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OMG! You *pansies*! :D
I just checked the weather in Seattle, after seeing a lot of posts about it.
91deg. Ouch. That's pretty damned hot for up there.
Then I see the humidity.
**27%**?? You're complaining about **27%**?? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh dear god, you poor dears, you have no idea. At that nice dry humidity, sweating still works. Evaporation is efficient. You can cool yourself with a wet towel and a fan quite nicely. Seriously... years of living on the dry hot side of the Cascades, and in Salt Lake City make this a no-brainer: mist yourself with some water in front of a fan, and it will feel 10-15deg cooler almost instantly. Soak a towel in water and toss it on your back while you walk around - same effect. When the humidity is that low, water + moving air = cool. Temperature is easily overcome if the air is dry. When it's humid... not so much.
When the temp is in the 90s, and so is the humidity, *then* you're in deep doodoo. (Actually, that's pretty much what it feels like.... walking through warm poo.) cf: NC, NY.
Go sweat yourself silly, and enjoy the evaporation for those of us who cannot. :P :)
91deg. Ouch. That's pretty damned hot for up there.
Then I see the humidity.
**27%**?? You're complaining about **27%**?? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh dear god, you poor dears, you have no idea. At that nice dry humidity, sweating still works. Evaporation is efficient. You can cool yourself with a wet towel and a fan quite nicely. Seriously... years of living on the dry hot side of the Cascades, and in Salt Lake City make this a no-brainer: mist yourself with some water in front of a fan, and it will feel 10-15deg cooler almost instantly. Soak a towel in water and toss it on your back while you walk around - same effect. When the humidity is that low, water + moving air = cool. Temperature is easily overcome if the air is dry. When it's humid... not so much.
When the temp is in the 90s, and so is the humidity, *then* you're in deep doodoo. (Actually, that's pretty much what it feels like.... walking through warm poo.) cf: NC, NY.
Go sweat yourself silly, and enjoy the evaporation for those of us who cannot. :P :)
Re: Acclimation matters.
Fun, huh? :D Be thankful you're where evaporation *does* work well.
Yeeeeeeeah, if you're not enjoying that, you're likely to be a bit cranky back here in the swamp. Drink plenty of fluids, and basically try not to move.