W2R
Moderator Emeritus
I am pretty acclimated to our hot, humid, summery weather here in New Orleans. Sure, it gets colder in January and February, but usually only for a couple of days at a time. To me, "cold" is anything with a high below 65F.
Anyway, this year it has been no colder than usual for winter, but it has STAYED cold for longer! I haven't worn shorts and sandals since Monday and I am not happy about that. Just now I went out on my front porch to check for an Amazon delivery, and it is 52F out there. Brrrr. Utterly insane although at least there is no snow or ice like up north. I am glad I ordered some more warm, long pants from Land End that fit and that I got them yesterday.
The forecast is for cold weather until a week from Tuesday, and even then the high will just be 67F.
For me the disadvantages of living in New Orleans, like high crime and hurricane dangers, are usually balanced out by our amazing food, laissez faire "party on" attitudes towards life, reasonable cost of living, and hot weather. I love all of these and would put up with a lot for hot weather.
Hopefully we'll be back to shorts-and-sandals weather most of the time in two or three months. Then this summer I'll be complaining about the heat.
Anyway, this year it has been no colder than usual for winter, but it has STAYED cold for longer! I haven't worn shorts and sandals since Monday and I am not happy about that. Just now I went out on my front porch to check for an Amazon delivery, and it is 52F out there. Brrrr. Utterly insane although at least there is no snow or ice like up north. I am glad I ordered some more warm, long pants from Land End that fit and that I got them yesterday.
The forecast is for cold weather until a week from Tuesday, and even then the high will just be 67F.
For me the disadvantages of living in New Orleans, like high crime and hurricane dangers, are usually balanced out by our amazing food, laissez faire "party on" attitudes towards life, reasonable cost of living, and hot weather. I love all of these and would put up with a lot for hot weather.
Hopefully we'll be back to shorts-and-sandals weather most of the time in two or three months. Then this summer I'll be complaining about the heat.