You four seasons people have to be “hit over the head” with seasonal change to tell the difference. Warm weather people can tell the different subtle changes that make up the seasons. B) Actually that’s great. Y’all come on down and bring your snow bird money.
Some of this is heat tolerance. I can’t stand heat - heck I even go somewhere with cold water in the summer to escape the heat around home, which is hardly epic stuff by southern standards. Even if I don’t love cold all the time, it can be solved with a layer of clothing or burning a little more fuel in the furnace. Once I am too hot - which for me is anywhere from 85 up - all I can do is get into water or hide someplace with AC. Not that the getting into the water part isn’t nice, but most parks and water access points shut down at sunset so you have to go home or pay to camp.
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@kayamedic said:
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WOW! Two seasons in two days…
In S. Florida we like to think of our four seasons being…
Football, baseball, hockey and round ball…
@kayamedic said:
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Yup. Went through that yesterday afternoon when it was 50F & pouring buckets of rain, then dropped 40-some degrees in a few hours and back to snow. The big flash freeze. Oddly, the roads were great today. Mine had been sanded and the highway was completely clear.
Summer here is sometimes defined as three months of bad sledding. But then, what can you expect from a state shaped like a mitten? 
Where I used to live in upstate NY, we always said “Three months of spring, three months of fall, six months of winter, no summer at all.” I do miss the vibrant seasonal changes.
@kayamedic said:
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Actually, that’s what I find more of the problem.
‘Up there’ when it hangs around 0 degrees for a few weeks, when it get’s up to 30, it feels like spring.
‘Down here’ when it’s been in the 60s for a while, then goes down to the 30s, feels like the arctic.
(not to mention having to change whole sets of paddling gear each ‘transition’)
@Overstreet said:
The difference is down south,
- Our water is soft.
- We just can’t talk that much about snow tires.
But you can have terrific alligator in the yard and snake ID conversations
Soft water shortens your life
@kayamedic said:
@Overstreet said:
The difference is down south,
- Our water is soft.
- We just can’t talk that much about snow tires.
But you can have terrific alligator in the yard and snake ID conversations
And that is cool.
Hard water just makes it seem like you live longer!
Definitely do not have the traditional four seasons here in North Texas. 61 degrees yesterday afternoon and 16 this morning. I think the seasons are Dang Hot, Fall, Confused, and Tornado.
@TreeA10 said:
Definitely do not have the traditional four seasons here in North Texas. 61 degrees yesterday afternoon and 16 this morning. I think the seasons are Dang Hot, Fall, Confused, and Tornado.
Is that the part of Texas that gets “Blue Northerns”?
@TreeA10 said:
Definitely do not have the traditional four seasons here in North Texas. 61 degrees yesterday afternoon and 16 this morning. I think the seasons are Dang Hot, Fall, Confused, and Tornado.
That description is hilarious. Thanks for the laughter!
Out here in the PNW, we just had a spring preview this past weekend. It was all sunshine and in the 60’s. Yesterday was nice too and right now I’m watching the sun come up after an early morning shower. Hhmm, I might load up one of the kayaks and do some paddling today.
It’s been winter cold in SC, and may get a bit of snow tomorrow here in the Piedmont.
@Overstreet said:
@TreeA10 said:
Definitely do not have the traditional four seasons here in North Texas. 61 degrees yesterday afternoon and 16 this morning. I think the seasons are Dang Hot, Fall, Confused, and Tornado.Is that the part of Texas that gets “Blue Northerns”?
All of Texas is subject to Blue Northers. We had several in Houston.
Couple more differences:
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light!!! About 75 more minutes of light in south Florida versus Chicago on the shortest day of the year. Doesn’t sound like much but it is!
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based on the pics folks down south continue to paddle. Up here after about 6 weeks without liquid water, I find myself taking out a nice wood paddle and just holding it…maybe even talking to it a little. And going into the garage just to visit the boats.