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  1. Thread: What an April

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    My next older brother was born in Fort Worth....

    My next older brother was born in Fort Worth. I've lived in Florida most of my life. It goes without saying that they have quite different climates. I remember my father talking about a fan they used...
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    Yes, if I recall correctly, it's been a long time...

    Yes, if I recall correctly, it's been a long time since I studied the sciences, it is the change of state from a liquid to a gas using heat energy it draws from the surrounding matter that gives the...
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    Water has a high specific heat capacity. What...

    Water has a high specific heat capacity. What that means is that it take a lot of energy, in this case heat, the raise the temperature of it. Therefore when the air is very dry the sun can make the...
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    :thinking: Are you sure you got your scales...

    :thinking:

    Are you sure you got your scales right? Maybe it's me but it seems unlikely that the temp has gotten to the boiling point of water (100c/212°F) in Wales but you like it best at 149° F.
  5. Thread: What an April

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    Amen to that. In addendum to that, we moved...

    Amen to that.

    In addendum to that, we moved here from Atlanta when I was almost 9. It was June and that year the heat almost killed me. The heat was so heavy and so oppressive it was murder. Part...
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    This seemed like a good place for a quote. ...

    This seemed like a good place for a quote.

    “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”-Charles Dudley Warner
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    Perspective is key though. It was 95° F here...

    Perspective is key though. It was 95° F here today...and summer isn't even close yet.
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    Well that's comforting. Nothing personal Bob....

    Well that's comforting.

    Nothing personal Bob. The biggest problem we have in Florida is population growth. My wife's family moved here from New York and I told them, "Before, when you came to...
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    Well there's cockroaches everywhere. One thing we...

    Well there's cockroaches everywhere. One thing we have in Florida is bugs. There's so many bugs that the roaches have a bug problem. As far as rats, I've never seen one in a palm tree. Tree rats (aka...
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    Whatever you do DON'T move to Florida. The...

    Whatever you do DON'T move to Florida. The weather sucks here.:w:w:w
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