[Laker14]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

4 months????? So in other words, you go there for the last 6 weeks of winter, catch the 10 days of spring, 5 days of summer from June 29th to July 4, 10 days of autumn and finally the first 6 weeks of winter, then return to Florida. Lived that for 30 years.

You got it! People ask me if I "miss the changing of the seasons". No, I get it all in 4 months. It will soon be Spring here.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Laker14

???
I must be one of those nobodies. 4 months/year in The Finger Lakes of NY.

We head out mid May to northern house, until July, then travel farther north to lake house. Watch the colors turn, then slowly travel south to KY, over to NC, SC down the coast arrive back to TV sometime in November. Half our neighbors head north so you are not alone

[kingofbeer]

Originally Posted by missyomama

Are there things we can do to conserve energy in this extreme heat?

Should we leave garage doors open or closed and if we have attic stairs should we pull them open to let heat escape from the attic?

Do not leave the garage door open. The garages do not have any insulation in the walls from what I can tell. The inside of the garage is like a sauna. Feels like 110 degrees. Never had this garage extreme heat in any other Florida house. Must be the Villages construction practices.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by kingofbeer

Do not leave the garage door open. The garages do not have any insulation in the walls from what I can tell. The inside of the garage is like a sauna. Feels like 110 degrees. Never had this garage extreme heat in any other Florida house. Must be the Villages construction practices.

Which is the fault of the builder which by extension is the fault of the evil, greedy developer? Right? But there is a solution to that problem.........

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by kingofbeer

Do not leave the garage door open. The garages do not have any insulation in the walls from what I can tell. The inside of the garage is like a sauna. Feels like 110 degrees. Never had this garage extreme heat in any other Florida house. Must be the Villages construction practices.

The walls around the garage do not have insulation because insulating an unconditioned space does nothing to cool the space. This is standard practice in the construction industry, not just Florida or The Villages. The purpose of insulation is to slow down heat transfer between a conditioned space and an unconditioned space.

[Aces4]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Weather in The Villages January 2024...

Saturday Jan. 26: 75 and sunny.
Tuesday Jan. 9: 77 and partly cloudy.
Wednesday Jan. 24: 79 and partly cloudy.
Thursday Jan. 25: 81 and sunny.
Friday Jan. 26: 82 and partly cloudy.
Saturday Jan. 27: 81 and sunny.

Care to share what the temps were back in Jan. in your particular neck of the Wisconsin woods?

Sure, no prob…

34, 36, 37, 34, 36, 36, 37, 36, 36, 34, 32, 36, 23, 0,
0, 0, 12, 16, 9, 12, 14, 32, 36, 37, 37, 37, 39, 37, 37, 39, 43. That included two days of light snow.

Here’s February for you…

46, 41, 43, 43, 41, 45, 45, 52, 48, 39, 37, 45, 39, 45, 39, 32, 27, 39, 43, 50, 55, 55, 48, 32, 52, 57, 68, 27, 39. One day of light rain for the month.

Hope this helps you😉 and I’d like to reassure you it was easy to get around and indulge in our favorite activities with family and good friends.

As someone stated earlier, why the competition and put down of the northern states. Me thinks many protests too much to reassure themselves.

[rustyp]

What was the heat index in Utopia today ?

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by jacqueline larsen

I have my thermostat set on 80. I’ve adjusted to this cooling. Occasionally I also turn on the fan above the bed.
My bill is around $100/mo for an all electric 1200 sf house.

I keep mine on 73 during the day and 72 at night and my bill has never been higher than 144 for my 1500 Sq ft home 3 year old home.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I agree that a ceiling fan will cool your body, but my point was that it doesn't cool the room or reduce the humidity. But, I still do not like ceiling fans and I don't use them. I guess it is a personal preference.

i use them to circulate air when needed, and when doing the floors, but mainly keep it off indoors. i like them on the lanai

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by PugMom

i use them to circulate air when needed, and when doing the floors, but mainly keep it off indoors. i like them on the lanai

Fan good!

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I know a few (or knew, some passed) who have Florida residence but travel "back home" for the summers. Essentially snowbirds who make sure they are in the right place for enough days to qualify to file in the state with the more desirable income taxes.

Right but those aren’t Floridians if they’re traveling back “home” during the summer. I’m talking about born and raised Floridians.

[rustyp]

Originally Posted by Kelevision

Right but those aren’t Floridians if they’re traveling back “home” during the summer. I’m talking about born and raised Floridians.

They would be Seminoles ?

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Kelevision

Right but those aren’t Floridians if they’re traveling back “home” during the summer. I’m talking about born and raised Floridians.

All five of them?

That might be your definition but it isn't the definition most of the rest of us use. I now consider myself a Floridian, as does the county, state, FLHSMV, and Supervisor of Elections.

[sounding]

Originally Posted by GizmoWhiskers

This is not the norm for Florida if one has lived most of their life in FL.

The weather industry has created a NEW term, "heat dome" for what we are experiencing. They have created many new terms that coincide with the experimental weather engineering they are currently doing world wide to "dim" the sun.

The spraying of stratospheric aerosol injections amungst other nifty government projects are creating climate change for an earth that used to have natural changes in climate.

How cute that the weather industry pacifies us with new terms such as "heat dome" and new cloud names.

FL used to get pretty hot in late July to Aug, not Feb to Dec. We used to have rain from March to September to counter the heat. FL is baren dry now.
FL was never like AZ which it is now. It saddens me to see all the dying Palm Trees. FL used to get so much rain fungus was the threat for killing ones lawn not severe drought.

Now, with cloud seeding and other governmental experimentation we get rain seemingly when it's our turn. HAARP and other methods have been creating some intense weather in the country and world-wide. Ask Dubai and San Francisco about cloud seeding floods.

The Villages will eventually get to see some rain as the weather industry let's us know the new term for the extreme rain we will be getting. Perhaps they will name it "Golf Rain" in honor of The Villages lol.

What is a heat dome?

Heat Domes are nothing new, they just keep expanding as cities expand. This is called UHI (Urban Heat Island) effect - which has nothing to do with climate change. Climate change alarmism is nonsense, but climate change data shows there is no climate emergency. Find out more at the Weather Club ... The Villages Weather Club

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The solar on our pool is turned off and the water hasn’t gotten above 87 during the hottest time of the day, and we have southwest exposure? The chiller sounds nice, but not really necessary. That being said, I swam laps Friday evening at the La Hacienda sports pool and the water was pretty warm and looking a little greenish. After a half mile, I bagged the swim and went home to finish my swim tethered to the super swim pro (which is nice, but not the same as swimming in a regulation 25 yard pool). The sports pools can get pretty nasty this time of the year with the masses of people participating in group activities while drenched in suntan lotion.

We haven't run our chiller either, water hasn't been above 90 and most of the time it's between floating between 86 and 88. I'm surprised to hear people say their water is warm.