Comments on: Shar 5: Finding Shar and Milton

By: Diane L.

Diane L. — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:41:44 +0000

Consider Colorado. Yes, there’s snow (which is considered a good thing here) but there’s sun and blue skies at the same time.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:13:54 +0000

Can Clitoris be the perfect town if the earth doesn’t move occasionally?

By: Jenyfer Matthews

Jenyfer Matthews — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:48:03 +0000

Clitoris would be perfect in North Carolina – or anywhere in the mid-Atlantic Bible Belt region…

Milton, Milton. Too young we’ll just say he’s too YOUNG to come in from the cold instead of the alternative! Did he at least have on a sweater?

By: talpianna

talpianna — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:00:32 +0000

Well, you don’t HAVE to live on a fault line!

http://www.rumormillnews.com/pix4/fault_lines1.gif

http://www.data.scec.org/faults/faultmap.html

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:27:51 +0000

I don’t do earthquakes.

I told my cousin Russ that–he lives in Long Beach–and he said, “We haven’t had an earthquake since the last riot!”

I assume this is Californian humor.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:21:52 +0000

Take a look at Southern California. The last snow in San Diego was in 1967. All of 1 and a half inches. It does get into the 30s once in a while. I remember my brothers house in the San Fernando Valley with 4 inches of snow on the roof…way back when.

Looking forward to D & G

By: Chelle

Chelle — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:21:13 +0000

San Jose is the one place I’ve lived that has the nicest weather all year round. 56 and sunny in the winter, flowers in February, and it only gets really hot in the summer for about one week per year. And, then, all you have to do is go spend the day in Monterey. Mostly, its mid-seventies and sunny. But, the cost of housing will kill you.

I liked Tucson too. We lived within walking distance of Sabino Canyon. I’m actually thinking of moving back there once Sunshine goes to college. These bleary cold Kentucky days are getting me down. I’m too old for this crap!

By: ZaZa

ZaZa — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:46:11 +0000

Tucson is pretty much okay, but the summer heat can be killer. I didn’t mind it in my 20s, but even then it was just plain hot. Great lifestyle for us, though – small apartment complex, pool no one used but us, gas grills and picnic tables under the olive trees etc. And the period of the monsoon, for about two months in the summer, can be daunting and humid.

I took a job down there, expecting a “warm” winter. Imagine my disgust when it snowed. Of course, it only does that once in a blue moon, but it had to do it the year I was there. Still, I liked Tucson a lot.

By: talpianna

talpianna — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:13:27 +0000

Forget about Sedona and Flagstaff unless you want floods as well as snow. You might compromise like Elizabeth Lowell–summers in the San Juan Islands and winters in Flagstaff.

How about the central-to-northern California Coast, somewhere between Mendocino and Big Sur?

http://gocalifornia.about.com/library/graphics/ca_map_coast.gif

I believe they get fog, but I love fog myself.

I believe Tucson might also be a possibility.

By: Office Wench Cherry

Office Wench Cherry — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:44:06 +0000

Well, Clitoris is definately no where near where I live – in northern Canada. We get snow and winter (ie nothing is growing and the trees don’t have leaves) for eight months and on Dec 21 we will have seven hours and six minute of daylight. Does not make it easy on those of us who have SAD but vitamin D is working wonders for me – she said, not being a doctor nor playing one on tv. However, in exchange for apx 60 days of less than eight hours of daylight we have six months of more than 12 hours of light and on the longest day we have about 17.5 hours and the rest of the time it’s just twilight.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:30:07 +0000

It is possible Milton and my dog Kahlua are trying to build an underground tunnel so they can meet in the middle. We have a lovely mud hole in our back yard.

By: ZaZa

ZaZa — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:07:34 +0000

Well, if you want nice weather pretty much all year round, the California Wine Country has got it all. We get a dusting of snow at “higher elevations”, i.e. a hundred feet above sea level, which is pretty high around here, maybe once every ten or so years. Not much frost, let alone ice storms, and no humidity in the summer to speak of. We have seasons, just very politely behaved ones. ;+)

When I lived in Baltimore, I spent the first winter in tears every time they forecast snow. All the lawns were dead. No leaves on the trees. No flowers growing in January. Man, it was barren for a someone who grew up in California. I loved Baltimore, just not the weather.

