“Southerners have a weak constitution regarding cold temperatures. I recall, when I lived in the south, seeing people wearing parkas when the mercury hit 60. I couldn’t help but wonder, why the heck would they even own parkas down there?”
I’m from Nashville and in the 50’s and 60’s it snowed quite a bit in the winter. The year I was born it snowed three feet and my Dad and his crew with the Nashville Electric Service had to sleep in the Nashville jail because they couldn’t get home. I’ve camped in the Smokies when it was -4.
When I moved to Colorado I went down to the local airport for a check ride when it was 95 degrees and the guys were sweltering. I wasn’t even breaking a sweat and was wondering what the deal was.
I guess it’s what you’re used to but people are wonderfully adaptable.
I still freeze my butt off here in the winter.
Knoxville hit -24 in 1985. I was in charge of the fireplaces. That was no fun at all. The oil lines had frozen.