I HATE Heat...

dozer777

dozer777

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Not to beat this thing up but, I believe it's what folks are used to. Bring a Florida boy up to Maine in February and put him in the deep woods for a weekend. His chances of survival without getting major frostbite about 20%. Put a Maine boy in the same situation he'll have a shelter built fire going and staying somewhat warm.. If no matches or lighter dig a cavern in the snow and stay above freezing throughout the whole winter. Just got to find food. Water ain't a problem in the frozen tundra. How about the desert? Can digging a hole in the sand keep you cool? And also provide a water supply? Good Luck with that!
 
Topo

Topo

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^ Good reply!

And don't forget to always have :leaf: in your pocket. You never know when you might need to huddle around something warm.


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purklize

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I'm not even bothering growing this summer. I live by a blacktop parking lot and it's been so hot (100F at the weather station, probably 120F thanks to the pavement) that even with the a/c running full blast, it can't keep the temperate below 82F. It's like the walls of the building slowly heated up over the last week or two, because at first it could pull the temp down into the 60s.
 
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purklize

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Not to beat this thing up but, I believe it's what folks are used to. Bring a Florida boy up to Maine in February and put him in the deep woods for a weekend. His chances of survival without getting major frostbite about 20%. Put a Maine boy in the same situation he'll have a shelter built fire going and staying somewhat warm.. If no matches or lighter dig a cavern in the snow and stay above freezing throughout the whole winter. Just got to find food. Water ain't a problem in the frozen tundra. How about the desert? Can digging a hole in the sand keep you cool? And also provide a water supply? Good Luck with that!
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You can adjust to it somewhat but not enough to accommodate such drastic temperatures. If a bunch of people sit down and don't move in weather in the 40s or cooler, they will all die, regardless of their race or origin. If someone tries to walk 10 miles in a desert in 110F heat, they will die on the way, regardless of race or origin. The only advantage of being familiar with the climate is a better understanding of preparation. With the cold, this is simply learning to layer your clothing. However, with heat, there's little you can do other than stay hydrated. Once temperatures hit the triple digits it's flat out dangerous.

Also, it does get very hot in the northern midwest at times, it broke 115F in some towns in North Dakota this week. The temperature swings in the region near Canada are extreme, I have seen everything from -35F to 115F in the same town.

Digging a hole in the ground will keep you cool - also, elevating yourself can help as well. Camels have long legs because it gets them farther off the ground - keeps them cool.
 
Trolling

Trolling

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I could survive in Maine, tyvm Bear Grylls and Les Stroud.


Also, it's easy to survive here, just really humid.
 
Urca

Urca

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i grew up in las vegas. some days it would be 116 out and i had to walk home from school. worst feeling ever.
now that im back in ca, its a different kind of heat. gets hot but bearable.
we are actually having a semi -cool summer. some days its really breezy and doesnt get above 80. other days you feel like your roasting in your house
 
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xKuroiTaimax

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A good warm (as opposed to hot) summer in London is upper 60's to 80. But it can randomly get stormy and flood in between short spells of 80s-90s. A typical heatwave day hits about 84 and a freaky hot day when everything starts to go wrong (like our roads melting once or twice) is 95.

I cannot do hot weather. I get heatstroke quickly and it feels exactly like far too much codeine does... I get very irritable and babble like an idiot on top of that. How am I going to cope woking on a farm in the caribbean for 5 weeks????

Urca, HOW THE FUCK DID YOU COPE? 116? WHAAA??
 
blazinkill504

blazinkill504

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try havin the temp steady in the 90's with atleast 70% humidity on a daily basis. it goes higher that that some days feels like im breathin in fuckin water. you think about goin outside an you start sweatin in southern louisiana.
 
Trolling

Trolling

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I feel your pain man, can be in AC all day the step outside and within 2mins you're already sweaty and sticky.
 
blazinkill504

blazinkill504

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RIGHT soo annoyin dude. like you gotta bring 4 shirts with you cause lord knows you gonna have half of em drenched before you make to where you goin.
 
SirGreenThumb

SirGreenThumb

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We have been lucky to get below 98 here with high humidity. Thankfully there is a cold front coming in next week. Yay, I can finally finish this damn outdoor job and get paid.
 
dozer777

dozer777

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70% humidity would do me in. I think I would rather try to stay warm in the wilderness than try and stay cool. We all get acclimated to our surroundings in due time. I know I spent a summer in Miami and could hardly even go outside without being blinded by the sun and of course the 100 plus temps. I'll take frostbite over heatstroke. Cold just makes you mellow then you fall asleep and die.
 
Trolling

Trolling

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^ Definetly, much easier to keep warm and comfortable than keeping cool. Only defense you got to keep somewhat cool is water when you're outside.
 
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