Carp4Cy wrote: ↑14 Jul 2025 14:56 pm
He likes TN? Send him straight to Memphis...
Memphis is nothing like Knoxville. So much hotter and more humid. And then there's the bullets and the bodies. He might not like Memphis.
It’ll prep him for STL
Heat-wise, that is very true. That Mississippi River valley area is hot.
Also, in 2024, Memphis's crime rate was down 25% over 2023, while St. Louis' was down 40%. Seems both cities are turning things around. Still way too high though in general, not that this has anything to do with baseball of course.
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Carp4Cy wrote: ↑14 Jul 2025 14:56 pm
He likes TN? Send him straight to Memphis...
Memphis is nothing like Knoxville. So much hotter and more humid. And then there's the bullets and the bodies. He might not like Memphis.
Hiya, Dawg!
Actually Knoxville is very humid, too. Rains a LOT on the west edge of the Smoky Mountains as all the moist Gulf air rises up the hills. I didn’t know this until I did a job there at Oak Ridge National Labs near Knoxville. Was there for a couple weeks. They get something like 50 inches of rain per year!
But yes, you’re correct about the heat in Memphis added to the humidity. Typically, Knoxville doesn’t get as hot.
Elevation differences plays important part in temps.
Memphis on the Mississippi River is 338 ft s one sea level.
Knoxville, just west of Smoky Mrs. Is 886 ft elevation thus but cooler.
I live on 70 miles west of Knoxville. I am just 1 hr. away but I am 2,000 ft elevation on the Cumberland Plateau.
On average in July, we are 5- 6 degrees cooler than Knoxville.
As I type this at , Knoxville is 84 and it is 79 degrees here just 70 miles west.
