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Post by hchoops on Jul 17, 2023 15:34:21 GMT -5
Weather is cyclical and always has been. Temps will swing back in the other direction Respectfully, you may be in the very small minority of climate scientists with that forecast.
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Post by mm67 on Jul 17, 2023 15:46:38 GMT -5
Not to be a contrarian. For much the year, totally agree that Fl. is too darn hot & humid. The soggy air hangs with little to no breeze only to be interrupted by hellacious thunderstorms starting around 3PM followed by lower temps, less humidity sort of. And, don't forget the mosquitoes. Ugh! However, Dec-Mar/Apr(?) the weather is quite comfortable less humidity, lower temps and some breezes. As people said the high humidity is out of the air. Nights are very comfortable.The area around Sarasota(actually Venice beach) up through |St Pete's Beach is truly nice. Sarasota is a cultural hub. There are some truly lovely drives along the Gulf with good restaurants & beautiful beaches( such as Siesta Key Beach). Although Sarasota has overdeveloped the last 20 years, it is not the concrete prison of S. Florida (Broward. Palm Beach County) w/folks packed together like sardines. Winter weather is ideal. We never rented as in my previous life we had a place down there but 3 month winter rental of condos or even houses w/cats are usually available. Peace.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jul 17, 2023 16:18:06 GMT -5
Weather is cyclical and always has been. Temps will swing back in the other direction Respectfully, you may be in the very small minority of climate scientists with that forecast. No doubt and I am happy to stand in the minority on this one.
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Post by sader1970 on Jul 17, 2023 17:25:28 GMT -5
I am a firm believer that people should have total choice where they should live.
I happen to like having four seasons and not 2-2.5 seasons and why I won’t be spending the rest of my life in Florida or Syracuse (God bless Tracy Barlok and Phil Gibson!😊).
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 17, 2023 18:04:39 GMT -5
Recently, three weeks ago, I was in Central and South Florida, hot, humid, with a series of thunderstorms. Driving the Florida turnpike in a storm, without All Wheel Drive is an adventure.
The architecture of the new 55+ developments in Florida is puzzling. I have close relatives who move into a house three years ago…. Very Nice two bedroom home, developed by Del Webb, clustered around a lagoon….with a couple of pet gators inhabiting.
And the reason people want to move to Fl, SC, Louisiana is…..
Polk Salad Annie….Gator got your granny…chomp, chomp, chomp. 😳🤔
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jul 17, 2023 18:46:49 GMT -5
Back in 1980, the day of the Holy Cross-Iona NCAA basketball game, I flew into LaGuadia from DC on the Eastern Shuttle.
Arrived about 4:30 PM, with time to spare after missing lunch while at a meeting with IBM, with a colleague who also was a HC grad. Decided to go to the cafeteria in the Marine Terminal, before a flight home at 6:00 PM.
Go up to the counter, sought to order a hamburger, was told….No, No, No…Grill Closed, Grill Closed. Then asked if I could have a Tuna Sandwich, again…No, No, No, Grill Closed, Grill Closed. Ok. We settled for Pretzels and a Beer. We took our trays to the table, had our late lunch, and got up to leave to take our flight. The bearded man behind the counter, looks at us and said, you, you you….bus your trays….we looked at him and said….No, No, No…Grill Closed, Grill Closed…., He said, You, You, You, No come back here no more. It was not NAD, however, ……
The man behind the counter was the person the “Soup Nazi” from Steinfeld was based.
To my disappointment, last month I was scheduled to fly into LaGuadia on my way to Florida on Delta. I got rerouted to Detroit instead. I was hoping to prove him wrong by coming back. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Post by Chu Chu on Jul 18, 2023 13:58:52 GMT -5
Respectfully, you may be in the very small minority of climate scientists with that forecast. No doubt and I am happy to stand in the minority on this one. A wonderful book to read on this topic is The Weather Makers by the Australian scientist Tim Flannery. It discusses climate change, and its scientific basis and effects, while looking at the natural cycles that some seem to believe are causing current changes. The book was written in 2005 and is still relevant. The things it forecast are happening now. I had the experience of reading this book in my men's book club, and all of us, skeptics and otherwise, felt it was an incredibly interesting and useful book that got away from the "he said she said" monologues typical of today's climate debate. I heartily recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Jul 18, 2023 15:37:55 GMT -5
Well, if you only hardly recommend it. All kidding aside, it's on my list.
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Post by mm67 on Jul 19, 2023 10:38:33 GMT -5
Truthfully, I did not realize there was a debate within the mainstream scientific community about climate change & its relationship to human activity. Of course on the fringe one can find almost anything. Obviously, I'm not a scientist, just a plain older guy who follows doctor's orders and reads NY Times articles as reported from mainstream scienctific publications. America is a wonderful country in which differences of opinion are nourished. No need to continue.
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