I read Patricia Kennedy's blog Weather Wimps? She is right. Weather (or better say our perception of it) is a funny thing. Same weather, same location, different perception.
Take Daytona Beach. Several days ago: air 67F, cold by our Daytona standards. People came from Midwest, they are in the Ocean. The ocean is 62F, freaking cold. Well, I am not sure it is much warmer in Midwest in summer anyway.
I remember swimming in July in 59F Black Sea. Not really pleasant, but what are you going to do if you are on vacation and this is all you can get?
When I came to Florida first time in winter, it was 57F and it was so wonderfully warm after New York. Last week we had 57F here and it was sooooooo cold.
When we moved to Florida my wife used to complain when the water in the ocean was 80F, that it was not refreshing, too warm. Now I can't get her in the water unless it is at least 80F, not enough warm.
Would you believe that she lived 14 years above the Arctic Circle where below -40F was not unusual? Kids in elementary school wold not go to school if the temperature dips below -40, but for high school kids there is no limit.
This was pre-computer era, and kids were out playing hockey no matter how cold it was. They actually were sweating...
Even 100" of snow would not stop and really slow down my Arctic Vorkuta. Main road need not to be ploughed as they built it high enough for the wind to clean it, and other roads would be cleared easily.
After 13 years in the Arctic, I ended up in Moscow and the first winter was just terrible. Damp, sleet, salt with sand was a slippery and ugly mess, and... no sun for a month and a half. So depressing. Hey, when I was in the arctic, the sun just wasn't there for months, and it never was that depressing.
Sure, there is no bad weather in the Arctic. And in Moscow you are entitled to some nice weather. It is the sense of entitlement that really makes a difference, not that much the weather itself.
Have a nice winter, guys! And warm.
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