Poor man's Florida.

[IainH]

Hurricane force icy wind that roars over the Blue Ridge and down the holler shakes the house for days on end grates on my nerves. Ice storms, snow storms and power outages, late Dec thru February. Then it gets cold and wet, snow and sleet, March. Wet and chilly in April. BUT, always that darn wind! Sure, we get a rare warm day in March, more in April but only by May can we say with confidence that it's behind us. Mid October into early November is when the wind arrives so, we get half a year of nice weather. Only twenty miles down the mountain there's typical Southern climate, mild winters and hot humid summer, it's amazing how much of a difference 1200 feet of elevation from Lenoir, NC up to our house can make.