I woke up to 35 degree F weather this morning. Windchill is in the mid 20s.
I know, that’s nothing to you guys with minus degree weather. And I’m always in NYC where I’ve been in 17 degree F weather at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but I guess down here in Miami, the cold doesn’t feel the same – maybe it’s the humidity, but it feels much colder.
People ask how we can stand the heat and humidity of the summer, which we really don’t feel if we live here – I honestly feel hotter when I’m in NYC, so I guess with the cold, we feel colder even when it’s not as cold as up north.
Summer has been brutal in NYC these past few years – I almost had heat stroke a couple of summers ago. I’m just saying.
The last time it was 32 or 35 degrees here was about 15 years ago. I remember it well. We had a food festival in the village and I remember trying to sell drinks, sticking my hands in the ice to get the glasses ready, all bundled up. Every once in awhile that photo of me bundled up pops up on social media.
One of my cousins told me that she doesn’t want to hear any complaints about it being too hot this summer from anyone, since we are all wishing for warmer weather now.
When I was a kid, I always looked forward to cold weather in Miami. I guess as you get older, you don’t wish for cold weather anymore, although I do wonder about those people who live in the Dakotas, Minnesota and areas near there that say they love the cold and snow.
I saw a show on PBS not long ago about a town in Maine where they waited and wished for the snow – and they then did everything out in the snow – I don’t mean skiing and winter sports – I mean holding school classes at picnic tables and having picnics and of course swimming. Yes, they loved doing polar bear swims – more than once in the winter.
Some of my favorite tv shows are Alaska-basked – “Life Below Zero” and “Port Protection Alaska,” etc., and the residents there thrive on the cold.
I don’t want to say I thrive on the heat, but I now do prefer a 76 degree day to 35 degrees. I know the iguanas prefer it, too.
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