Weather and Other Fun Stuff
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10/28/2005
The weather is Hot, Humid...and Hot. The summers are dismal, I have had my air conditioning on since February this year due to the humidity and heat. Winters are mild, but still humid much of the time, and way too short.
Also, if you dislike snakes, lizards, palmetto bugs, mosquito's and other critters, Florida is NOT for you. I have literally thousands of baby lizards in my yard right now, and that is great, because they eat the mosquitos!
Also, it is FLAT. No hills, nothing but perfectly flat ground covered by palmetto bushes, pine trees, scrub and houses. Lots of houses.
Beware, lots of folks buy homes from the great white north, move down here and lose their homes. Why? The wages here stink.
Take our local hospitals. Most people working at most of our hospitals who are not executives, MDs or RNs make less than $10.00 per hour to start. And they pay better than most other places. There are very few unions, and the few that are here are totally ineffectual. Florida is a right to work state, which means an employer can fire you for any reason except a discriminatory one. Which means they can fire you because they dont like you, or because it is Tuesday. Or they have decided to rethink your position. Whatever they want to do is legal in that regard.
Catherine | Melbourne, FL