The string of beautiful days has a lot of folks saying, "Boy, I wish we could have weather like this all the time!" In a perfect world, it would be great! Blue skies, no hurricanes, no big swings in temperatures, and no worries about the electric or gas bill! Believe it or not there are downsides to having great weather all of the time!
First of all...I would be out of a job. If the weather was perfect all of the time, you would probably get bored hearing me say, "It's gonna be gorgeous today!" over and over again. Secondly, it would be very quiet around here...I mean, besides our great food, we wouldn't have anything else to talk about! We love to hate the weather in Louisiana, so it's definitely in the top 10 when it comes to everyday conversation, right? Other businesses would fail too. With no hurricanes to prepare for, who's going to buy all of the plywood, bottled water, and soft toilet paper that the world has to offer??
What do I think would be the biggest downside of them all?? If our weather was so great, everyone would want to live here too. As much as I encourage people from other places how much they would love living in South Louisiana, I don't want everybody here. Tourists spend more money per day than those who live here, so let's keep them visiting! Besides, if everyone wanted to live here, our house notes or rents would be ten million percent higher than it already is!
The Farmers Almanac once said that San Diego, California has the best weather in the country. Average high temperature in the summer, 77 degrees. Average high in the winter..67. They average about 2-3 days a month with rain, and nice low humidity all year long. Over 300 days of sunshine, and only about 4 days per year hit 90 degrees, and almost never below freezing! The population there has increased 1600% in the last 100 years and even after the housing bust, the average 3 bedroom home still goes for about $500,000!
Lets enjoy the great weather for now, and I look forward to eight solid months of, "It's so hot outside Dave, when are you gonna cool it off!"

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