I recently moved from San Antonio, Texas, to Corpus Christi, Texas.  Every has allergies–daughter, 2 dogs, and me.  Everyone says it’s the high humidity, but no one has told me what to do to survive.  This is my daughters first of four years in college.  We have the classic allergy symptoms, including runny eyes, sneezing, coughing, congestion, headache, etc.  My daughter and I are asthmatics.  My daughter has a very sensitive nose and strong smells causes her to break out in hives.  Please let me know what we can do so that we can endure the four years. — CeCe

I moved from the Eau Claire WI to Austin,TX. I thought it would be hot & dry & less mold, my worst allergen. In WI the mold would be high in the fall when the leaves were falling & laying around on the surface before the snow.

I was not aware of this website at the time! I have allergies year round (mountain cedar, most of the trees and grasses and want to move to a better climate. Any ideas? - Xandi, TX

Hello, I am very glad I found this site. I am just glad to know there are other’s out there as miserable as I am year round. I have non-stop swelling in my nose and it gives me constant pressure year round, oh and headaches to. I am a healthy mother of 2 and a happily married women other wise but find 300 days out of 365 miserable. So, if you suffer from mold, dust mites and grass dont move to Dallas. This is one of the worst area’s to live. I am starting allergy shots in 1 week. Will keep you advised on if they work. We have also thought about moving if they don’t work. Sad way to live huh? But if you suffer from constant pressure and headaches year round you will do anything for relief. Good luck to all!! TLP - Dallas

I lived in SF Bay Area and suffered seasonal allergy. Medication helped, but I was quite dependent on it. I then moved to Austin, Texas. And I’ve been living in hell since. I suffer year long severe allergy (the usual spring/fall allergy, plus winter - summer doesn’t count since you can’t really go out in 100+ anyway).

I’m considering moving out of the area. Although almost anywhere is better than Austin, I wonder if there’s a better place for me. I’m allergic to pretty much everything, but worst with “Bermuda Grass, English Rye, Mountain Cedar, and Chinese Juniper”.

By the way, my current top places to move are San Diego (CA), Seattle (WA), and Portland/Vancouver (WA). Appreciate any input. — Max, California

I would love to retire in the Palm springs, Palm Desert area; however, I’m aware of the extraordinarily high pollution levels. Including air pollution, with which other allergies will I need to deal?

Living in Austin, mold, cedar and other airborne allergans are making my life miserable and creating the need for immediate relief by moving out of the area. — Larry, Texas

Houston has a serious mold / mildew problem. I grew up here, and my allergies peak during Apr-June and Sept-Nov. Mold is very high in Houston during these months. When I lived in Atlanta my allergies rarely bothered me. When I go out west, I never seem to have problems. Curious on how it is in San Diego. — GDM, Texas

While the intense heat “may spare Central Texas residents from the brutal ragweed season” (see our August 26 post), KFOXTV in El Paso reports a “recent allergy upswing.”

According to the El Paso report, Allergies Hit The Borderland, “What is to blame for the sniffles, sneezing, and sore throats, is all the recent rain.”

Weather has a definite affect on allergies. According to Allergy & Asthma Advocate, Spring 2003, “not even scientists who have computer mathematical models incorporating years of pollen and meteorological data, will know what this year’s pollen season will be like.” According to this report, factors that affect pollen levels include “soil temperatures, number of days above 55 degrees, duration of freezing temperatures throughout the winter and moisture levels.”

Reports of an early ragweed season with a bumper crop of the pollen are coming from almost everywhere — except Texas.

KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, reported that the extreme summer heat may spare Central Texas residents from the brutal ragweed season many other areas of the country are experiencing.

See an excerpt of the KXAN report below, and click the link to read the entire article:

KXAN.com - Heat Hurting Ragweed Plants
“While most of the nation is bracing for a nasty ragweed season, in Central Texas, the dreaded weed quite literally may not be able to stand the heat.”

I have asked a lot of doctors and nurses where the best place in the world would be to live if one had allergies. They say no place is better than another.

I do not believe them.

There has got to be some places that are better than other.

Maybe islands?

Could you help me without agreeing with them? — LPJ, Texas

From California to New England, and from Iowa to Texas, allergy season is upon us. Reports are coming in from all but the northern-most states of spring allergies in the air.

MetroWestDailyNews.com reported today that in spite of the “unseasonably cold temperatures for the past 10 days,” record warm January temps in Massachusetts mean allergy season is soon to arrive. The article, which reported January temps of 7 to 9 degrees above average in Boston and Worcester, says, “Low-level tree pollen has already spread across most of the state.”

Of interest to those of us in the south-central area where ragweed season starts in the fall, the article cited above also reports that a warm January “is allowing the ragweed to come out earlier.”