[Psa1000]

It is like being in a snow globe in Upstate New York. It isn't that bad if you don't go outside

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Best ice scraper I've ever owned is now in a cheap shadow box...hanging prominently in the garage.

I use mine to scrape up stuck-on bits when mopping the tile floor. Hold onto the brush end and don't have to bend over!

[Kazmi]

Originally Posted by geofitz13

Looking outside to 6 inches of snow. Someday for us will be April 2019. Then I will take a picture of the snow shovel, and hang it in the lanai. Under it will be a table with a candle. Anytime it snows more than an inch up here, I will light the candle, take a picture and share it with our (former) northern friends!

April 2019 for us too! that will be a great spring!

This is what it looked like for us in MI yesterday. About 6-8 inches of snow and today the temps are bitter cold (low -5/ high 10). About the same for the rest of the week. Ok, now that Christmas is over the white stuff can go away

[manaboutown]

Ice scraper up north = bug scraper down south.

[TOMCAT]

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Great Villages video: Shovelin' Sunshine

Ted Merthe "The Villages Shovelin' Sunshine Song" - YouTube

Love it. Great video. Thank you.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Kazmi

April 2019 for us too! that will be a great spring!

This is what it looked like for us in MI yesterday. About 6-8 inches of snow and today the temps are bitter cold (low -5/ high 10). About the same for the rest of the week. Ok, now that Christmas is over the white stuff can go away

This is the main reason I moved from Massachusetts. Just can't take the cold anymore.

[rjn5656]

Make it sooner than later. You won't regret it.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by New Englander

This is the main reason I moved from Massachusetts. Just can't take the cold anymore.

rjn5656 is correct. I left Taxachusetts after the Blizzard of ‘78.


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[joldnol]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

But, But, But I thought it was going under water ?

it will be

[Brandy4]

Ah! but I also remember, and miss, the gorgeous Spring, Summer and Fall in beautiful New England - a far cry from the oppressive heat in sunny Florida.

[DrGinny]

I hear you!

[graciegirl]

People move to Florida for the warm weather.

Every day. By the thousands.

I am lucky to be one of them, but I am not being cocky or gloating to those who said that on the thread yesterday.

Sniffle.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Cisco Kid

But, But, But I thought it was going under water ?

You'll be able to ice fish, Cisco!

[Fraugoofy]

I love snow. No joke. Happy to be here right now!

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[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Brandy4

Ah! but I also remember, and miss, the gorgeous Spring, Summer and Fall in beautiful New England - a far cry from the oppressive heat in sunny Florida.

Florida summers extend for many months and are very humid and hot. Most folks essentially spend their summers indoors in air conditioned environments during the day and of course drive air conditioned vehicles between air conditioned structures. Some well-fixed long term Central Floridians whom I have met escape the long hot and humid summers by traveling "up north" somewhere cooler for a good chunk of the summer much as snowbirds escape their rough winters in Florida.

Central Florida experiences relatively short but cold winters as freezes do occur. Winter in Central Florida is rarely bikini weather much of the time! Of course the Tampa to Orlando stretch of Central Florida lies in the infamous lightning belt which ranks region #3 in the world for lightning strikes. Heavy road congestion in season, sink holes, love bugs, actually all kinds of bugs, hence the need for "birdcages" over pools and patios and the need for the extensive use of pesticides, hurricanes and tornados add to the situation.

It seems to me older folks such as myself do not tolerate cold easily (I never liked it) and don't want to deal with shoveling snow, driving in it or slipping, sliding and falling on ice. Hence they are motivated if not driven to escape it by moving to a climate offering a more hospitable winter.

Also for many retirees escaping high cost of living, high tax states runs a close second to escaping long dreary winters.

IMHO many of the thousands of retirees moving to Florida daily are weather, high cost of living and and high taxes refugees. They are moving "from" rather than "to".