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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone have a personal problem to share? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I worked in Grand Rapids for two years and loved it there but many people hate snow and cold most. Humidity makes heat even more intolerable. I'd like to visit Louisiana but it would have to be in the Winter. I used to work with a recruiter in New Orleans. I talked to her about mid-October one year while I was living in Jamestown, NY near Lake Erie. She said she couldn't wait to leave work and head for the beach. She asked if the leaves were pretty where I was. I told her that almost all of them were on the ground now and that it had snowed the Monday before. She asked how long it generally snowed. She said once or twice a year it may get down to freezing and when it does, the State Police close the ramps to I-10. I said snow season is mid-October to mid-May but that snow that accumulates is rare before November or after April.
Weather plays a role in how some people feel and if they are depressed. Some friends of ours from church moved to Phoenix years ago and invited us to visit. We explained that finances didn't permit that kind of travel but thanks. Chris suggested that we might want to move there as things were cheaper than Philly. I said it was just too hot. He said that dry heat was much more comfortable than humid heat. I told him when the humidity gets high the news lists the heat index which is sometimes 110 F but in Phoenix it's just 110 F so what's the difference? I think the devil gets people into hell by telling them "It's a dry heat."
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