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While this is an exaggeration, it really is very very bad. I have stayed for short amount in very hot and humid areas where sadly electricity was rare and yes y

While this is an exaggeration, it really is very very bad. I have stayed for short amount in very hot and humid areas where sadly electricity was rare and yes you just want to get out of there as soon as you can.

rimunroe 2y ago
It makes a huge difference if you get introduced to high temperatures and humidities over a period of weeks or months rather than all of a sudden. People live in hot climates year round without feeling miserable all the time. Most bodies are able to do a surprisingly good job of adapting to high temperatures if the transition is done very gradually.
- crop_rotation 2y ago
  Living in hot and humid climate is miserable even for people living there all the time. Yes humans persist and carry on but it doesn't make it less miserable, and any lucky person who was able to escape will never ever want to go back to that lifestyle.
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  30y Floridian here. > People live in hot climates year round without feeling miserable all the time. Not this person, nor my sons (born here) or siblings. Heat makes us all sick. Florida has 6 or 8 actual seasons and none of them are Fall, Spring or Winter.
  - rimunroe 2y ago
    Note I didn’t say all people, but out of curiosity how much of your time do you spend in air conditioned environments?
    - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
      > but out of curiosity how much of your time do you spend in air conditioned environments? Over 30y, I can give all possible answers to that question. I was 15y in scouting leadership. During June-Aug, I would be outdoors for weeks at a time. What I got used to was feeling sick every day. That said, early heat stroke symptoms get old after a decade or three. Now I go outside after sunset.
  - quantadev 2y ago
    I wouldn't want to live in an environment that's basically too hot for human life to thrive. There are people all over the world right now living in areas that are genuinely deadly if the AC goes out. People say "Oh, we do just fine in Death Valley, etc" (the American West in general) and that's just a person who is alive only because of AC. lol.
- wil421 2y ago
  Tell that to my usual Spring. Here come the 80s/90s and humidity until November.
quantadev 2y ago
I've never even thought about whether evaporative cooling CAN happen in like 100% humidity? Whether from sweat or from wet clothing. It seems like if there's so much air moisture evaporation can't happen, and the additional kinetic energy of hot water molecules just seems like energy that simply cannot be gotten rid of. Maybe one of my personal troll followers can look this up on ChatGPT and tell me I'm wrong? :)

rimunroe 2y ago

It makes a huge difference if you get introduced to high temperatures and humidities over a period of weeks or months rather than all of a sudden. People live in hot climates year round without feeling miserable all the time. Most bodies are able to do a surprisingly good job of adapting to high temperatures if the transition is done very gradually.

crop_rotation 2y ago
Living in hot and humid climate is miserable even for people living there all the time. Yes humans persist and carry on but it doesn't make it less miserable, and any lucky person who was able to escape will never ever want to go back to that lifestyle.
WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
30y Floridian here. > People live in hot climates year round without feeling miserable all the time. Not this person, nor my sons (born here) or siblings. Heat makes us all sick. Florida has 6 or 8 actual seasons and none of them are Fall, Spring or Winter.
- rimunroe 2y ago
  Note I didn’t say all people, but out of curiosity how much of your time do you spend in air conditioned environments?
  - WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
    > but out of curiosity how much of your time do you spend in air conditioned environments? Over 30y, I can give all possible answers to that question. I was 15y in scouting leadership. During June-Aug, I would be outdoors for weeks at a time. What I got used to was feeling sick every day. That said, early heat stroke symptoms get old after a decade or three. Now I go outside after sunset.
- quantadev 2y ago
  I wouldn't want to live in an environment that's basically too hot for human life to thrive. There are people all over the world right now living in areas that are genuinely deadly if the AC goes out. People say "Oh, we do just fine in Death Valley, etc" (the American West in general) and that's just a person who is alive only because of AC. lol.
wil421 2y ago
Tell that to my usual Spring. Here come the 80s/90s and humidity until November.

quantadev 2y ago

I've never even thought about whether evaporative cooling CAN happen in like 100% humidity? Whether from sweat or from wet clothing. It seems like if there's so much air moisture evaporation can't happen, and the additional kinetic energy of hot water molecules just seems like energy that simply cannot be gotten rid of. Maybe one of my personal troll followers can look this up on ChatGPT and tell me I'm wrong? :)