By: Brooke Brannon

Brooke Brannon — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:23:04 +0000

uuuuggggh gray skies kill me now more brownies uuuugggghhhh – but at least it’s 47* today.

By: inkgrrl

inkgrrl — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:23:39 +0000

I think Milton and Emma are soulmates.

By: robena grant

robena grant — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:48:56 +0000

Ah, that Milton. You gotta love the kid.
I was at Duke Univ. Medical Center in the late seventies and loved it. Loved NC except for the snow, oh and the humidity in August. Ick! We had one bad winter too many and I left and headed for Miami Beach. The steamy heat, constant frizzy hair and 3pm rain, was a pain in the butt down there. Moved to Los Angeles, temperature was about right but after twenty five years of battling traffic, moved to the CA desert. The spring, the fall and winter are delightful here, but the summer is brutal.

I guess no place is perfect. If you need sun come visit me. We do have a light dusting of snow on the mountain tops but gorgeous blue skies and bright sun, around seventy most days, but cold at night. Perfect walking weather.
D&G sounds like it is coming together well. Can’t wait. Happy writing, surround yourself with dogs and stay warm.

By: GatorPerson

GatorPerson — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:33 +0000

As CathyS. said, it snows in NC. Actually, the ice storms are worse. We’re liable to get 3-4 ice storms a winter. A gazillion accidents where people are sliding all over the roads, 360′s, etc. There’ll be much more snow in the mountains – blowing, drifting, generally difficult to live with.

Even Atlanta gets snow.

By: Leelah

Leelah — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:35:48 +0000

Clitoris has to be located in South Alabama where the weather for 11 1/2 months out of the year is described as “hot and humid” (need I say more?). Our weathermen give a humidity index along with the temperature to let everyone know what the weather really feels like. Last week everyone was wearing shorts because it was 80 degrees. You could put it on the Delta near Mobile and the Dolly Parton bridges (the two bridges rise above the flat delta making 2 big mounds). Yes, the “Deep” South is the place for Clitoris. It makes perfect sense.

By: shakay46

shakay46 — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:34:06 +0000

What about South Texas. We get “winter” for three days in January, maybe. No they don’t plow or scrap, it’s not cost effiecent. The sun comes out and it melts!!!!

It’s been real nice here all week. Well Tuesday was a little warm.

By: CathyS.

CathyS. — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:13:33 +0000

I don’t know about North Carolina…I live in New England but most of my co-workers are located in NC. And they do get snow and ice at least once a year and when they do it completely shuts down the state. (They use ROAD GRADERS to clear the main roads…for the local roads they believe in the “God” method of snow removal: “God, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to give us this snow, and in his time, he will see fit to remove it.”) On the other hand, for an area that has seasons, it just seems WRONG that it was 80 degrees down there on Wednesday, and 76 degrees on Thursday, while 700 miles further north we were getting 8 inches of snow. South Carolina, especially the eastern part may be better. Check with Bob?

I agree with hollygee in thinking maybe the Southwest? Central New Mexico might also have possibilities.

By: Mary Stella

Mary Stella — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:03:45 +0000

Florida has all the warmth and sun you want and then some. Sometimes too much — like Persephone’s experiencing hot flashes.

We also have hurricane season but six months can pass with no actual storms hitting. We get credit for worrying about them, however.

Think of the adventure of evacuating with your menagerie. It’s one of the reasons I opted for two smaller dogs. There are more hotel chains that will accept dogs 25 pounds and smaller.

Speaking of multiple dogs . . . Are any of your crew exhibiting “resource guarding” behavior where you’re the resource? My pups sometimes get a little too territorial about which one gets to be on my lap. We’re working on good “share Mommy” behavior. They’re learning.

Now if I can just keep Pyxi from strolling on the coffee table like it’s a runway.