Brrr! It is Cold in Southern California
@DeborahDiane (40320)
Laguna Woods, California
December 13, 2018 7:29pm CST
I grew up in Missouri, a state which regularly gets snow and ice. Now I live in Southern California, near the ocean, where we almost never get freezing weather.
I have become such a weather wimp! Anytime the morning temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius, I feel as if it is freezing outside.
Our family knows a young woman named Bev who moved from the US to Costa Rica about 10 years ago to teach school. She married a local man and is raising a family in Costa Rica. Bev's parents live in Florida. She posted this funny conversation with her 5 year-old daughter on Facebook this morning:
Bev's daughter: Mommy it is so cold today that I think it might snow!
Bev: Honey, you know it doesn't snow in Costa Rica! 
Bev's daughter: But mommy, it is almost as cold as when we visit grandma in Florida! 
Bev said she wants to take her daughter to see snow sometime when they are visiting the U.S., but she's afraid that being in really cold weather may be quite a shock to her young daughter who thinks Florida is cold! 
Bev's daughter: But mommy, it is almost as cold as when we visit grandma in Florida!
Bev said she wants to take her daughter to see snow sometime when they are visiting the U.S., but she's afraid that being in really cold weather may be quite a shock to her young daughter who thinks Florida is cold! 11 people like this
13 responses
@LadyDuck (472081)
• Switzerland
15 Dec 18
@DeborahDiane In Switzerland is a much colder even than most part of Italy and the south of France where we lived for 30 years.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@LadyDuck - Yes, that is much colder than I am accustomed to. I'm happy to stay indoors and warm when it is chilly outside, and I know it is much colder in Switzerland than it is in California!
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@LadyDuck - Yes, it is cold there, but soooo beautiful. I still have wonderful memories from our visit there.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Dec 18
Haha. I am a weather wimp too. Our weather is very mild really compared to most other places but I whinge about the heat in summer (maybe 40C if we're unlucky) and the cold in winter (maybe a frost occasionally). And mostly I can choose to stay indoors if I want to!
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@JudyEv - I'm glad to know there are other weather wimps all around the world! LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Dec 18
@MALUSE - Those are delightful phrases. I'll see if I can work them into a conversation sometime! LOL
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@sallypup (61627)
• Centralia, Washington
15 Dec 18
@DeborahDiane You lived around four hours from where my Mom did.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@sallypup - That is not very far at all by Missouri standards. We used to drive around the state all the time!
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@sallypup - I lived in St. Louis until I was 11, then in a town about 30 miles south of St. Louis until I was 18, and finally lived in Columbia, in central Missouri, while I was attending the University of Missouri. I spent a lot of time dealing with ice and snow while I was growing up.
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@JESSY3236 (20041)
• United States
18 Dec 18
lol We did have snow last week. But it's been in the 40's I think that's cold.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Dec 18
@JESSY3236 - Yes, I think the 40's is cold. I do not go horseback riding on weekends when the temperature is below 50.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@TJGray - We lived in Dallas and raised our children there for 25 years. I agree that the weather is wonderful most of the time. We had some cold weather, and it got hot in mid summer, but most of the time it was very mild.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@TJGray - That is how I felt about growing up in Missouri and later living for 25 years in Texas. The weather in Texas was much better! Now we live in California, and I love the weather here even more, although I actually miss those warm summer evenings in Texas!
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@TJGray (291)
• Hallettsville, Texas
15 Dec 18
@DeborahDiane not near as cold as Kansas that's for sure. I'll take the heat over the cold any day though
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@Karenmm - Yes, her daughter is very funny, but I don't think she knew she was being funny, since she has never actually been somewhere that gets really cold!
@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
14 Dec 18
@jstory07 - Yes, I'm sure she can't really imagine what it is like to be somewhere which actually gets snow!
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@Tampa_girl7 (50526)
• United States
14 Dec 18
My son has only seen two real nice snows
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@Tampa_girl7 - I think everyone should experience snow at least once in their lifetime ... but that may be enough for most people! LOL
@wolfgirl569 (108166)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Dec 18
I am sure her daughter would love it too.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@wolfgirl569 - Yes, I am sure that her children will love seeing snow when they finally get to see it. It is always an exciting time for children, and many adults!
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Dec 18
It must be cooler for being closer to the ocean. It's cool but we are "hot" compared to much of the rest of the country.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@JohnRoberts - Yes, we are hot compared to the rest of the country. I occasionally see people swimming in the ocean or playing on the beach when I am dressed in jeans and a warm sweatshirt! Yes, I am definitely a weather wimp! LOL
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
15 Dec 18
It will always depends one each one perspective. I am a weather wimp too
@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
14 Dec 18
That's great.. I'm in Illinois and use to the cold, but I think that would be a good sight for her to see.. the snow!! I love snow lol.
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@DeborahDiane (40320)
• Laguna Woods, California
15 Dec 18
@hillhjill - I am sure she will love the experience when she actually sees snow for the first time!
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