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Except for some of the more exotic ones (phase change wax cooling) these are frequently used in Florida and you still need AC, certainly during the summer. Don’
by BWStearns 3y ago
Except for some of the more exotic ones (phase change wax cooling) these are frequently used in Florida and you still need AC, certainly during the summer. Don’t get me wrong, bad dumb Americans and especially Floridians and all that, but this place is strictly uninhabitable without AC.
- hermitcrab 3y agoComing from a temperate country it is hard to comprehend how hot and humid Florida is in August without personally experiencing it.
- itishappy 3y agoFor some intuition, ocean surface temperatures peaked over 100°F this summer. The exact numbers are somewhat debatable, but "the ocean cannot cool a human" is not. The best map I can find is actually from the Washington Post as it shows the measurements in context. Article (paywalled): https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/25/florida-record-warm-ocean-climate/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/07/25/florida-re... Map (direct link): https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WFQONMVI45CADAZ4AMCPLWQA5M.png https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.c...
- nickpp 3y agoActually it turns out that was a baseless claim made by alarmist legacy media. Florida Bay is a very shallow estuary basically inside Florida, not “the ocean”. https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2023/08/06/being-boiled-alive-in-the-101-degree-ocean-according-to-nyt/ https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2023/08/06/being-boiled-al...