Florida was not designed for freezing temperatures!!!

Seriously now, all kidding aside…. Our retired Northern friends flock here during the winter to get away from the snow, ice & cold. Thus the term snowbirds. Florida is known know as the “Sunshine State” for a reason.

I know you think this is funny but, when the temperature in Florida gets to freezing we do crazy things! We run out side and cover our trees and plants with blankets, wrap our pipes, leave our faucets and hoses dripping for days, cover our wells, turn the sprinklers on to freeze our crops for insulation from the cold.

We do this because we are not set up for cold weather. We have tropical plants that are cold sensitive, our citrus groves & other crops freeze raising the prices for everyone. Our homes were built to withstand heat not cold, our pipes are exposed, and our wells for our drinking water are right out in the yard without protection. We even have landlord tenant laws about having A/C to protect us from the heat of the summer.

So you laugh when we decorate our palm trees for Christmas (see picture below), wear shorts in the winter and head to the beach at Christmas time. That’s what we enjoy about Florida. The cold and freezing is for the states North of us and we prefer it that way.

I guess the few weeks or month of cold weather we get is worth living in paradise, so we will deal with it and do what we have to, to survive. After all we have great beaches, awesome weather 90% of the time and paradise is right outside our front door almost every day of the year. So to our Northern friends… next time the snow falls, you have to drive on the black ice to get to work, or get snowed in just remember, Florida is just a short drive away and ya’ll are welcome in the Sunshine State. Just think if you pack up and head down now you too can enjoy a month of cold (25-40 degrees) then 11 months in a tropical paradise!!! You really should check out our home prices, we have some of the best values around. Start your free search at http://www.kieferrealtypa.com/ or give us a call 352-861-6000 we will do the searching for you. In the mean time bundle up and think of a warm tropical place like Florida.

See you soon.