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Right with you! One day seven years ago I was shoveling my driveway in Chicago in -40 windchill and my thighs went numb, and two days later I was standing in 80 degree sunshine as we moved into our new house here in Naples. I thought, "Frig that place, I'm never going back."
Since then I've experienced 84 consecutive months of summer weather. Since there are only about 4 months a year of warm weather in Chicago (and that's stretching it), it would have taken me 21 years to experience 84 months of summer--and then only eeked out in 4 month increments with 9 months of crap weather in between, often like that seen in those videos.
Having lived in Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City, I can say Naples isn't even close to being as hot as those places, which was a pleasant surprise because I expected it to be ultra-hot here. Hits the high 80s or low 90s in summer, then a convectional thunderstorm will brew up in early afternoon and the associated downdrafts cool the place off to the mid-70s, where it often stays for the rest of the day.
Hurricanes can be a problem but the concern of tracking them is the worst part. The WX channel cracks me up with their reporting--ooh, look, a "named" storm! Run for the hills! Feh. (Plus, haven't they heard of filming through windows? Enough already of the morons standing outside in a hurricane. We know a hurricane is windy! You don't see reporters running into a burning building and going "Wow, it sure is hot and smokey in here!" Thanks for that breaking news story, Cronkite.) A tropical storm here doesn't even come close to being as intense as an Oklahoma mesocyclone, yet the WX channel would have you believe it's the end of the world because it's a "named" storm. We stayed put through Charlie and Wilma and lived to tell the tale. Based on those experiences, I can do lesser storms standing on my head, although I damn sure wouldn't want to go through anything stronger or been any closer to those eyes.
Since then I've experienced 84 consecutive months of summer weather. Since there are only about 4 months a year of warm weather in Chicago (and that's stretching it), it would have taken me 21 years to experience 84 months of summer--and then only eeked out in 4 month increments with 9 months of crap weather in between, often like that seen in those videos.
Having lived in Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City, I can say Naples isn't even close to being as hot as those places, which was a pleasant surprise because I expected it to be ultra-hot here. Hits the high 80s or low 90s in summer, then a convectional thunderstorm will brew up in early afternoon and the associated downdrafts cool the place off to the mid-70s, where it often stays for the rest of the day.
Hurricanes can be a problem but the concern of tracking them is the worst part. The WX channel cracks me up with their reporting--ooh, look, a "named" storm! Run for the hills! Feh. (Plus, haven't they heard of filming through windows? Enough already of the morons standing outside in a hurricane. We know a hurricane is windy! You don't see reporters running into a burning building and going "Wow, it sure is hot and smokey in here!" Thanks for that breaking news story, Cronkite.) A tropical storm here doesn't even come close to being as intense as an Oklahoma mesocyclone, yet the WX channel would have you believe it's the end of the world because it's a "named" storm. We stayed put through Charlie and Wilma and lived to tell the tale. Based on those experiences, I can do lesser storms standing on my head, although I damn sure wouldn't want to go through anything stronger or been any closer to those eyes.