Why do I love Wisconsin?
It's not that we are one of top states when it comes to tax burdens. (Number five in the nation as of 2005 if you were curious. on average we pay 11.40 % per capita income)
It's not that prisons are about to take over as the number one thing the state spends money on. (Education is getting Shafted with a capital S)
It's not that we are categorized as hicks with cows, pick-ups, beer and cheese.
Oh no. It's none of these things.
It's the weather.
Yes you read my correctly. It is the weather that I love!
I love how one day it can be 70 degrees and three days later it is 34 degrees. I love how it can snow one minute and rain the next. I love it. I honestly do. No lie.
I also love hearing about those SoCal wimp asses complain when the mercury dips below 50 degrees.
Anything over 45 is t-shirt weather. Anything over 60 is beach weather! I love not flinching when I go outside when its 34 without a coat. Walking on ice is as easy as pie!
I love how in January if its 20 degrees it warm. We only start complaining when the windchill makes it negative fifteen.
I love how we deal with the extremes. Negative numbers in the winter, 86 degrees with 100% humidity in July. We don't care. We can deal.
What's that you say? Tornado warning? Let me go outside and look. We don't flinch at those either. Every first graders knows which county they live in by the pretty map at the bottom of the screen. We arn't dumb though. If they say the tornado is coming down the street, we'll go hide. But if its more then three miles away, meh. No need to hide. Let me sit on my deck and see if I can see it.
I love the weather.
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