Climate Battle: Beaumont, Texas vs. San Bernardino, California. (hot, warm, rainfall)

[MrJester]

Read below before rating:

San Bernardino:

Has one of the nation's worst, if not the worst, air quality, especially during the summer, especially during heat waves.
Has Santa Ana winds during Fall and Winter, very strong, dry, hot, winds that elevate fire danger
Has RAINLESS summers (that also elevate fire danger)

Beaumont, Texas:
Is very hot and humid during the summer but has abundant rain all year round, especially during the summer
Air quality not great but better than San Bernardino.
Of course, high flooding and hurricane risk, as we saw with Harvey.

I know people are always going to argue that in San Bernardino you can drive an hour and be at the coast where it's 25 degrees cooler, BUT for the purpose of this thread, look only at the inhabited city proper of San Bernardino itself, and the city proper of Beaumont, Texas only.

I vote Beaumont for better air quality, greenery during the summer, minimal fire and flooding danger, and delightfully warm summer nights.

Last thread, I made a post of San Bernardino vs. Orlando, and Orlando won by a landslide (what gives? I thought Orlando has that sticky heat everyone hates?) So I wonder, will San Bernardino still lose when pitted against Beaumont, a city which has the same sticky heat as Orlando BUT has hurricanes?

Because I'm starting to think that people actually think muggy weather by the Gulf Coast or Florida is not bad at all, maybe even better than the heat in Inland California. I'm starting to think that the main issue with Florida weather is not the humidity, it's the hurricanes (except in Orlando, which seldom gets hurricanes.)

[tij]

San bernadino, summers seem more bearable. Prefer beaumont's precip total though for these temps and its winters. NorCal is a lot nicer though for milder summers/cooler winters and more precip. Lowland Florida and Texas are not my cup of tea.

[arcleo]

Beaumont because it has storms and much more rain as well as slightly cooler winter highs.

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by MrJester

Last thread, I made a post of San Bernardino vs. Orlando, and Orlando won by a landslide (what gives?

I'll tell you what gives. You put your own bias into the poll. When you made the climate battle it basically said "crappy air quality vs. good air quality." You put a catch on one of the choices instead of just laying the cards on the table like "San Bernardino vs. Orlando."



This one does the same exact thing ("fire risk/terrible air vs. less fire risk"), so of course since the stats are conveniently left out, people are mostly going to vote for the favored one.



But the real truth is: your last paragraph is just wrong, and a lot of people do hate humidity, mugginess, and stickiness over dry heat. All your poll really shows is that people hate bad air quality (which is obvious), not that they think FL is better than SoCal.

[arcleo]

Originally Posted by Shalop

I'll tell you what gives. You put your own bias into the poll. When you made the climate battle it basically said "crappy air quality vs. good air quality," instead of "San Bernardino vs. Orlando."



This one does the same exact thing ("fire risk vs. less fire risk"), so of course since the stats are conveniently left out, people are mostly going to vote for the biased version.

Exactly this.

[Isleofpalms85]

Beaumont wins this climate battle hands down, nuff’ said

[kemahkami]

Beaumont wins.

[deneb78]

San Bernardino for better winters.

[srfoskey]

I like Beaumont for the increased rainfall.

[Caleb Yeung]

Beaumount for the rain although both are bad.