Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
Fred, I've been in Houston in the fall, summer, winter & spring. One time I couldn't go work out because it was raining so hard my brother's driveway was flooded & i couldn't get to the car. Another time, it was raining so hard thaat the rain was flooding the entry way to the pol & ran into the pool & ruyined the chlorine level. I've never had either of those happen inthe north.
I will tell you it is not as infrequent as you would imagine heavy rains messing up the chlorine levels down here especially with the rains we've had this summer from all the hurricanes.
Fred, I've been in Houston in the fall, summer, winter & spring. One time I couldn't go work out because it was raining so hard my brother's driveway was flooded & i couldn't get to the car. Another time, it was raining so hard thaat the rain was flooding the entry way to the pol & ran into the pool & ruyined the chlorine level. I've never had either of those happen inthe north.
After an intense work-out followed by a hot tub/hot shower you come outside red as a lobster, take a breath of cold fresh winter air and it "tastes" SOOOOOOO good!The best feeling :-)))
You know you're swimming in the north when....
You can't go to a big swim meet because there's been a blizzard and they're advising everyone to stay off the roads. Then you discover later that the meet was held anyway, and a significant number of people actually went to it!
Originally posted by aquageek
Neat thing about the South, we have trees with leaves that actually change color just like the leaves in the North. If you don't believe me, take a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway sometime in October.
Our leaves in Houston change color. About mid June they begin to change to a "beautiful" brown and yellow hue. Probably from 95 degree temps and no rain for the last month. Soon they turn green again as August brings the first rains of the summer. August rains soon however become hurricanes and the leaves turn to a mushy brown from too much water. Later, as the hurricanes fade into fall, the leaves turn green for a short time before the arrival of winter when they will turn brown and fall off the tree into my yard. See? Leaves change color in the South too.
Originally posted by Bob McAdams
You know you're swimming in the north when....
You can't go to a big swim meet because there's been a blizzard and they're advising everyone to stay off the roads. Then you discover later that the meet was held anyway, and a significant number of people actually went to it!
And you actually listened?
You know you're swimming in the north when you are drive through a blizzard to get to a swim meet. What fun that was!!!
You know you're a swimmer in the north when....
1. You invent something like the Polar Bear club.
2. You know what the Polar Bear club is and..
3. You know at least one person involved with the Polar Bear club and you maybe a member yourself.:D brrrr!
~Kyra
Originally posted by craiglll@yahoo.com
Fred, I've been in Houston in the fall, summer, winter & spring. One time I couldn't go work out because it was raining so hard my brother's driveway was flooded & i couldn't get to the car. Another time, it was raining so hard thaat the rain was flooding the entry way to the pol & ran into the pool & ruyined the chlorine level. I've never had either of those happen inthe north.
And you continue to live in the North?? Visitors to our fair city often are heard to question how it can be 99% humidity and NOT actually raining. When the rains finally come down (in the buckets that you've experienced) its actually quite a relief for them. One suggestion for your next visit: when its coming down (which it sounds like it always is when you are here), get your suit on, clear your goggles, get a pull bouy or kick board and when the street floods, start swimming TO the pool. The curb makes a good "lane line." :D
You know you're a swimmer in the north, when you leave your suit and towel in the car accidentaly overnight...and the next morning they are frozen together.
~Kyra
