Comments on: Brrrr

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:19:49 +0000

You move 20 miles North and snow is usual during the winter, no much and it doesn’t stay, but there is some every year.

I’m concerned about the Shuttle launch and the temperature. We have another cold front due tomorrow night.

By: Mustang Bobby

Mustang Bobby — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:29:43 +0000

According to the Weather Channel’s “Local on the 8’s,” it was 69F when I got up this morning (4:05 a.m.). Last night it got down to about 65, I think.

What amazes a lot of people is that there are parts of Florida that regularly get cold in winter. They hear “Florida” and think Miami. But it’s an eight-hour drive from here to Pensacola — as far from Cleveland to New York City — and it’s a whole other world up there. Very pretty — but not tropical.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:48:59 +0000

In the North you want glass on the South side to collect heat and light during the winter, while it reverses down here. We favor light colored roofs to reflect heat, while you use dark roofs in the North. Reversed design considerations have a price.

We have people who retire down here from the North and build the house they are use to and pay the price in the summer.

I don’t have the Stream, I have the Gulf two miles south of me and it is at about 70°. The problem is that the wind is coming from the North, so that warm air can’t get to us.

By: jamsodonnell

jamsodonnell — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:22:09 +0000

Hmm we haven’t even come close to freezing point yet. Thanks the appropriate deity for the Gulfstream!

By: Anya

Anya — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:35:50 +0000

On the other hand, Bryan, homes in Minnesota and New Hampshire were designed to retain heat. We’d die in Florida in the summertime. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:38:55 +0000

Last I knew Minnesota had furnaces and insulated houses, which is not a universal feature of the Florida Gulf Coast.

By: Rook's Rant

Rook's Rant — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:22:37 +0000

That Is Cold?…

Wimp! This time of year, 32° is down right balmy for Minnesota…….

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:32:24 +0000

At 7:55AM it was a whopping 34° down here. I would be happy to ship you 5 or 10 degrees of frost because houses down here are designed for air conditioning, not heating.

By: Anya

Anya — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 13:00:40 +0000

At 8am EST, it’s 24° in New Hampshire. ‘Bout freakin’ time; the ski resort operators were getting antsy.