Here in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the Winter Solstice, the beginning of winter, the shortest day of the year.
Winter is one of the two seasons down here in South Alabama. Most people get four seasons, but down here, we only get Winter and Summer. Plus there are a couple of weeks of mild weather that most people would call Spring and Fall.
At least you get winter…. when I lived in Calif, all we got out there was Summer…. then a week of fall and spring, although each closely resembled the other, it was often hard to tell which was which.
TG
Dougal, I’m not even sure that I’d call what you guys get “winter”. Of course, having lived in Ohio before moving to the South, I am biased.
Very true, our “Winter” is pretty mild compared to a lot of places. Here’s a basic rundown of the seasons in my tiny corner of the globe (at least, as I perceive them):
Summer dominates our year, and to me, it’s pretty much only enjoyable if you have access to a swimming pool. It’s no fun to walk out of your house at 7am to be greeted by a blast of hot humid air that drenches you in sweat by the time you reach your car. And then when you leave work at 5pm, your car’s interior is so hot after baking in the relentless sun all day that you can’t even touch your steering wheel until after you run your air conditioner full-blast for 10 minutes.
Y’all get winter? I’m jealous.
As you probably remember from living up here, Huntsville gets tornadoes year round. When I left work and felt that it was around 60F outside, I began to wonder if we were forecasted to have severe weather tomorrow. We could.
Trust me, we get our fair share of tornados down here in the wiregrass area, too. The sound of tornado warning sirens was already familiar to me long before I ever lived in Huntsville
Yes, you do … but you don’t have “Screaming Dan” Satterfield.
Wait … point for the wiregrass!