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silversand
Mar 30, 2014Explorer
Jfet wrote:
We are just going to move around the country more often. In Florida in Jan it is sometimes 80.
.....Florida is a very large state, with fantastically varying climate (during winter).
We froze our a$$es off at Crescent Beach (St Augustine: Anastasia Island) during February this winter (in the 30sF and 40sF). My better half bought a North Face Pertex winter jacket just to stay pliable during our beach walks (these Pertex jackets are used to summit Mount Everest; we could trade it$ in for a new 3/4 ton truck!), during the 28F real-feel of the steady 21 MPH winds, 24/7. I actually ventured into the 50 deg ocean water, but not for long. All in all, thank goodness we weren't in an RV "down there" during winter (we had a comfortable 1700sq ft condo on the beach, with a 60,000 btu heat pump). The only decent warmth I had was behind a 6-foot high fully enclosed garden patio wall, on the south side of our condo (the only place to catch a few rays, when the rays were actually there!).
Our friends waaaaay down south of Boca almost froze, too (thank goodness they were in their condo and not in an Rv).
Solar in Florida:
I tell you, there wasn't enough incoming solar radiation this winter in FL (even in full unobstructed beach) to generate any current from any solar panel this winter in Florida (unless you were in the keys: another climate regime entirely).
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