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I grew up in Texas and I could handle the heat just fine, but why deal with that crap if you don't have to? You can get used to 115º and dry in Dallas, but why

I grew up in Texas and I could handle the heat just fine, but why deal with that crap if you don't have to? You can get used to 115º and dry in Dallas, but why would you want to? If you're in Houston and it's 105º and 105% humidity outside, you can just stay indoors all the time or walked around completely soaked through in sweat, but why? I have the same ridiculous conversations over and over with family and friends who still live there. "It's just so miserable here, I don't want to go outside while the sun is up. But ... " "... freedom ... " (friends) or "... I've never lived anywhere else and I don't travel and can't imagine living anywhere else ..." (family). I read this incredible article by some idiot who moved from San Francisco to Austin and wrote a list of ten LIES he was told. Four of ten were "it is hot here and no one told me that". One was "electricity is actually MORE expensive in Texas". Electricity in Austin was 1/4 the price of what I currently pay in San Francisco per/kwh, but this idiot moved from a 1500sqft house without AC in a moderately cold climate to a 5000sqft house with AC in an extra-hot climate and was surprised that his utility bill increased. Texas is filled with people like that. I don't miss Texas at all.

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
The issue is the web-bulb temperature which humans cannot really adapt to. A young, healthy adult won't be able to survive a sustained wet-bulb temperature of 35C (assuming they have access to unlimited water, air fans and shade). The wet-bulb temperature is equivalent to the temperature that humans can reduce their body temperature to by sweating.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
  Well, how does people survive in jungles?
  - fknorangesite 3y ago
    > Well, how does people survive in jungles? At wet-bulb temperatures lower than 35C.
- explaininjs 3y ago
  Air fans change the game, evaporative cooling can bring the experienced temperature far below the still air wet bulb.
  - ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
    Air movement only helps when the humidity is less than 100%. With a wet bulb temperature of 35C, fans won't help you survive - you'd need some other way of reducing your body temperature e.g. air conditioning.
juujian 3y ago
Well, there is a limit to what temperatures you can get used to and survive. Somewhere above 130f/50c your body cannot cool you down effectively anymore, and you literally need an AC to stay alive. It's not an issue of getting used to it, though old folks will obviously be more vulnerable. And don't take electricity for granted, heat stresses the grid and power plants need cooling. So there are some physical limits, including limits of the human body, it's not just an issue of getting used to it.
trilbyglens 3y ago
People can adapt to heat, but the real danger is that Texas gets too stupid for humans to survive.

ndsipa_pomu 3y ago

The issue is the web-bulb temperature which humans cannot really adapt to. A young, healthy adult won't be able to survive a sustained wet-bulb temperature of 35C (assuming they have access to unlimited water, air fans and shade). The wet-bulb temperature is equivalent to the temperature that humans can reduce their body temperature to by sweating.

TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
Well, how does people survive in jungles?
- fknorangesite 3y ago
  > Well, how does people survive in jungles? At wet-bulb temperatures lower than 35C.
explaininjs 3y ago
Air fans change the game, evaporative cooling can bring the experienced temperature far below the still air wet bulb.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y ago
  Air movement only helps when the humidity is less than 100%. With a wet bulb temperature of 35C, fans won't help you survive - you'd need some other way of reducing your body temperature e.g. air conditioning.

juujian 3y ago

Well, there is a limit to what temperatures you can get used to and survive. Somewhere above 130f/50c your body cannot cool you down effectively anymore, and you literally need an AC to stay alive. It's not an issue of getting used to it, though old folks will obviously be more vulnerable. And don't take electricity for granted, heat stresses the grid and power plants need cooling. So there are some physical limits, including limits of the human body, it's not just an issue of getting used to it.

trilbyglens 3y ago

People can adapt to heat, but the real danger is that Texas gets too stupid for humans to survive.