KWSN Orbiting Fortress

[StarGal]

OK scientists, CAN human life survive at 120 degrees Fahrenheit?

[Nuadormrac]

That's what we invented air conditioning for

Though I must say, the heat when I lived in New Mexico was better then what we experience here, even if the 104 degrees today was less then the 106 degree temps out there. There it was just hot and dry, which actually felt cooler. This is more the sticky kind, where you're sticking to your cloathes and stuff. The desert southwest doesn't get it near 95% relative humidity Right nnow the sun has just about gone down 1.5 hours early and it's turned to severe thunder showers. There wasn't enough room before hitting the dew point, for things to begin to drop here, without, well the rain's comming down in sheets now
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[Grizzly]

[StarGal]

Grizzly,
Yes, I forgot about the desserts.
Anticipating 120. Hope not though.

[Nuadormrac]

Having experienced both, I prefer the drier heat to the humid/sticky kind. 95 F and high humidity in New York or Philadelphia is far, far worse then 106 F and dry in Albuquerque ever was.... I've lived in both climates, though yes Albuq being 10,000 ft above sea level it doesn't get quite as hot as Phoenix, AZ, let along eastern CA (round abouts Death Valley).... The drier heat is far more tame an experience then sticking to one's cloathes and feeling all icky all over, as it's more like being in a sauna wearing damp towels (themselves saturated with extremely warm water) head heat to below the waist, rather then just being in an oven

Sweating also cools one off far more effectively when the perspiration can actually evaporate from the body also All types of hot don't exactly feel the same
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