Its Lightning,Thundering, and Pouring Down Rain. Welcome to Sunny FL!

Don't be sorry. It is getting so there is no elbow room down here and we are running out of potable water because the rich insist on watering their foliage even when it is not allowed. There are estates down here that have their own water plants on their property so that no one can tell them how much water they are allowed to pump out of the aquifer. Down south there is a home on an island that was using fresh water to funish a beautiful manmade waterfall that just poured into the saltwater. They finally made him stop and use the available salt water and check every once in awhile to make sure that he is complying. He said the salt rusted out his equipment too fast. Idiot! I love the beauty of Canada. I just cannot handle the winters. I have been there many times in Spring and Fall!

You could try the west coast, that never gets too cold there, but it rains a lot i've heard. i've never been there myself.

Actually, it is the Eastern side of Canada that I like and have seen the most of. I would figure that the Lower Western part would be like Washington State which I have been to a couple of times though never in the winter. Nice to hear from you Little Sis!

That was tragic indeed, you you and also for all of us who will not get to see your interesting photos!

We can get thunderstorms 12 months out of the year. I just had a tragic accident with my camera. It was soaked with water at the New Years Party and is in the shop. I think it is a gonner. It will be a long while before I can afford to replace it.

Part of my income is tied up in that camera. I shall miss it. R.I.P.

Yes I know right where Pioneer is. I am about an hour East of there. Its cold up here in January. My sister lives in Florida, she was in the pool the other day, hehe. She cries about it being cold when it gets in the 60's, thats t-shirt weather for us.

My Dad was from Pioneer Ohio. Do you know where that is? Its up in the north west corner. Da*mn cold up there too. It is grey here too and it is no longer in the 80s. You wait around 5 minutes here and the weather changes. It will be pretty chilly for Fl. for the rest of the week I think. When you are from here, you don't handle the cold as well I guess. Pluss it goes up and down so fast you cannot get used to anything. Stay warm!! Shalom~Adoniah

Well the 80s are gone already. But it looks like the rain will be back again today and tommorrow. The coast gets it even when the interior is dry. One thing about Fl though if you hang around for five minutes the weather might change.lol

Yes, so I understand. I have a friend in Florida, in Fort Walton Beach, and she's always in her shorts by March. She says it's pretty hot, whilst here, we're still suffering low temps and rain! lol.

Yes, by March it is usually fairly warm. However, when I was still captaining boats a few years ago, I can remember cold fronts still coming through to the Southern Bahamas in late April and early May. We were in jeans and sweat shirts all day and no one was in the water without a full wetsuit. So as I say the weather down here can really be flukey!

I don't care either way. As long as I don't have any snow to deal with I am very happy.

You are the first person to want to trade. Do not be so quick to believer the reterick of global warming. Besides, if it is true, the US is supposed to get the brundt of a mini ice age. There are so many theories out there that no one really knows anything for sure. And of course you know that a theory is only true until someone else proves it wrong.

It will be in the 40's at night in a few days. This is how we get so sick down here. It goes from very hot to wet and cold. The weather changes with the blink of an eye. Either that or the Yankees keep leaving the door open when they go back and forth. That may very well be the problem.lol

No,I am from Florida. I spent some time in Maryland though. That is where an Uncle had a farm. It was beautiful country when I was a kid. I haven't been there in years..They moved down here.

Hello Awonderful, Well it is raining right now, then it will get cold. Then it will warm up and rain again. It depends on how long they stay. If they stay a week or so, they will get to see it all.lol Shalom

Yeah, even though it does not get as cold here as it does up North it is wet. Summer and Winter it is wet. The wetness somehow makes it hotter in Summer and colder in Winter. Go figure.

Well, sure as I posted that last comment and it rained here last night. I would have parked the car out in the open if I had known and gotten a nice free wash for it. But you are right about the smell, All I have here is wet asphalt and concrete as well. I guess living back east in PA and OH, even when it was built up, we had lots of green space.

I shouldn't complain too much at least here I can still go to the beach and enjoy the ocean. They have preserved several public access points that are about 7 miles from where I live. My favorite time at the beach is the times that others tend to stay away. I love it when it is wild and windy. Shalom

Welcome Whittby, The problem here is that they have built this place up so much that when it rains it smells like wet asphalt and cement. It used to smell good like the earth and the leaves like it is supposed to. I miss that so. Shalom~Adoniah

I enjoy all that natur brings. I have been through hurricanes and ice storms and very close to a few tornados, those I can do without. I even weathered a hurricane onboard a sailboat. I didn't do it on purpose, just could not get good weather reports where I was and it sneaked up on us.

We had the two I dislike the most today... wind AND snow! And the day before was 50 degrees and sunny! Sounds like Washington!LOL!

Its chilly here now at least for Fl. I have Tiamet's heat lamp on her and she is all snuggled up under it. She won't budge. I will have to move it over closer to her food dish I think at lunch time.lol

Yeah, there is only so much room inside to stash the outside stuff too. It started out sunny this morning but the clouds are a comin',and the temperature is a droppin'.

It seems like you have seen a lot of snow.lol Why don't you try Arizona next? That will be a shock to the system. Nice dry heat. I grew up here in Florida with its constantly changing weather and almost constant humidity. Then I went into the Navy. After Bootcamp in Orlando and schooling in Tenn. I went to Southern Spain. What a difference, it was semiarid. No rain!! I thought I was going to turn into a prune. Fortunately, I had to travel a lot so I was able to go to places where it did rain and snow and do all that stuff. Eventually I grew to love Southern Spain and if I had to live anywhere else besides the States It would be there or an island in the Carribean. Shalom~Adoniah

The thing about Florida is the weather is so flukey. The sun has only been out for about 3 hours in the last 5 days. We had rain storms again today so the tourists are all probably very angry at the weather folks. They said it was supposed to be party coudy and 80 degrees on the coast today. Yeah, right! It was totally cloudy and rainy and maybe 70.

Oh my goodness, Tiamet sounds like a real hoot (no ornithological pun intended). Hubby used to raise Cockateels, and we have a small flock of chickens. Though neither are nearly as much fun sounding as Tiamet seems to be. We also have a friend who has an African Grey named Bogart. And, based on the stories that she tells about Bogart's antics, I imagine that you have a very entertaining companion in Tiamet! As for dogs & lightning ... this is rather interesting (I think anyway). Since the overwhelming majority of lighting begins in the Earth's crust, and is drawn upward, I believe that they feel it through their paws. We had Wolves and Wolf-hybrids for many years. The more 'sensitive' of them would claw at the ground, as if to dig up the source of the irritation. One of our females would try to dig her way to China, if we'd let her, which of course was very frustrating when she was in the house! I'm rather curious about Tiamet. So, I guess I'd better backtrack and read your Tiamet topic.