Florida

So since moving down to Florida, i've noticed a few oddities.  First, everybody except us down here has the air conditioning on around the clock and set at like 60 degrees.  Even if its like 70 degrees outside, the locals complain that it is way too hot.  But yet, when the temperature drops to like 59 degrees outside, everybody bundles up and cranks the heat up to like 75 degrees in their house.  Not to mention they don't leave without their earmuffs, scarfs and winter coats.  When temperature drops to the 30's, the craziness begins.  Now i still haven't figured this out but in order to protect the oranges and strawberries, they turn the sprinklers on in the fields in order to create an ice layer covering the fruitt to protect the fruit from freezing.  Am i the only person in this entire state that doesn't see the logic with this?  And truely it only gets down to like 30 degrees for like 2 hours and as soon as the sun comes up the temp goes back up to the 50's, but it's histerical to see all these locals freak out.  How would they ever survive in VA, PA, or even way up north i have no idea.  On those rare occasions where frost actually forms on the windows, everybody turns to the old trusted driver's license or even better credit card to scrape the small hole in the front windshield to see out of until the defroster kicks in.  As if the florida driver's weren't bad enough.  After all 90% of them are over the age of 70, wear glasses, have peripheral neuropathy, have delayed reaction time, and now are trying to see through a scraped hole in the window about the size of laptop screen.  Not to mention the older drivers are more susceptible to passing out, having a stroke, or even a heart attack while driving down the road.  Lucky for us we don't have the added danger of having to drive during a snow storm.  Personally i can't image adding that lovely hazard to the way people drive in florida.  I will say i do miss those days of stocking up on milk and toilet paper before the huge snowstorm hits, even if it's a dusting.  I still haven't figured out if we are supposed to do the same when a hurricane comes through here.  I don't think it would make much sense, after all if a hurricane comes more than likely we'll lose power for a few days so the milk would just go bad.  If and when a hurricane comes through i'll be sure to run to the store to find out.  Though my best guess is water and batteries run out first.  Now that i think about it the way people react upnorth when a snowstorm comes through is about how everybody drives down here.  The good news about florida is the fact that we have a no helmet law.  As i recall reading somewhere florida has the most organs harvested than any other state.  So if your in need of an organ transplation....  Of course the shelf life of the organ may not be too long considering age of the population down here.  All in all i love it down here.  Which is why i'm so excited our house or should i say our lot has lots of dirt on it right now!!