Comments on: A Very Florida Winter

By: Mary@Everyday Baby Steps

Mary@Everyday Baby Steps — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:12:18 +0000

Um, I feel bad for you. I think. I’d be buying me some sweaters though. Any excuse to shop, baby! Good luck staying warm with those pashminas. :)

By: Melizzard

Melizzard — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:54:37 +0000

“We are so used to avoiding heat that we aren’t sure where to find it when we actually need it.” – Perfect description of our crazy Florida winter panic!

By: Cami

Cami — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:44:38 +0000

I love the take on FL winter. I lived in MA for 31 years, then braved the Chicago winter before moving to Mexico City. I don’t think I’ve ever been as much of a whiner as I am now about the cold. BUT IT’S FREAKING FREEZING HERE!! I’m not kidding. And we don’t have heat to warm us up. My hands and feet have been frozen all day and they don’t ever get warm without a shower or being layered by two blankets. I’m wearing fuzzy socks, slippers, pants, a long sweater, short-sleeved shirt, long-sleeved summer sweater, an alpaca scarf, and a wool hat, the laptop is on my lap, and I’m still freezing. It was NOT like this in Mass. Not inside anyway.

By: robyn

robyn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:56:57 +0000

The winter before I moved to Florida, I lived in Philadelphia. I survived the Blizzard of ‘96. I drove and walked through 72″ of snow from Oct – Mar. And this week has broken me. My body just isn’t used to it. What you say about our homes not being heat-efficient or made for this is so true!

But now when everyone wants to make fun of us and counter with their negative windchill, we can quote this. SCIENCE!

http://www.wesh.com/video/22123844/index.html

Our Floridian bodies, even if you used to live up north, aren’t able to adequately process the cold. And “cold” here is COLDER than there, regardless of thermometer. So nyah-nyah. “Ask Dr. Science! He knows more than you do.”