It's Hot Up North: Temps are in the 90s in many cities up Northits hot hot hot they sayI say whats the big deal...quit your whininghere in Florida we deal with temps in the 90s...

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

Temps are in the 90s in many cities up Northits hot hot hot they sayI say whats the big deal...quit your whininghere in Florida we deal with temps in the 90s eight months out of the year.

Tea8 Loc: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

I think the same thing at times. Since a lot of times we deal with 100+ degree heat during the summer in OK. Then I remember that they aren't used to it getting hot like that all the time. Plus if you live in a big city the heat index can be worse because, due to what I know it as, the concrete island effect. Once the concrete for streets and building warms up it takes it awhile to cool down. The heat radiating off if it makes the whole place hotter than it gets in a place without as much concrete, like the country. Plus if you live somewhere where it doesn't get hot much you might not have things like air conditioning because you don't really need it. Then all of a sudden it's really hot and you have no air conditioning. Just like it gets warm in the car quick once you turn it off it does the same thing in a building. So yeah I know it sounds ridiculous that they are complaining about 90 degree heat when it gets hotter other places; but for them it's really hot.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

AND 90% humidity 6 mo out of the year - bugs and cockroaches big as VWs.
Not to mention the little storms they call HURRICANES. - Loved my visit to FL in April of '98

Archy wrote:

Temps are in the 90s in many cities up Northits hot hot hot they sayI say whats the big deal...quit your whininghere in Florida we deal with temps in the 90s eight months out of the year.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

I was just in 112 degrees for a few days. May go to Death Valley at even higher temps. 90's? No biggee at all.

tiger1640 Loc: Michigan

Archy wrote:

Temps are in the 90s in many cities up Northits hot hot hot they sayI say whats the big deal...quit your whininghere in Florida we deal with temps in the 90s eight months out of the year.

And when do you get your winter coats out? When it gets down into the 60's? You have 8 months to get use to the temps. Up here in Michigan we can handle the cold and heat. Come on up in the winter so I can listen to you whine about how cold it is when we are in the teens.

ted45 Loc: Delaware

Yes that is true. However, for 8 months out of the year we deal with tempatures under 40. When it hits 40 and below in the south you folks start looking for federal aid. I remember a day at Camp LeJeune, NC when the snow made the ground white for an hour or two before melting. They closed everything including the base.

It is all a matter of perspective.

ace-mt Loc: Montana

When your high temp is 150 degrees warmer than your low temp, its hot.

Raider Fan Loc: Lake County, IL.

I guess you folks have not heard that the new center of the universe is the East and they can have all the ink they want when things go bad!!

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

tiger1640 wrote:

And when do you get your winter coats out? When it gets down into the 60's? You have 8 months to get use to the temps. Up here in Michigan we can handle the cold and heat. Come on up in the winter so I can listen to you whine about how cold it is when we are in the teens.

Yes about 60s...I whine when it's in the 60s.............

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

ted45 wrote:

Yes that is true. However, for 8 months out of the year we deal with tempatures under 40. When it hits 40 and below in the south you folks start looking for federal aid. I remember a day at Camp LeJeune, NC when the snow made the ground white for an hour or two before melting. They closed everything including the base. It is all a matter of perspective.

When it hits 60 here in Florida I get cold...50 and below is just too much............

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

All these reasons not to live in Florida, aka God's Waiting ROom, heat, bugs, snakes and other biting critters, and the Hudson Valley is so beautiful, never heard of a Florida school of painting, as the Hudson has spawned, ducking and dodging, VBG, Bob.

Georgia Peddler Loc: Brunswick, GA

As a good ole East Tennessee boy my transformation to SE Georgia was an "awakening" to say the least. I did a year at Keesler AFB in Biloxi way back when but I didn't remember it being this bad. Now, here in the Brunswick area, if you go out to get the paper in the morning you have to spray with Deet, slather on some white stuff, and still carry a stick just to beat off the skeeters. My neighbor's little 3 year old grandson put it best, he said "Papaw, look at this mosquito, it's big enough to f___ a turkey" The parents were still in shock when they left to go back to West Virginia.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Archy wrote:

Temps are in the 90s in many cities up Northits hot hot hot they sayI say whats the big deal...quit your whininghere in Florida we deal with temps in the 90s eight months out of the year.

I think that some people reduce tension by sharing it with others. It dies not hurt to give them an ear. I feel your pain, too. I live in Houston. My first wife did not stay here with me long. She called it "icky, sticky Houston." I try to ignore the heat, but it is not always easy.

photopop44 Loc: Roun Drock, Texas

You may "deal" with the heat but in Central Texas I revel in the warmth and rarely am cold. I understand that you're really not happy where you are because you're not in Texas and then one more problem comes along, like a warm day, and you start complaining. Well may God bless yall for livin' some place else, it's gettin' crowded enough.

prestonphoto Loc: Bath, NY

Yeah - 90 is kind of warm for us northerners but.......no hurricanes, few - if none - tornadoes, earthquakes almost unheard of, winters nothing like they used to be, humidity nothing like Va down to Fl. All in all the northeast is a darn nice place to live. Thru the years I've traveled all over the US and have found no place better. Now - the taxes and cost of living might be another story. lol lol