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Predicted high today,77. Expected humidity, around 40%. Chance of rain, 0.

Wind looks to have calmed down finally.

Hi guys, while we are stuck down here facing our winter months I am interested in learning more about where you live in the good old USA. Like Bob where is Maple Valley WA and is the 'gators really a problem? We watch those TV programs filmed in those neat places but they don't really show what living in the real world in those places are like. I am keen to learn as my father always told me "the day you stop learning is the day you die".

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Like Bob where is Maple Valley WA .......

Actually I'm in Vegas right now, the stuff I put up this morning was what WC was predicting for Vegas..................Maple Valley is SE of Seattle a few miles and much cooler and moister this time of year, WC shows temps and humidity in the 50s.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hi guys, while we are stuck down here facing our winter months I am interested in learning more about where you live in the good old USA. Like Bob where is Maple Valley WA and is the 'gators really a problem? We watch those TV programs filmed in those neat places but they don't really show what living in the real world in those places are like. I am keen to learn as my father always told me "the day you stop learning is the day you die".

Kurt, very sorry to hear about your health problems, I sincerely hope a move back home helps.

To answer Whiplash's question about the gators, I live in central Florida, the Tampa Bay area to be exact (only about 20 minutes from Kurt). My wife has a saying about the gators, "where there's water, there's a gator". We live in a community of 550 houses and many little ponds through out the neighborhood. At certain times of the year, it's not unusual to see a gator basking in the sun on the banks of these ponds, often within yards of the backyard of someone's house. It's not uncommon for people's pets, cats or dogs, to be snatched up by a gator if it gets too close to the waters edge.

Mike

An elderly man in central Florida had owned a large yard for several
Years. He had a large pond in the back.

It was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice with
picnic tables, horseshoe courts,and some apple, and peach trees.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he
hadn't been there for a while, & look it over. He grabbed a 5-gallon
bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard
voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer, he saw it
was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the
women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, 'we're not coming out until you
leave!'

The old man frowned, 'I didn't come down here to watch you
ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.'

Holding the bucket up he said, 'I'm here to feed the alligator.'

Some old men can still think fast.

Originally Posted by Evolvo

Whip,
When the wife and I where in NZ a few years ago we figured that Dunedin is about the same latitude south as Portland, Oregon is north and Invercargill is about the same lat south as Seattle,Wa is north, does that make sense? Very similar weather patterns.

Yeah,and if you are in Auckland,you can be lucky enough to have at least three different seasons in one day...Dont like the weather...wait 30 minutes,and it will probably change...