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Recommendations for the perfect climate?
"strawberry icecream" wrote in message
... I was wondering where in the world you would recommend for the perfect climate? This would also include having little danger of hurricanes, volcanic activity, earthquakes, etc. Hawaii! Though people from temperate climates sometimes find it too warm in the daytime for the first 2 or 3 few years after they move here. Hawaii does get hurricanes about once every 10 years, but, they don't hit all the islands, usually only one. If you were to live your whole life on any of the Hawaiian islands, you'd see about 2 or 3 hurricanes on your island during your life. Only one island has an active volcano and that one is Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Naturally it doesn't effect the entire island. In Hawaii temperature is about the same year round and most people from temperate climates can't tell the difference between summer and winter. For instance Hawaii is cooler in the summer than is San Diego, California and it's warmer in Hawaii in the winter than it is in San Diego, particularly at night - ditto for Florida. Many people who move to Hawaii from temperate climates do miss the changing of the seasons since Hawaii has one season, perpetual summertime. Each island in Hawaii has spectacular mountains whereas Florida is flat as a pancake and none of the Great Lakes states have much in the way of mountains. It's extremely rare that anywhere in Hawaii will go above 90 degrees and the humidity isn't sweltering like it is in Southern Ontario, the Great Lakes region or the Gulf states. It's not dry like California and your lips won't get chapped like they do in California. The Big Island of Hawaii does have minor earthquakes, but, it's rare they are big enough to be felt by anyone. In the summer, daytime temperatures on the coast are usually in the high 80s in the daytime and the high 70s at night. Winter temperatures at sealevel are usually in the high 70s or low 80s in the daytime and the low 70s or high 60s at night. Temperatures in higher elevations such as Volcano on the Big Island, Kula on Maui or Mililani on Oahu are about 5 or 6 degrees cooler. It only snows with any reguluarity on the two 13,000 peaks on the Big Island of Hawaii and rarely on 10,000 foot Haleakala on Maui. Houses on Hawaii do not have heating, though many do have air conditioning. Living in Hawaii is expensive, though housing and gasoline are not as expensive as they are in places like San Francisco or New York City. While things like food are more expensive, one spends no money on things like heating and winter clothes. And when it rains in Hawaii, the rain isn't cold. The ocean in Hawaii isn't cold like it is in California nor is it warm like it is in Florida. I guess you'd say the water is cool. And you won't see any air pollution in Hawaii due to the tradewinds which compared to the winds on the Great Plains are really only strong breezes. For more information about Hawaii - you are invited to visit my Hawaii webpage at: ~ http://hawaii.home.att.net/ - where you'll find no pop-ups, no advertising, no cookies and nothing for sale. The best way to judge any place, Hawaii included, is to visit for a few weeks in the summer and in the winter. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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Recommendations for the perfect climate?
"strawberry icecream" wrote in message
... "alohacyberian" wrote in Hawaii! Though people from temperate climates sometimes find it too warm in the daytime for the first 2 or 3 few years after they move here. Hawaii does get hurricanes about once every 10 years, but, they don't hit all the islands, usually only one. If you were to live your whole life on any of the Hawaiian islands, you'd see about 2 or 3 hurricanes on your island during your life. Only one island has an active volcano and that one is Kilauea on the Big Island of Hawaii. Naturally it doesn't effect the entire island. In Hawaii temperature is about the same year round and most people from temperate climates can't tell the difference between summer and winter. For instance Hawaii is cooler in the summer than is San Diego, California and it's warmer in Hawaii in the winter than it is in San Diego, particularly at night - ditto for Florida. Many people who move to Hawaii from temperate climates do miss the changing of the seasons since Hawaii has one season, perpetual summertime. Each island in Hawaii has spectacular mountains whereas Florida is flat as a pancake and none of the Great Lakes states have much in the way of mountains. It's extremely rare that anywhere in Hawaii will go above 90 degrees and the humidity isn't sweltering like it is in Southern Ontario, the Great Lakes region or the Gulf states. It's not dry like California and your lips won't get chapped like they do in California. The Big Island of Hawaii does have minor earthquakes, but, it's rare they are big enough to be felt by anyone. In the summer, daytime temperatures on the coast are usually in the high 80s in the daytime and the high 70s at night. Winter temperatures at sealevel are usually in the high 70s or low 80s in the daytime and the low 70s or high 60s at night. Temperatures in higher elevations such as Volcano on the Big Island, Kula on Maui or Mililani on Oahu are about 5 or 6 degrees cooler. It only snows with any reguluarity on the two 13,000 peaks on the Big Island of Hawaii and rarely on 10,000 foot Haleakala on Maui. Houses on Hawaii do not have heating, though many do have air conditioning. Living in Hawaii is expensive, though housing and gasoline are not as expensive as they are in places like San Francisco or New York City. While things like food are more expensive, one spends no money on things like heating and winter clothes. And when it rains in Hawaii, the rain isn't cold. The ocean in Hawaii isn't cold like it is in California nor is it warm like it is in Florida. I guess you'd say the water is cool. And you won't see any air pollution in Hawaii due to the tradewinds which compared to the winds on the Great Plains are really only strong breezes. For more information about Hawaii - you are invited to visit my Hawaii webpage at: ~ http://hawaii.home.att.net/ - where you'll find no pop-ups, no advertising, no cookies and nothing for sale. The best way to judge any place, Hawaii included, is to visit for a few weeks in the summer and in the winter. KM wow, thanks for the long and detailed post! I must go and look out the website you mentioned. Okay...a few questions. Is humidity in Hawaii a problem? What about mosquitoes? Killer snakes or animals? I loved the look of Kauai.........but the price of houses and taxes scare me. I read stories of local people having to sell up and move away, due to the house taxes going massively upwards along with house prices. Are taxes bad? No, Hawaii does not have humidity like what you find around the great lakes or the gulf of Mexico and it's usaully cool in the evenings. The tradewinds keep the humidity down. Each island has a jungle side and a desert side and on the desert side you'd only feel the humidity right after a daytime rainstorm. If you're from the Great Lakes area or Gulf coast area, you might not consider the few high humidity days in Hawaii to even be humid. There are misquitos on the jungle side of the islands, but, nothing like Florida. There are no snakes in Hawaii and no predatory animals that will harm human beings or pets. About the worse you could expect from the wild animals in Hawaii would be birds fertilizing your car. No taxes in Hawaii are not bad compared to many other places on the mainland, particulary San Francisco and New York. Property taxes are lower than sayh Oregon or California, sales taxes in California vary by county and can go over 8 or 9% and 15% last time I was in Ontario, Canada a few years back. Sales tax in Hawaii isn't called sales tax, but, it's 4.166%. And gasoline is cheaper on Oahu than in San Francisco or San Diego, but, it's about 50 cents a gallon higher on the outer islands like Kauai. I paid $2.12 for premium last time I filled up, but, noticed it's gone up to $2.20 since then at the same station. Yes, compared to Kentucky, Tennessee or Orlando, Florida - it's expensive to live in Hawaii. KM -- (-:alohacyberian:-) At my website there are 3000 live cameras or visit NASA, play games, read jokes, send greeting cards & connect to CNN news, NBA, the White House, Academy Awards or learn all about Hawaii, Israel and mo http://keith.martin.home.att.net/ |
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