OMG! You *pansies*! :D
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kickahaI 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 :)
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Acclimation matters.
Date: 2007-07-11 10:51 pm (UTC)Just because it sucks worse where you are, does not mean it doesn't suck here. Just means you're stupid to live where you do. Try not to take that out on those of us who know better. :)
You also have AC, a cost that is not justified 355 days out of the year here, and an appliance that is not available the ten days it *might* be justified.
Fair warning: I may be the teensiest bit cranky the end of the month, if temps and humidity are in the 90s. I expect the other time I visit NY will be much closer to one end or the other of the baseball season.
Re: Acclimation matters.
Date: 2007-07-11 11:02 pm (UTC)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.