There seems to be some
misunderstanding, some erroneous ideas that I might miss the balmy weather of
Florida. I do not. That balmy weather only happens for two months. The rest of
the year is unrelenting humidity and heat unlike anything ever experienced in
Chicago. Sure, Chicago has had higher temperatures and high humidity, but that
bad weather only lasts a few days before it lets loose its grip. We might have
a cold spell of below zero temperatures here, but that normally lasts no more
than a couple of days. And yes, this was a very long winter that started on
Halloween. Really something I've never seen before, snow and below freezing
weather on that children's holiday. Which was great in a way, because I wasn't
bothered by all those begging kids ringing my doorbell and making my dogs bark.
One good thing about the freezing cold is that it mitigates the critters. All
winter long, no bugs. Everything that hibernates, hibernated. Whereas in
Florida it was a non-stop battle with giant flying cockroaches, fleas, ticks,
and other vermin. So, the question is do I like Chicago winter weather more or
less than Florida's ten months of hyper-summer? No, not really. But the thing
is I can tolerate the winter much easier than Florida heat. A sweaty,
overweight, seventy year old man is not a pretty sight.
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