Hurricane Season USA

bigmck said:

It seems like every area of the US has some type of disaster for that region. I was trying to think, what does Arizona, New Mexico have? Aren't they pretty "disaster free"?

New Mexico is a good choice because you can choose from several climate zones. Another option for a moderate climate is probably Maine - except for the cold winters.

JonM33 said:

CarlTR6 said:

I grew up in Florida; hurricanes are just part of the landscape like earthquakes on the west coast, tornadoes in tornado ally, and blizzards in the northern tier of states. I wouldn't trade the hurricanes for the blizzards. :)

I don't know, February had a record for snow fall this year in Ohio. I quite enjoyed it.

With Florida the summers are always rainy and incredibly unbearable due to the heat and humidity. The winters you have "season" which is where all the "snow birds" come down and clog up traffic and cause accidents. You also have all the dry heat in the winter, which means a LOT of brush fires. I recall one time Alligator Alley was shut down for a couple days due to those fires. Soon those beaches on the west coast are going to be destroyed. There's also lots of crime from the illegal immigrant problem in Florida. They bring drugs, prostitution, rape, robbery and murder.

Let's not forget the bugs! First house I lived in (Lehigh Acres) we always had huntsman spiders, brown widows and black widow spiders. Second house wasn't so bad but the third house I rented I had a ghost ant infestation. I had to use Ant Kil with boric acid to get rid of them.

If I never see snow again, I will not be sad. For me, Florida gives me the opportunity to ride year round. I am not a winter person.

By the way, I lived in Buckingham for ten years on the Orange River. Loved it.

It is all in what you are used to. As a second generation native Floridian, snow and cold weather have no relationship to Christmas for me. And having spent considerable time in the tropic, Christmas does not equal snow. :)

Phone Man said:

Arizona has Illegal Aliens and New Mexico has Real Aliens.

Jim

You are sssooo clever.

No offense at all. And I hate love bugs ... especially as a motorcycle rider.

Actually Florida does have a native pine that makes fairly nice Christmas trees, Sand Pine. As the name indicates they grow on the sand ridges of Central and North Florida and the panhandle. We used to cut our own. If we happened to be in the state for Christmas when my kids were growing up, we kept the tradition of cutting our own alive.

Oh, and most of those songs are meaningless to me. They aren't about real Christmas; they only apply to the figid northern wastelands. :)

Tropical Depression #2 heading to Brownsville, Tx Landfall 7PM TONIGHT. At 35mph now but may go to 40 or 45 before landfall.



Jim

Wow that thing moved in quick. Made landfall a few hours ago but only about 30mph winds but the main concern is the rain and flooding.



Jim