eventually get used to it, but it doesn't.
Nah, they're just poons lol.
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