South Carolina, I christen you........

[torinsmom]

"The Thunderstorm State"! Yes, I know you are officially The Palmetto State, but seeing as everytime I pass through you on the way to or from Disney, I end up in at least one major thunderstorm, I think my nickname is more appropriate!

And while we're on the subject, I christen Georgia "The Construction State"! This is the third year I have suffered through whatever the heck they are doing to I-95 through there and it doesn't seem to ever get better!

And Florida, don't think you get away that easy. You are Christened "The God Knows What the Speed Limit Is" State! I swear within a 20 minute period, the SL was 70, 65, 60, 55 and 50. What made it worse was there were long spurts with no signs, so I was always looking for some kind of divine guidance, so as not to get a ticket from the many state police I saw.

Anybody else want to join in? I am so used to NC that I don't have any comments on what we should be called.

Marsha

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

Ha! Here we like to say Georgia will be a really nice place if they ever finish it.

 

[torinsmom]

Ha! Here we like to say Georgia will be a really nice place if they ever finish it.

LOL, I do hope they finish it soon! Last year, we drove at night and the construction was so constant that I was scared to death! Big trucks pushing behind you while you pass through with barriers on each side. That's one of the reasons I decided to drive in the daylight this time.

Marsha

 

[DisneyFed]

LOL, I do hope they finish it soon! Last year, we drove at night and the construction was so constant that I was scared to death! Big trucks pushing behind you while you pass through with barriers on each side. That's one of the reasons I decided to drive in the daylight this time.

Marsha

Sounds like Macintosh and Glynn Counties in South Georgia (I live in Camden County, the last one in Georgia on 95)...those areas are very fun to drive in

If you're on I 95 in SC and hit the Santee Cooper Lakes area at the right time of day during the summer----you will get a Thuderstorm---I'm from SC and that's the way we roll

My wife almost left me one time when I decided the fish were biting too well, and I tried to outrun a thunderstorm in my bass boat...she was waiting on me at the ramp (we have a lake house) and was homicidal

 

[torinsmom]

Last year, I stopped at a gas station in SC and asked a state trooper there if he knew how much further I had to go before I was out of the storm. He just laughed and said when I got to Georgia. I thought he was kidding, but he was right!

 

[DisneyFed]

Last year, I stopped at a gas station in SC and asked a state trooper there if he knew how much further I had to go before I was out of the storm. He just laughed and said when I got to Georgia. I thought he was kidding, but he was right!

I used to give the same answer

 

[cm8]

"The Thunderstorm State"! Yes, I know you are officially The Palmetto State, but seeing as everytime I pass through you on the way to or from Disney, I end up in at least one major thunderstorm, I think my nickname is more appropriate!

And while we're on the subject, I christen Georgia "The Construction State"! This is the third year I have suffered through whatever the heck they are doing to I-95 through there and it doesn't seem to ever get better!

And Florida, don't think you get away that easy. You are Christened "The God Knows What the Speed Limit Is" State! I swear within a 20 minute period, the SL was 70, 65, 60, 55 and 50. What made it worse was there were long spurts with no signs, so I was always looking for some kind of divine guidance, so as not to get a ticket from the many state police I saw.

Anybody else want to join in? I am so used to NC that I don't have any comments on what we should be called.

Marsha

Sorry about that (G##) is still trying to get through to us

 

[LunaLovegood]

I'm going to agree with all of the above. I went to law school in the south and drove through those areas all the time. There was always precipitation in South Carolina, every time I drove through. In the summer I've driven through hurricanes and tropical storms, always in SC. In the winter, they usually get some kind of mixed precipitation and none of the locals seem to be able to drive in it. I noticed the changing speed limits the last time I drove through. You can't keep cruise control on very long because you're either going too fast or too slow.

 

[SandrA9810]

The 826 down in Miami has been under construction for the past 25 yrs. Just ask my aunt, she had to drive through it every day to work. Once they got one section widened, they'd work on the next. Once they got to the end, they'd start right back at the top adding another lane. It's INSANE.
Florida is crazy with the speed limits. I usually coast at 55-60mph, but that's just cause I don't feel the need to burn the gas. You can never go the right speed limit because some one always thinks you're driving too slow to even be on the road.

 

[Kimberly]

I used to give the same answer

It's true though. My parents retired in Pawleys Island, SC... rains there quite a bit once late summer hits in. Beautiful though, and quiet.

 

[bigtinkfun]

Yeah, we get some whoppers! It always reminds me of the old TV show Dark Shadows. It seemed like half the time, whenever that show was on, Collinsport was in the middle of a giant thunderstorm.

The Library where I work keeps a weather radio on so we know what's coming our way. I like our thunderstorms. They aren't fun to be out in, but they're great to watch from inside the house.

 

[MineMail]

South Carolina is amazing for thunderstorms - they come out of nowhere. We once drove from Myrtle Beach to Dollywood in Tennessee. Every time my husband remarked "Could be worse, could be raining.", it started to rain on that trip. We shush him every time he says that now.

Lightning capitol of the world must be Tampa/St. Petersburg though. We have an older family friend who lives there - poor woman has always been terrified of thunder and lightning. Don't ask me what possessed her to move there from NYC. She spends every storm hiding in her windowless bathroom.

 

[DisneyFed]

It's true though. My parents retired in Pawleys Island, SC... rains there quite a bit once late summer hits in. Beautiful though, and quiet.

Yes it is very true. My wife is from Myrtle Beach (I'm from Charleston) and you can pretty much set your watch by it...except during the last extended drought a few years ago...

I don't know how true this is, but it was explained to me this way:

The southern part of the state has lots of swamps, plus the two Santee Cooper Lakes that allow humidity to build up during the summer, accompanied by the effect of the ocean.....it's a mixing bowl for instability which in turn lights of the T-storms. I learned at a very young age growing up on the Santee Cooper Lakes that when it starts getting dark(er) across the lake, it's time to go (lessons I have somewhat ignored in my adult life---)

The Northern part of the state has large man made lakes which filled up natural foot hills and small mountain valleys (Joccassee, Keowee, Hartwell, Russell, Clarks Hill) and generally all lay along the same geographical path (Savannah River)...this allows heat and humidity to build in the valleys, and then prevailing winds destabilize the atmosphere and shove the resulting Thunderstorms out of their little nursury...LOL


I've had the same explanation given to me for South Georgia/Florida...large swamp, heavy humidity and sea breeze fronts torch them off and depending on which wind "wins" (the Gulf or the Atlantic) the storms move east or west..

Wow, let me take off my nerd hat now....amazing what you learn while bass fishing