It was a bit uncomfortable today

[SeaCat]

Got a call from my friend Debbie yesterday. She told me she had a small job for me. A section of screen had blown out of the patio enclosure of one of the houses she is watching. She wanted to know if I could help her out.

I drove out there today. I was already sweating as I carried my ladder around back of the place. (What a place. The patio had a pool, a workout area and a cooking area with built in grill and oven.)

I looked at the section and shook my head. We're talking a section of screen that was at least eight feet wide by twelve feet long.

It took me a bit over an hour to get the job done. By the end of it I was literaly dripping sweat. (Debbie asked if it was starting to sprinkle.)

I got $50.00 for the job and was happy to have helped Debbie.

When I got home I understood why I felt so warm out there. My thermometer, which is on the patio and in the shade was reading 95 degrees and 80% humidity.

My wife and I changed as I swallowed about half a gallon of cold water. We went over to the park pool and I stepped into the tepid water with a sigh. Hey it was warm but it was cooler than the air and felt good. I didn't step out of the pool for almost an hour.

I cooked my ass off today and it's supposed to be even hotter for the next week at least.

Cat

 

[R. Richard]

I lived in South Florida for a while [Fort Liquordale.] I do remember the 'balanced climate' [95 degrees, 95% humidity.] I really miss the summer weather in South Florida [every chance I get!]

 

[SeaCat]

I lived in South Florida for a while [Fort Liquordale.] I do remember the 'balanced climate' [95 degrees, 95% humidity.] I really miss the summer weather in South Florida [every chance I get!]

LOLOL

You were about 45 minutes south of me. (It would be about fifteen minutes south of me if they would finish the work on I-95)

I can deal with the heat, but it is the humidity that is brutal. If it was less humid when you sweat the sweat would evaporate and cool you.

And this is just June. The hottest times are yet to come. I will be out there working and sweating my tail off.

And people wonder why I find 70 degrees cold.

Cat

 

[Diamond_Girl]

I'm a bit north of you, in NC. We get the balances, too, and people whine about the humidity. I just smile and say it only takes about 30 years to get used to it. Then they ask how old I am. I smile and tell them (let's just say not a whole lot beyond 30).

 

[SeaCat]

I'm a bit north of you, in NC. We get the balances, too, and people whine about the humidity. I just smile and say it only takes about 30 years to get used to it. Then they ask how old I am. I smile and tell them (let's just say not a whole lot beyond 30).

Diamond,

LOL

I love the heat. Normaly it doesn't bother me. It just depends on what I'm doing.

I have been known to do such stupid things as Tar Roofing in in 90 plus degrees. I have dug dithces and even split rails in high heat.

A couple of year ago when we were hit with the storms I was out there using a chain saw clearing roads and yards with the heat and humidity. I love the heat.

That being said I could do without the humidity.

I have a de-humidifier in the bedroom. I don't like it when my bed feels like a damp sponge.

There are times though when I could do without the heat and more importantly the humidity.

Cat

 

[Diamond_Girl]

Diamond,

LOL

I love the heat. Normaly it doesn't bother me. It just depends on what I'm doing.

I have been known to do such stupid things as Tar Roofing in in 90 plus degrees. I have dug dithces and even split rails in high heat.

A couple of year ago when we were hit with the storms I was out there using a chain saw clearing roads and yards with the heat and humidity. I love the heat.

That being said I could do without the humidity.

I have a de-humidifier in the bedroom. I don't like it when my bed feels like a damp sponge.

There are times though when I could do without the heat and more importantly the humidity.

Cat

Reminds me of that line from "Good Morning, Viet Nam!"

"It's hot. Damn hot! And wet. Which is great if you wi' a woman, but not so great when you in da jungle." (or however it goes)

 

[cloudy]

I live in the land of humidity, too. It's worse in south Mississippi, though. I can remember when I lived there how I would walk outside in the summer, early in the morning, and feel like I couldn't breathe there was so much moisture in the air.

It's not quite that bad here, but close enough to make it miserable at the height of summer.

 

[slyc_willie]

Try the Texas Hill Country. Some days, the humidity matches the temperature, and it can get to damn near 100 degrees.

Showers are practically useless.

 

[glynndah]

Ah, yes. Air you can wear.

 

[R. Richard]

Try the Texas Hill Country. Some days, the humidity matches the temperature, and it can get to damn near 100 degrees.

Showers are practically useless.

For those who have never had to live in the South in heat and humidity, let me cover the rain situation [if that is the showers you are talking about.]

If you get a thunderstorm and it rains hard for five minutes, you are worse off than if it never rained. The rain hits the hot ground and just boils off [100%+ hymidity] as soon as the rain stops. If the rain lasts for 10 minutes, you maybe break even. If the rain lasts for 15 to 20 minutes, at some point you can actually feel the heat break and things will be cooler for a little bit after the rain stops. If the hard rain lasts for 30 to 40 minutes, it actually cools things down a bit and you may have a very few pleasant hours. If you get a driving rain for an hour or more, it seems to cool the ground and also pull the humidity from the sky with maybe a day or so of relatively pleasant weather. Thunderstorms that last for an hour or more are, alas, quite rare.

