It got up to over 100 in my house . . . . we had no central air because up north you don't have it in older houses and generally don't need it -- a box fan in the window will suffice. Freakishly hot summer that year.
I had to get up several times a night, dunk myself in a cold bath and go back to bed.
It was miserable.
Now I'm in Florida and anyone here will tell you, we cherish our A/C. Can't live without it for a single minute.
But Mary, I wouldn't trade all of our miserably hot summers for a single winter up there in the snow.
I hate being cold and I especially hate driving on a foot of ice for months. That was my last winter up there, just as miserable as my last summer.
I'm not coming back I don't care how many George Zimmerman's get off Scott free.
It upsets me a little when people say "Florida screwed up". Florida didn't. A handful of Floridians screwed up.
But I think Zimmy will move out of state. It simply isn't safe for him here. There are a handful of states that would welcome him and let him kill as many black 17 year olds as he wants . . . I won't name names.
But if he stays here his life isn't worth a plug nickel. If he stays he won't live out the year, that's my opinion.