Rain Or Shine

 June 27th 2013

June 28th 2013

The other day I was talking to one of my favorite cousins over Facebook chat (aka the way to talk to people you dont really want to have long meandering phone conversations with) and she said "I can't believe you live in paradise. The weather there must always be perfect." I of course responded with the oh so cliche "I live where you vacation."

Now this is very true Florida really is one of the most amazing places on earth in my opinion. I mean the tropical weather, beautiful flora and fauna, the magnificent wonder that is the Everglades, crystal clear oceans, magnificent beaches, and then the fact that it is very rare that the weather ever dips below the seventy degree mark (making flip flops and jean cutoffs the epitome of summer style.)

However, as magnificent as the weather here is it seems that only the locals really understand the facade of "beautiful, wonderful, incredible" Florida.

The locals realize wet season is synonymous with giant attacking mosquito season. Thunderstorms should be expected every single day of summer around three a clock. You don't need to evacuate if its a category one hurricane, you most likely don't even need to put up hurricane shutters just get a couple gallons of bottled water, a good book, and a flashlight and you'll be alright. Don't swim when the rip current flag is out, just don't do that. Its not fun for everyone. Sharks are usually feeding fifteen to twenty feet off the shore line, but they dont bite. You really just need to look out for the tiger sharks, you know the ones with all the stripes. Just kidding. But really, you are more likely to get hit by lightning (twice) in the glorious state of Florida then you are to be bitten by a shark. Florida is both the sunshine state and the lightning capitol of the United States. Rwanda beats us for the world lightning capital title.

Welcome to paradise.

P.S. Sorry for the absence in posting, my computers Logic Board broke ironically, so I had to wait patiently for the apple store to spend way to many days to fix my baby. They actually did have it up and running properly again way faster then I expected. Thanks Apple.

xx Kat