Yesterday, I was listening to our local Christian radio station, KFLR, and heard a song that epitomized the winter differential facing those of us in the desert southwest and the rest of the country. The song was played on the early morning Chris and Emily show. It is called Phoenix Wonderland and is sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland.
Living in the southwest has it's advantages over the winter conditions that face most of our country and our Canadian cousins up north. This Christmas, we are expecting rain, but normally it is mild sunny day. The Phoenix metro area averages about 330 sunny days. We do get snow in the mountain areas and views snow capped mountains can be quite scenic.
As I listen to the news this morning, I wonder how many people are thinking about "Global Warming" and when is it going to come back!
I do know about winter, having grown up in the midwest. I was trained at an early age on the proper usage of the snow shovel. The sound of the ice scappers echoing through the early morning air are a distant memory to me now. You know we actually do get frost on our windshieds on cold mornings here. We general just use the car's defroster to take car of it, though. To some it might sound like bragging when they here us say that we use heaters in the morning and air conditioning by the afternoon.
For those that are shoveling snow this winter, take heart, you could be here next winter cleaning out your pool. We do have plenty of Gilbert homes for sale! www.RealEstate4Gilbert.com
Here's a link to the clip from Chris and Emily's morning show. http://www.myflrmedia.org/audio/morning_show/ce_december19c.wma
