FoodBanter.com - Jay-sus! ...it's cold!!

Becca EmaNymton wrote:
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> On 11/13/2014 4:43 PM, Pete C. wrote:
> >
> > Becca EmaNymton wrote:
> >>
> >> On 11/13/2014 1:21 PM, Pete C. wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Cheri wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>>> It is all relative to what you are used to. Around here people start to
> >>>>> melt in the high 80s. If it gets into the 90s they call a heat alert.
> >>>>> OTOH, cold is not a big deal until it gets down near 0 (F).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> FWIW... it is 0 C here now, and snowing.
> >>>>
> >>>> I would love to see some snow from inside my house.
> >>>
> >>> Snow pictures on a postcard are plenty for me, but we do get snow here
> >>> in N. TX. Just enough to laugh at then it's gone. In fact with this
> >>> "polar vortex" here at the moment there is a threat of some snow
> >>> flurries Sunday.
> >>
> >> In Texas, the Dallas area has the worst weather, IMO. It gets cold
> >> enough during the winter to snow, then during the summer, temps can
> >> reach 105 degrees.
> >>
> >> It does not snow in the Houston area, and our hottest day last summer
> >> was 97 degrees. I love the heat, but I can't take the cold. Every
> >> winter when the weather turns cold, I threaten to move to Puerto Rico
> >> where it does not get cold, unfortunately, I do not speak Spanish.
> >>
> >> Becca
> >
> > I was in Houston a few years back and it was 110F and about 90%
> > humidity.
>
> Pete, please feel free to go to weatherunderground.com, and show me the
> dates when the weather was that hot in Houston, because I can not find
> it. weatherunderground.com keeps weather history, so it should not be
> too hard to find. There might be other places that record weather
> history, but I have not looked, I usually go to weatherunderground. It
> is perfect for people who travel.

I always use weather.gov - no advertising spam, your tax dollars at
work.

It was Saturday 2-Aug-2008, the historical data indicates 99F wherever
their station is. I was on a deck at a commercial dive training place
and the thermometer there was reading 110F. It didn't help that I was in
dive gear including a commercial dive helmet. It was frigin' hot.
Getting into the tanks to try underwater welding was a nice chance to
cool off.

>
> We lived in Shreveport for 5 years, which had temperatures similar to
> Dallas, and I could not handle the weather. There are people who love
> having 4 seasons and they love it when it snows, but I am not one of
> those people, but my sister is. No matter where you live in North
> America there will be weather you do not like. I have not found the
> perfect spot yet, although I would be happy to hear about it.

I'm pretty happy with NE TX.

>
> You have a wonderful evening, Pete, I am on my way to the kitchen to
> make burritos and a salad.

I went out for good Mex.