 

[Weird Harold]

Try the Texas Hill Country. Some days, the humidity matches the temperature, and it can get to damn near 100 degrees.

Showers are practically useless.

I think Florida has almost everywhere else beat. In 21 years of moving around the world at governent expense, Tampa Florida is the only place I've encountered pea-soup fog when the temperaure was 99F! I'm talking about less than 25 ft of visibility!

Second worst for me was Thailand during the Monsoon season -- very rarely over 90F, but almost always over 90% RH.

 

[slyc_willie]

For those who have never had to live in the South in heat and humidity, let me cover the rain situation [if that is the showers you are talking about.]

If you get a thunderstorm and it rains hard for five minutes, you are worse off than if it never rained. The rain hits the hot ground and just boils off [100%+ hymidity] as soon as the rain stops. If the rain lasts for 10 minutes, you maybe break even. If the rain lasts for 15 to 20 minutes, at some point you can actually feel the heat break and things will be cooler for a little bit after the rain stops. If the hard rain lasts for 30 to 40 minutes, it actually cools things down a bit and you may have a very few pleasant hours. If you get a driving rain for an hour or more, it seems to cool the ground and also pull the humidity from the sky with maybe a day or so of relatively pleasant weather. Thunderstorms that last for an hour or more are, alas, quite rare.

Well, no, I was talking about personal showers, but you make a good point.

Here in central Texas, when it rains, it rains hard. Hard and fast, like a desperate fuck The drops come heavy and almost painful, and nearly every gulley wash becomes a river.

Then it's over, as quick as it started, and as you said, we're left with more humidity than before. It sticks. It drips. It soaks through your clothes and makes you feel like your skin exudes oil.

Then there are the microbursts, happening so close to the ground that you could swear Al Queda was attacking. The windows rattle, lights flicker, and every appliance in the house gets reset. It's a damn pain in the ass to recalibrate all those clocks, let me tell you.

Why the hell do I still live here?

 

[R. Richard]

I think Florida has almost everywhere else beat. In 21 years of moving around the world at governent expense, Tampa Florida is the only place I've encountered pea-soup fog when the temperaure was 99F! I'm talking about less than 25 ft of visibility!

Second worst for me was Thailand during the Monsoon season -- very rarely over 90F, but almost always over 90% RH.

One day, in Fort Liquordale, we are getting ready to go to work on second shift [aboard a Navy ship.] I leave my room and walk out onto the covered porch. The rain is falling like someone turned over a bucket way up high and I can barely see the rental car across the parking lot. The temperature is about 100 degrees and I can't hardly believe it. I get the rest of the crew up and out and, while I wait for the lazy SOB's to get it together, it dawns on me. The storm is coming up out of the Carribean, where it is even hotter and the whole air mass is at 100 degrees, forget the fact that the sun is not visible.

Yes, I have a number of memories of Florida weather. However, by now I only rarely wake up screaming.

 

[SeaCat]

LOLOL

Right now it has cooled down to 93 degrees. I made it to 96 degrees for quite a while then we were hit by a T-Storm. This was what Slyc would call a Gully Washer. For half an hour it rained hard enough that I couldn't see across he street. It was coming down hard enough that the rain was overflowing my gutters.

Then the rain stopped and the heat and humidity went right back up.

I kind of feel sorry for my neighbors. The ones in number five repainted their trailer. A lovely salmon color with dark brown trim. You know that trailer gets hot.

The neighbor in number 7 informed me last evening that she is having trouble with her A/C. It keeps shutting down. After talking with her for a couple of minutes I was able to trouble shoot it as most likely being her nice new thermostat. She told me her "Daddy" thought it was the compressor and he would have someone over on Saturday. (Hey no skin off my tail if she wants to sweat her ass off. Maybe she'll lose some weight.)

Cat

 

[Weird Harold]

LOLOL

Right now it has cooled down to 93 degrees. I made it to 96 degrees for quite a while then we were hit by a T-Storm. ...

Then the rain stopped and the heat and humidity went right back up.

It's dropped back about three degrees here, too. It's down to 107F. The humidity is 5% and starting to creep back up to the early morning high of 7%.

All in all a thoroughly nice day in the desert.

 

[flavortang]

The Sun is a real bastard. Just sits up there in space, making our lives miserable. ;(

 

[The_old_man]

I have 2 fond memories of Florida. One was miami, late June, temp.78,Humidity 100, I dam near froze!( I had spent the previus 5 months in Puerito Rica.)

Second was retuning all the radios in nine AM1 torpedo bomber aircraft aftersections. Conditions Temp. 98, Humidity 94, no wind, aircraft Painted Navy Blue!