Coming back to TV to escape the heat!

[eweissenbach]

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[tophcfa]

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I hear ya. We have had a relatively comfortable summer so far in the northeast, but this week is bringing mid 90’s with high humidity. Wishing we were at our Villages home where we have air conditioning and a pool : )

[Keefelane66]

In Newport, RI hasn't broken 80° iyet haven't turned on A/C a cool couple of mornings thought of turning the heat on to take the chill out low humidity so far this summer.

[manaboutown]

Been running 64 -72 in Newport Beach, CA. Hit 75 today.

It has been reaching 100+ in Boise, ID though and 110 - 116 in Phoenix. It has been a hot summer over most of the country.

[ThirdOfFive]

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I'm probably like a lot of people. Having lived my just about my entire life up on The Tundra (AKA Minnesota) I had heard the stories about the HORRIBLE HEAT in the "deep south". Northern media love to run stories about people dying from the heat (I suppose southern media love to run stories about people freezing to death in places like Minnesota, Montana, Maine, etc.). But we're nearing our second year in TV and I found out that I LOVE the summers down here.

Several reasons for that, I guess. One is that as Florida is DEEPER than the "deep south" what goes on in Texas or the middle of gulf states doesn't necessarily apply to Florida. Also being a peninsula, the only time that the wind ISN'T off the ocean is if it is coming from the north. I did some research: the part of Minnesota where I lived has more 100 degree days in any given year than this part of Florida.

Second, The weather here is predictable. Five months of the year it's warm and clear in the morning, cloudy and getting warmer by noon, mid-90's by 3 PM and then rain. Other five months--cool and dry. Two transitional months where you just don't know. And of course the odd hurricane. But Minnesota can have a range of temps in a year that can hit 115 degrees above zero to 60 degrees BELOW zero. That's a span of 175 degrees. I'll take the 60-or-so span possible in Florida over that, any day.

Third, Summers here are not crowded. Tee times just by calling the course instead of reserving one three days in advance. Shorter lines at restaurants and Publix checkout lines. Stuff like that. We'd seriously considered spending June-July-August up in MN (I have a friend who owns a resort near the Canadian border) but that's not on the list any more. Instead we're thinking of using high-snowbird season to travel.

Fourth, great tan.

Many reasons to love TV.

[pauld315]

Been running 64 -72 in Newport Beach, CA. Hit 75 today.

It has been reaching 100+ in Boise, ID though and 110 - 116 in Phoenix. It has been a hot summer over most of the country.

Very normal for Phoenix. However, 110 there is more comfortable than 90 here

[pauld315]

I'm probably like a lot of people. Having lived my just about my entire life up on The Tundra (AKA Minnesota) I had heard the stories about the HORRIBLE HEAT in the "deep south". Northern media love to run stories about people dying from the heat (I suppose southern media love to run stories about people freezing to death in places like Minnesota, Montana, Maine, etc.). But we're nearing our second year in TV and I found out that I LOVE the summers down here.

Several reasons for that, I guess. One is that as Florida is DEEPER than the "deep south" what goes on in Texas or the middle of gulf states doesn't necessarily apply to Florida. Also being a peninsula, the only time that the wind ISN'T off the ocean is if it is coming from the north. I did some research: the part of Minnesota where I lived has more 100 degree days in any given year than this part of Florida.

Second, The weather here is predictable. Five months of the year it's warm and clear in the morning, cloudy and getting warmer by noon, mid-90's by 3 PM and then rain. Other five months--cool and dry. Two transitional months where you just don't know. And of course the odd hurricane. But Minnesota can have a range of temps in a year that can hit 115 degrees above zero to 60 degrees BELOW zero. That's a span of 175 degrees. I'll take the 60-or-so span possible in Florida over that, any day.

Third, Summers here are not crowded. Tee times just by calling the course instead of reserving one three days in advance. Shorter lines at restaurants and Publix checkout lines. Stuff like that. We'd seriously considered spending June-July-August up in MN (I have a friend who owns a resort near the Canadian border) but that's not on the list any more. Instead we're thinking of using high-snowbird season to travel.

Fourth, great tan.

Many reasons to love TV.

I love summers here but mainly because all the tourists and snowbirds go to wherever they go. You can actually get into restaurants, classes, pickleball courts etc etc.

[Tvflguy]

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Oh no! Now TV has Summer Birds…

[Remembergoldenrule]

TV is best in summer! It is quiet resort. Also, best time to buy house since less people here to compete with and best houses for sale especially up North of 44.

[Larryandlinda]

We prefer the summers too - roads less crowded for biking, restaurant staffs kinder, and fewer bugs, and just a few more degrees than DC.
At the end of a ride the Florida sweat is far less sooty than DC and Md.
Most anyone can get ‘used to it’ and we only turn on AC when it’s 100 or guests ask.
Hope to be full timing TV asap.

[MrFlorida]

I like it here where we have only two seasons:
6 months of summer, and then another 6 months of summer.....

[Michael G.]

Coming from the Midwest I got sick of 6 months of spring, summer, and fall, then 6 months of winter.

And winter I don't just the cold and snow, I mean the overcast dreary 50-degree days for weeks.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Was never fond of the humid, breeze-less, hot Connecticut summers. Also not fond of the grey biting winds that came with 5-20° winters.

But I will forever miss Autumn. There is nothing good about Florida, that is better than a Connecticut Autumn.

[golfing eagles]

We prefer the summers too - roads less crowded for biking, restaurant staffs kinder, and fewer bugs, and just a few more degrees than DC.
At the end of a ride the Florida sweat is far less sooty than DC and Md.
Most anyone can get ‘used to it’ and we only turn on AC when it’s 100 or guests ask.
Hope to be full timing TV asap.

To quote Dr. McCoy from the Star Trek OS episode "Amok Time"---"Looks like I won't be making any house calls on you":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[justjim]

We prefer the summers too - roads less crowded for biking, restaurant staffs kinder, and fewer bugs, and just a few more degrees than DC.
At the end of a ride the Florida sweat is far less sooty than DC and Md.
Most anyone can get ‘used to it’ and we only turn on AC when it’s 100 or guests ask.
Hope to be full timing TV asap.

We have our AC set at 80 degrees while we are vacationing and away from TV because of the real possibility of mold buildup. But to each his own.

It has been hotter than usual this summer in Central Illinois but 75 is comfortable in-house. We keep the AC in the SUV around 74 and so the driving miles are all cool. BTW, it has been our experience that thermostats are not always accurate as some have their thermostats set on 79 and it’s really 75 degrees in their house.

[tophcfa]

Biggest difference between a humid 95 degree day in the Villages and our place up north is that up north when you go outside you walk into a cloud of nasty hard biting horseflies. At least the ticks disappear during the July and August heat, but they’ll be back in September. Give me Florida love bugs any day.

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Heat index here was 107 yesterday, with humidity so high you might want to consider staying there???