On Tue, 09 May 2006 10:18:53 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

As a Yankee, I consider Maryland a southern state geographically. It is,
after all, just east of Virginia, which no one questions as a southern
state.

But historically, it is a northern state. It was part of the Union
during the Civil War.

Weatherwise, it is near-northern in the winter, and near-southern in the
summer. But we do have four distinct seasons.

North!

Yes. If you have to winterize your boat, it's north.