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Rolling down windows doesn’t work. I require A/C, it’s not something I’ll give up.
by dijonman2 4y ago
Rolling down windows doesn’t work. I require A/C, it’s not something I’ll give up.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoI don't remember the exact threshold (It is definitely the case, over 98 degrees Fahrenheit -Body temperature, but that seems high), where moving air no longer cools you. I think that humidity can bring that threshold waaaayyyy down. I used to live in Maryland. The summers there are brutal. On hot days, rolling down the window is like having a hair dryer pointed at your face. I was talking with a friend of mine in Delhi, a couple of weeks back, when they were having the heat wave. It's no joke. People are dropping dead at their workstations.
- samatman 4y agoThe threshold is in fact higher than body temperature for dry air. The point below which air can't cool anything is the wet bulb temperature, and a wet bulb above body temperature is eventually fatal.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoWhen I lived in Morocco, they had this Bedouin tribe, called the "Behr-Behr." They were known as "The Blue Nomads." because their skin was often tinged blue, from the dye on the heavy wool robes they wore. In the desert, wool actually keeps you cooler.
- samatman 4y agoIn Arabic Bahdawi means "desert dweller", while in English Bedouin refers more specifically to Arab desert dwellers. The people you're talking about are Amazigh, also known as Berbers, and from the indigo, specifically Tuareg. I'm sure they were referred to as "bedouin" and it isn't wrong in context.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoThanks!