New York Must Be Cold

This week-end DS sent his brothers 'snap chat' picture of his classmate chipping the ice off the inside of his car window. He followed up with me a text (tongue in cheek) asking if I would support his transfer to Univ. Tampa. This from lifetime skier and hockey player. Yeah its cold up there in Winter.
 
I came to USNA from Iowa. I had farm-labor summer jobs - swinging bales, detassling corn - and I was outdoors 10-16 hours a day in heat, humidty, and rain. On top of that, have you ever been in a cornfield in the summer? It really is a sauna. Despite that, plebe summer in Annapolis was really nothing like a humid Iowa day in a cornfield. Here's the thing, though: human beings can adjust to almost any climatic factors. It doesn't mean you have to like it, but you can and will learn to tolerate and even thrive in any climate. You will take clothing cues from upperclassmen and classmates who grew up in upstate NY, New England, and the upper Midwest, and in turn, you can help your classmates from Alaska and western states adjust to the humidity you're so used-to. Tens of thousands of people have done it and you can do it too. And, long after you graduate and commission from West Point, when you PCS from Fort Drum to Fort Polk to Camp Humphreys, you'll probably start to realize that you can handle anything the Army throws at you, which can only make you a better soldier and leader.
 
Thanks for all of the info. I actually want to go to the hottest/coldest places. I want to serve where no one else can go. It's just that I've never been in such cold weather before. I just wanted to hear your opinions.
 
People complain a lot but it's honestly not that cold. We have had a warmer year but even when it's in the single digits you won't be outside very long unless you prefer outside running.
 
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