You just never know when it'll be raining when it's summer in Tampa, but you do know that it will most likely rain every day in July and August. If it's 4:00, and it hasn't rained yet, that doesn't mean a thing . . . it still will.
On the flip side, the weather changes quickly. It could be raining one minute, and twenty minutes later, the sun is shining. That's one of the best times because the showers cool it down. Oh, some negative types will? complain about? the humidity - okay, almost everybody who is not a Tampa native will complain about it, but you know what? At least we can get out and go places every single day all year. If it? wasn't better than in the snowy, cold, North, then we wouldn't have so many people here who moved from there.
And even in the middle of summer we almost always get several hours of lovely sunshine in the morning. And I have to have that. I mean, really, I think I require daily sunshine just as much as a flower or a tree, and if I have to put up with some rain and humidity, well, I can do that. Actually, I like the rain. I don't like it when I am ready to go for a run, but I love it when I'm just hanging out at home. And the thunder and lightening. I kinda like that, too. It's just Mother Nature flexing her muscles and reminding us that we're not in charge, she is.
For me, I'm okay with it, and for those people who have to complain, I say, "Why did you move here? Yes, it's dreary today, and wet, and humid. But you CAN go outside. You are never stuck in your house for days at a time.
When I was a kid growing up here, almost no one had air conditioning. When I was 7 years old, we had a house built in Old Carrollwood. I still remember having the discussion about whether to get AC. My brother and I argued that we didn't need it - we didn't know any better. My sister was adamant that we had to have it. We got it and immediately became spoiled, but fully half of the homes in original Carrollwood were built without central air. Imagine that.
We went to school with no air, too. An nobody felt sorry for us. Everything is relative.?
My daughter was visiting in Rhode Island recently, and she said? they were having quite a hot spell. I guess it gets hot everywhere. The difference is that no one there has air conditioning. Oh, there are window units, but no? central air.
I'll take Tampa any day, heat, humidity, rain, and all. This is home, and I'm stayng.
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