Cold!

Jul 07, 2006 06:18

Fayespike and I have started a tradition of getting up at 5:30 in the morning and going swimming in the ocean. We've done this about 5 times now ( Read more... )

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cyb3rj July 7 2006, 10:28:06 UTC
Heh... it's New England.

We also just had a chilly night last night. I wouldn't expect warm water until about 2pm today.

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jhimm July 7 2006, 11:44:55 UTC
no gulf stream north of cape cod.

lots of rain water.

lack of constant sun.

i can recall summers living in beverly or manchester-b-t-s
when the ocean -never- got warm
-in spite- of an extremely hot summer.
northern atlantic currents are just a bitch.

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cyb3rj July 7 2006, 12:30:36 UTC
rephrase

"... "warm" water ..."

but warm is relative and I'm talking as a Mainer who swam in the ocean and thought "hey... this isn't so bad" and sometimes had reason to wonder "what are those whimps over there from NJ complaining about? and why are they wearing sweaters in august?" :*p

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graheim July 7 2006, 12:33:00 UTC
Yes, I'm not expecting "warm" water. It's never been warm. But it has been a level of cold that was tolerable. This morning it was painful.

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