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12. I'll take 95 degrees with 90% humidity over 32 any day

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 04:57 PM

Jun 2014

My blood is too thin for cold weather. Now granted, you wont find me working int he yard when it is hot as balls out, but I'll take hot over cold any day.

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Walking outside into a heat stroke [View all] Aerows Jun 2014 OP

I take it you are in Florida? William769 Jun 2014 #1

Worse Aerows Jun 2014 #3

Yuck. William769 Jun 2014 #5

Yep. It's hot and humid as being in a dryer on tumble. n/t Aerows Jun 2014 #6

Thats how I feel right now in S.W. Florida. William769 Jun 2014 #8

Yep, you folks aren't doing any better than we are Aerows Jun 2014 #9

You are preaching to the choir! William769 Jun 2014 #10

The bugs this years Aerows Jun 2014 #37

Ewwwww. It doesn't get better there until October. Warpy Jun 2014 #15

June is the best month of summer, here Aerows Jun 2014 #18

If it makes you feel any better Warpy Jun 2014 #28

It doesn't make me feel better because there are so many Aerows Jun 2014 #36

68 with light rain here in SW Washington. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #2

I envy you Aerows Jun 2014 #4

Did I ever mention that I got hyporthermia in Washington?...... In July? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #33

I nearly got hypothermia in DC Aerows Jun 2014 #35

I got frostbite in Santa Ana, Ca in May. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #76

My compliments on the photo pleinair Jun 2014 #82

Santa Barbara 73 and sunny upaloopa Jun 2014 #7

Yeah what a drag. I can't be outside for 10 minutes without sweating like a pig Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #11

Head sweater in Georgia. The only thing good about summer is I can lose Hoyt Jun 2014 #25

Good observation Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #40

I am in Georgia also. RebelOne Jun 2014 #85

Yep, and actually we've had relatively mild temps so far. But, I can sweat st 75 if Hoyt Jun 2014 #92

I'll take 95 degrees with 90% humidity over 32 any day NightWatcher Jun 2014 #12

We can easily change "bloods" Aerows Jun 2014 #16

Good old air conditioning RobertEarl Jun 2014 #13

70 and cloudy Montana sorefeet Jun 2014 #14

That's just rubbing it in n/t Aerows Jun 2014 #17

55F here at the moment, high today was 62 Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #19

Now that was just mean :( Aerows Jun 2014 #20

You need to go to the Southwest. former9thward Jun 2014 #21

I actually like snow Aerows Jun 2014 #22

Unless you're in northern Michigan,the high temps sufrommich Jun 2014 #23

I went there in January Aerows Jun 2014 #24

I've spent a couple of winters on the Gulf Coast. sufrommich Jun 2014 #27

I'll honestly take your winters, over our summers Aerows Jun 2014 #30

I agree.Humidity is incredibly miserable and sufrommich Jun 2014 #32

One other word to sum up our summers = bugs Aerows Jun 2014 #48

They are also bad up north. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #54

Bugs that bite plain suck Aerows Jun 2014 #60

The black flies of New England are the worst. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #63

I can't say I've hiked in New England. I'm only familiar with the state bird Aerows Jun 2014 #65

Do you have a high population of Asian Tiger mosquito? NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #68

They are indeed striped Aerows Jun 2014 #70

Yeah, day biters unlike the native ones. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #72

We have SWARMS of mosquitoes, Tigers and others Aerows Jun 2014 #74

At least you don't have to worry about Lyme disease. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #77

I'm up in the U.P. of Michigan right now. sufrommich Jun 2014 #57

I can't debate which bug is better or worse, my friend, Aerows Jun 2014 #59

90� here with 53% humidity=98� HI hobbit709 Jun 2014 #26

Just as bad - ours is 98 HI, too Aerows Jun 2014 #34

I'm in San Antonio LeftInTX Jun 2014 #29

Our humidity is to the point where you think you are breathing soup, and it is hot as hell. Aerows Jun 2014 #31

I hear that! I grew up mostly in Houston...where it is a waste of time trying to Rex Jun 2014 #38

I lived in Houston - it's the same Aerows Jun 2014 #45

Same here! The mosquitoes here are HUGE and look like stealth bombers! Rex Jun 2014 #47

Yep! Aerows Jun 2014 #49

IKR!? I've never seen them that size or composition...they look just like freakin stealth planes! Rex Jun 2014 #52

I don't know what in the HELL Aerows Jun 2014 #56

When we were early 20s, we lived in New Orleans without air conditioning Thirties Child Jun 2014 #39

Summer has somehow eluded us here in Texas. Indeed, many of our area ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #41

Must be North Texas Aerows Jun 2014 #46

Oh, yes, we did. My favorite lake is Whitney. If I'm recalling what I heard on ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #55

Glad to hear it! Aerows Jun 2014 #62

gotten hot and humid here in eastern NY> have to use a big umbrella to garden under KittyWampus Jun 2014 #42

Are the bugs there as bad as they are here? Aerows Jun 2014 #43

Wisconsin has really bad mosquitos, but no ROACHES LeftInTX Jun 2014 #67

I do NOT miss the Palmetto Bugs NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #90

I don't know how people do it... deathrind Jun 2014 #44

Fall and Spring are beautiful in Michigan.We have thousands of sufrommich Jun 2014 #50

That's my kind of weather. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #51

Vacation in Rhinelander AngryAmish Jun 2014 #53

84 and partly cloudy in Illinois. I'd gladly trade places with you--in the winter. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #58

If it was 90% humidity and 90�F, the Heat index would be 122�F. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #61

It's hot, it's humid Aerows Jun 2014 #64

Oh, I understand. I just hate the 90% humid thing I often hear. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #66

A light breeze. Any breeze! :D Aerows Jun 2014 #69

me too, me too CreekDog Jun 2014 #78

We don't often teach this stuff in school. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #79

Irritates me as well. The ignorance, that is Populist_Prole Jun 2014 #86

I personally prefer dewpoint. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #89

bless you CreekDog Jun 2014 #75

Wouldn't a Dewpoint of 100 be like trying to breath underwater? Rex Jun 2014 #83

No, 100% humididty means the air is saturated with as much water vapor (a gas) as it can hold. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #84

Thanks that was very informative! Rex Jun 2014 #91

Correction: though it's very humid there, it's not 90F and 90% humidity CreekDog Jun 2014 #71

See post above yours. NutmegYankee Jun 2014 #73

here in WA MFM008 Jun 2014 #80

Just avoid the raccoons with heatstroke, Aerows....you'll be fine!!!! msanthrope Jun 2014 #81

it was 91 degrees Howler Jun 2014 #87

We're a block from Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. postulater Jun 2014 #88