There is a state, shaped somewhat like a guy's thing, that hangs off the southeastern U.S. and was given the name "Florida" by the Spaniards back when it included southern Alabama & Mississippi. But what's really amazing is that anybody inhabits it because every year, they get 1-4 hurricanes (plus more tropical storms). More laughable than this is its nickname -- The Sunshine State! Hah! The Hurricane State is what the other 49 call it. Who in his right mind would give up life in another state to reside on this low-lying, hurricane-prone peninsula where it never even gets cold on Christmas?
2006-07-07 18:30:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
thats the price they you pay when u live in a tropical climate. Its deceiving. It lures people down there with their beautiful beaches, white sand, good looking people with year round tans, famous tourists sites. Then mother nature says, "Ok you Floridians, I provide you with this nice, lush climate year round where you never have to worry about fridgid air from the North or your crops dying from the cold, but I am still above you all and i have to let you know whose boss. I've been bringing hurricanes into your state for millions of years and just because your species (human beings) inhabitat this land, i will not stop what i need to do. In fact, I am quite ticked off of the way you people treat my state. You pollute the air with all your planes, factories, cars law mowers, etc, you constatly destroy vegetation with new buildings which causes the poor creatures in this land who have been here way before you to have to look for other places to live. Hopefully you people are getting the message that i want you to start taking better care of the land and wildlife instead of your selfish pleasues you guys come here for. As long as you live in my territory, you will be under my authority. The more you people do to harm my land in any way, the more frequent i will throw hurricanes into your state and the more intense they will be. Remember Floridians, I've been here way before the dinosaurs were even around. I've been sustaining life on this planet for hundreds of millions of yrs and in a matter of 100 yrs you homosapians inhabit this Earth, you've done more damage to this planet than all the living things in the past billion yrs combined. Now when creatures like you disrespect the work that i do, there WILL BE consequences.
2006-07-08 00:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 12⤊ 0⤋
First of all, we didn't start getting hurricanes every year until 2004. In fact Florida went for something like 30 years with no tropical activity at all. It's called the Sunshine State because it averages over 265 days of sunshine a year. Florida is Spanish for flower, which comes from the average 53 inches of rain Florida receives a year in addition to all the sunshine.
We left Florida (a few weeks ago) for so many reasons other than hurricanes. Hurricanes are maybe 20th on the list of reasons. Many people reside in Florida because once you move there it is almost impossible to afford to move out due to the vast amounts of low paying service industry jobs so abundant there. All of them necessary to take care of all of you who visit and think it is paradise. Most people can only afford to move out of state if they move in with family in another state. We are getting used to people asking us "Why would you leave Florida?" as if we are crazy. We answer that it's a nice place to visit. The heat and 100% humidity (without rain)10 months a year get real old, real fast.
2006-07-08 02:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Florida is crap! I call it a "nasty-looking state full of nasty-looking people" because of it's shape and the people's attire on the beaches. I once heard that there were some people going nude on a beach down there and thought, "Oh my GOD!" I would be miserable over there because I have a thing about being covered-up as much as possible so I don't send out messages like, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" I hate the way it's hot here in Texas all summer and wish I lived in a cold place where more clothes are a necessity and not just a desire that requires me to stay indoors all the time. I dread the hurricane season and wish January could last all year!!!!!!
2006-07-08 02:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the weather is wonderful at every other time of the year. We hve to worry about hurricanes for maybe a week or two out of the whole year, and for those of us that make adequite preperations, it is rarely a major problem. I'll take hurricanes over earthquakes, tornadoes, and just plain over-crowdedness and day.
2006-07-08 01:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Argon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Florida has a population because people like me enjoy walking around year round in shorts, t-shirt and sandles, and we like to look around and see women sporting their Dasey Duke shorts and tank tops. Plus, I dont have to worry about shoveling snow, getting heating oil... or any of that happieness. Florida is where it's at!
2006-07-08 01:51:54 · answer #5 · answered by CMSgt342 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are stupid and don't realize that they can live in Texas, where there are warm beaches and lots of sunshine but not as many hurricanes.
2006-07-09 03:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old people can't remember.
2006-07-08 01:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by Cedars Coach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