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Update .Oct.4,2002 Really the best place for you will depend on the medical
facilities.Without them being top rate all else falls short.Living one hour's ride
from a top hospital,not necessaryly a large hospital,is unacceptable to one who
has a medical condition such as MS or ant other condition which can erupt
quickly. We left Ohio and a city once rated as one of 20 places best rated in the USA
Yes we had great hospitals and they were close.The staffs were also top notch.
I would say since gasoline has gone up we don't want to live too far from medical facilities.

Try to remember if your progresion is making walking harder all the time and crutches are in order to improve your walking gait ,you need a climate that is without snow and icey surfaces.RET4/15/2008

But the snowy and icey conditions of winter was no place for a person ,like me
who was using crutches and would probably be using them forever.Since we moved
I have added braces ,which would be even more hazzardous in winter .Having once broke a
leg from falling feer of doing it again are always in your mind.Should i ever need a wheelchair full time the same winter conditions don't mix well either.
Sure you could find those that have similar conditions requiring similar
equipment living in such a winter ,but by choice? Many are via family pressures.
Value of family is never to be underrated.I too love family.And the disabled will
need family connections more than the able bodied usually.Next to your relationship to
GOD comes family,not climate.But when your family is dispursing as was ours to other
areas after their college graduation,only the airlines and the telephone will
hold you together.With God he/she is everwhere so no need to worry.
RET e-mail at RET1000@aol.com

The worst climate for MS? or the best for MS.Assumming your MS is going to
slowly progress and you will need more attention medically than you now
need ,then other things besides temperature and humitity.
The California state has many climates from mountains ,sea side,great Central
Valley,Bay area,desert area in southern Calif.(Applevalley)
There are differences from less than 10 inces of rain to much in Bay area.
Knowing a meterologist personally in the bay area ,she says its a challenge
to predict the many miniclimate zones in that area..
Also having a relative in the high desert otherwise known as Apple valley,
this come the closest to good living for someone wth MS as the state offers.

The Pacific Northwest(Washington,Oregon and extreamly northern Coastal California:
The costal area is wet much of the year,but never hot.Days over 80 are rare,when you
go back from the coastal areas and across the mountains you will find dryer areas
but cooler too.And down right cold in winter.But lacking snow as associated with the
GreatLakes areas.This is important for us using crutches or in wheelchairs.

The Gulf Coastal areas from Texas east into Lousiana,Mississippi,Alabama,panhandle Florida,Humid and hot in the summer usually over 90 and mild winters ,with seldom
in the freezing range.Back from coastal areas get very hot in summer and climate is
repressive to someone sensitive to temperatures(MS)

Central Florida from south of Ocala to Orlando.Very hot summers,much rain in afternoon
but usually fast and quiting after the middle of afternoon.90+ all summer and into Oct.
Fall from Mid Oct. to Mid Dec. absolutely the best there is with this being the dry time
and temperatures seldom over 82-85 peaks in afternoon.Very nice in late afternoon and
throught the night and also pleasant in mornings .
The winter especially near Christmas is generally the coolest,count on week of Christmas
through New Years as generally the coldest.Usually in 40s and dipping sometimes into
30s. Highs in 60s.
Then winter after New Years is great and temperatures seldom in low 30s and days
sunny with tops in 70s,Spring usually is under 85 tops and bottom temperatures
rest in high 50s and low 60s.We have a great Fall,winter and spring for someone with MS.
This area I know best as I have lived here now 13yrs.The lowest in 13yrs we ever had was
18 degrees in 1989.It killed a lot of orange groves.

Southern Florida from south of Orlando to tip,including Miami and west coastal towns
of Ft Myers,Sarsoda,Sebring,etc. the summer same if not hotter than central Florida.
The winter is still milder than central Florida.Humity is always high.

Applachian areas of N.C.,S.C.,eastern Tenn.Northern Ga.,The winter is mild,with temperatures never too low as like in GreatLakes states,,there will be an occasional
snow,expect winters to be usually sunny but chilly in days 50s and nights with frosts
but not excessively cold.You will get out doors in the winters.
These areas are frequently the place for second home owners from Florida,especially in places like
Henderson N.C. The slightly higer elevations are the saving factor which makes them more
desirable than the hot and humid areas of coastal Ga,S.C.,NC.
The Virginia part in the mountains would also figure into this area too
the Virginia near Washington DC is like most of the state of Maryland ,Deleware,and
Patomic basin,very hot and humid in summer,almost as repressive then than Florida.
Mid Atlantic states in coastal areas,NJ,Lower NY,including NYC.Long Island,Conn.
eastern PA. Winters milder than inland areas of states mentioned.Ocean breezes are a
desirable factor,summers are also humid and tops in 90s,many MSer live in this area
and MS clinics are abundant.Medically a good area.

GreatLakes states of Michigan,Ohio,Wisconsin,part of Pa,Illinois,:very hot summers in lower GreatLakes areas in 90s for at least half of a fairly short summer. lived in Ohio
for a greater part of my life,30miles from Lake Erie.Snow belt was near,with swony
season lasting too long making walking from Dec.through April difficult for some one
in a wheelchair or using crutches.While summers were rainy they were somedays better
than living south in summers.Medical facilities were generally also good.

The Mountains of the Rockes;
Depending on the altitude, there is great living usually east of the continental
divide but expect daily changes to be vastly different from extream lows to modest highs,dry on eastern slopes and wet on western ones.Many people with MS live in this area.
Colorado,part of NM,Montana,Idaho

The areas I haven't covered include would be Wyoming,Nebraska,Dakotas,Minn.,
these have very cold winters,but summers can spike up to 90 but usually not.the rain is sparce therefore the humidity is low.The life span of many of the long term residents is
longer than many areas of the country.Exactly nobody seems to know.They are not industral states so they have very pure air.the winds are the main purifying agent in pure air.

Hawaii while expensive to live in has a climate usually conducive to a person with
MS.The highs are never as repressive as the southern states ,and it never frosts except on the highest peaks of mountains.The ocean are near to all.

Alaska: near the panhandle of Alaska is the best in terms of mildness in temperatures.
The rest of the state is bitter cold most of the time.the panhandle is also very cloudy and heavy on rain and short on sun.But if you like fishing its a great place.

have you ever considered the Virgin islands? They have lower temperatures in the summer
than central Florida due to the closeness of the ocean to all .There is never a
frost.But the medical facilities are poor,and native doctors now precious little

Eileen Lukeman and Richard Tanner

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Eileen(Lobosgirl) and Richard (RET1000) both at aol.com

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