Hawaii, maybe? $ $ $ BTW, in the Florida wetlands the 'gators won't mess with you much, but the mosquitos are big and mean enough to scare the turkeys!
San Diego would be OK if it weren't for the fault line that it's on, the California drought and the failing state government. The only time I was in San Diego was 27 years ago this month. I loved it. Played hookey from work one day, drove to the beach at Long Beach and spent the morning on the beach. I thought it was God's Country back then. Also noticed drivers were very well-behaved in 1988. That was during a time when there was a series of episodes of California drivers shooting at each other on the highways. Nothing makes you mind your highway manners more than knowing your fellow motorists are armed and dangerous. :Blasting_anim:
It's so nice right now in the house, I turned the air conditioners off at approx 6 am and the temp in the house was 17*C approx 66*F and throughout the day will only rise to about 22*C 72*F by 7 pm. Sure don't want to go outside right now.
It's so hot---------- About those Florida gators...................... We spent several weeks one June deep in the Everglades during a dry summer. Discovered we were all alone most of the time as RV'ers because smart people stay out of the swamp during mosquito mating season. However it was so hot and dry the mosquitos moved north. The scary part was the water holes and creeks, that thing called the river of water, and everything was mostly dried up. This left only small holes for millions of alligators. Still they only stared and grinned when we'd walk down to the places where they were. Surprisingly being mostly surounded by large bodies of salt water the breezes kept us cool. I agree, most wild animals will leave us alone if we don't aggitate them. I learned that in midwestern biker bars! Weatherwise the only perfect place is on Fantasy Island and there are few station wagons there.
Hi all, Interesting reading about the weather you're having. Any chance of you reaching out and pushing some over here to the UK? I live towards the East Coast and since last Thursday the weather over here has been dismal - even by our standards. Currently it's about 60F, grey and the rain showers are frequent. I have to keep going and bailing out the car on the driveway. This will probably be the next fun job: "Find the Leak."
I'm not really afraid of gators. Just kidding Cat. But, then again, I hear gators eat police cars for lunch in Florida. http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/...crime-gator-attacks-alachua-county-patrol-car
We live on the west coast of the east coast in Florida. Our daughter in law who lives in the midwest of the USA is from the west coast of UK, Blackpool. She says it's almost always dismal there except when it's miserable! Right now we are all mostly having way too much rain. Even the fish are getting waterlogged!
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2...nty-patrol-car I remember reading that when it happened. Gainesville is 45 miles away. They have meaner gators than we do here in the boonies. I don't agree with killing animals that were here before us humans. Gainseville was mostly a swamp years ago. We invaded their territory.
I get real tired of the "feels like" BS, along with the "wind chill" myth. How can it be 86* and "feel like" 104*? The temperature can not be both! Either it's 86* or it's 104*. Tell me which and I can figure out the rest. You never, ever here normal people walk out the door and say "It's 90* out, but it sure feels like 110* outside!"...never! All I care about is the temperature and relative humidity. Period. The dew point temp is used to figure out the humidity, and will never be higher than the actual temperature; but even then, the dew point itself is pretty useless info to me, and matters only to a few people. So, TV weather-guesser, just tell me the damn REAL temperature and the humidity!!! that's all 99.7% of the viewers need and want. The "feels like" and "wind chill" temps are mythical and useless creations. It can not be two temperatures at once. Either it's 90* or 110*; or in the Winter, 30* or -3*. Make up your damn mind already!
It's because high humidity and no wind make it impossible for your sweat to evaporate away, so it feels hotter. The weather guessers use a device called a WBGT thermometer (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature) to measure the 'heat index' and tell people how dangerous high heat and humidity can hurt or kill you. Conversely, 'wind chill' is a measure of heat loss from wind blowing it away at a given ambient temp. It can be just as injurious or deadly as the heat index if you are unprepared for it. I know that it's impossible to save someone from themselves, but I hope this has you prepared for when the worst hits.
In the middle of a nice heat wave. Outside temp reading 99 right now. It was 102 around noon..... I'm very thankful I'm living in a newer, well-insulated house with really good heat pump A/C....... Of course, I haven't seen any summer utility bills yet, either.
Well!------------------ I do believe in the heat index and wind chill. I was raised in the midwest and know for a fact sometimes zero felt like 30 below. Been in Florida past 21 years and when I go outside I can tell the days when 89 feels like 112. Personally I'd rather live where it's 100+. At least we have AC, shade trees, and beer. A guy can only put on so many clothes to keep warm. Also 89 along the ocean feels much cooler in a breeze. But in reality when it's 72.3 degrees and low humidity I enjoy it much more. Another mid 90's day with three digit heat indexes. Still today I've been sitting around in shorts and a T-shirt chilled when the AC kicks on and off as I look out the window to see poor little deer sweating and crows lined up three deep to get in the birdbath.
Yes, I am well aware of all of that - hell, I live in OKLAHOMA, weather hell on Earth lives here, guaranteed! All people need is the ambient temperature and the humidity numbers - "feel-like" temperatures are utter nonsense.
In reality you ar right. When I was a kid, before thermometers were invented, all we knew when we went to school or out to play was it's hot or cold. Sometimes the guy on the tube type console radio might say "it's 80 degrees outside today." If we got hot we played in the shade and drank a lot of CoolAide.
And it will get worse, if we live long enough to see it.:banghead3: I've been to Tulsa (Sepulveda) OK in the winter, and froze my %^$# off. In the summer, it's lubricated with sweat. God bless all the hardy souls who endure that place. Tornadoes are only a myth.
