The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-07-08
lHt SUMMER CLIMATE
Ut FLORIDA PENINSULA
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,leltiiing TO the following deaths from
Sunstroke, taken from the same nnbli.
cation Illinois, 81; Iowa, p: Ohio %,
Missouri 29;Maryland 90; Connecticut
9; New jersey As; New York, liz
9 ~ strokes are practically unknown in
iotlda' Then from the Chronicle fire
tables: Buildings Of every kind. barns
dwellings,, churches, etc. fire by Gght.
nlng; tota number for the eight vcars
1870, 1888 inclusive; Alabama. 3: Caji.
lorna, 3: Connecticut, 245. Delarora
45 Florida, 80; Illinois. sis; Indiana
9Ol; Iowa, BOP; Maine, 237 Massachu.
sets, BOB; Michigan, 545; New Hamp.
shlre, l6;New Jersey, 35l; New York
VIZ; OHIO 90:Oregon, 3; PENIS, lvania
Ho6; Vermont, 63; Wisconsin. 3lS
Along our hundreds of miles of sea.
coast, the land and the sea bree2es
reach u development unknown in the
north, and their influence is a potent
factor IN tempering our summer heat
For accuracy OF statement and quaint
ness OF expression the description of
land and sea breezes by VIM. Dampier
an English navigator of the 18th CEN
fury, cannot be improved upon. He
says:
Sea breezes do commonly arise in
the morning about nine o'clock. some
times sooner sometimes later; they
first approach the shore so gently as if
not willing to offend, they make halt
and seem ready to retire. have wait
ed many a time, both ashore to receive
the pleasure, and at sea to take the
benefit of it. 1t comes in fine black
curl upon the water. In half an hours
time after it has reached the shore it
fans pretty briskly and 50 increaseth
gradually till IL o'clock, then it is com.
monty strongest, and lasts so till 2 or 3,
very brisk gale. After 3 o'clock it
begins to die away again and gradually
withdraws its force till all is spent, and
about 5 o'clock, sooner or later, accord
ing as the weather is, it is ulled asleep
and comes no more till the next day.
Land breezes are as remarkable
as any winds that ! have yet treated;
they are quite contrary to the sea
breezes, for those blow right from the
shore, but the sea breeze right in upon
the shore; and as the sea breezes do
blow in the day and rest in the night;
so on the contrary, these do blow in the
night and rest in the day, and so they
do alternately succeed each other. For
when the sea breezes have performed
their offices of the day by breathing on
their respective coasts, they in the ev-
ening do either withdraw from the
coast or I've down to rest; then the land
winds, whose Office is to breathe in the
night, moved by the same order of
divine impulse, do rouse out of their
private recesses and gently fan the air
till next morning, and then their task
ends and they leave the stage.
"Our summer climate is essentially
one of durnel changes, each day being
similar to the preceding are. The sum
mers are long, May to September, in
elusive, and the midday temperatures
are high;yet the effect of nearly con-
slant breeze is such that the sensation
is not one of oppression very often.
The afternoons generally being a re-
freshing shower of rain and the nights
are fresh and pleasant ensurlng rest
full sheep.
when the press dispatches tell us
that the north and west are suffering
from the visitation of a summer hot
wave, and that the people there are
painting for breath; when information
comes to us that population, unable
TO rest at night on account of the heat
seeks the open parks in search OF an
absent breeze; when later we read the
mortality list and learn of the death
resulting from heat prostratlons' theh
we. in Florida, should recognize tn,
benefits of the delightful breezes ana
offer thanks for the pleasant, resttul
nights, which characterize our summer