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Humidity...how do you deal with it? |
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| Post# 951289 8/2/2017 at 12:27 (2,456 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
 When I moved here 16 years ago there were almost no days with noticeable humidity. Tourist stores downtown sold T-shirts printed with a cow skull and the words "It's A Dry Heat". It seems every year since then there's more and more humidity, sometimes accompanied by the smell of thousands of dead fish floating on the surface of the drying-up Salton Sea. Today is one of the worst ever. You could cut the humidity with a knife. I haven't been in weather like this since I used to visit my Eastern Airline friends in Miami. I wish I had bought a house on wheels. The moisture takes all the curl out of my hair too...all 4 or 5 follicles.
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Post# 951292 , Reply# 1 8/2/2017 at 12:38 (2,456 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 951300 , Reply# 2 8/2/2017 at 13:49 (2,456 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 Wow, I thought it was just me. I first visited Palm Springs in the 90s and found that although it was hotter than I was used to, I was still OK with it because of the lack of humidity. That "outdoor air-conditioning" water-mist system around pools and patios was great. My last visit there was about 4 years ago now and I was surprised at how humid it was!
In this neck of southern Québec, we get a roller coaster of weather conditions. Cold, dry and windy in winter, then hot, humid, and still in summer. If I can stay inside with the air conditioning on during the latter, I will. Otherwise, I move very, very slowly... | ||
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Post# 951310 , Reply# 4 8/2/2017 at 15:52 (2,456 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 951337 , Reply# 5 8/2/2017 at 20:04 (2,456 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast) |
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Living in Florida, 
I ask myself that question almost daily. It's worse when I travel somewhere with moderate temps, and then I come back home to the sauna. It should only be a matter of time before we evolve to having gills.
However, the last couple of days have been glorious. Highs have been in the mid 80's with the humidity being an arid 40%, vs our typical 90degree+ temps with 60-70% humidity. | ||
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Post# 951338 , Reply# 6 8/2/2017 at 20:10 (2,456 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Not well! | ||
| Post# 951361 , Reply# 7 8/2/2017 at 22:32 (2,456 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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I RUN From the air conditioned car to the air conditioned house!!!I keep it so cold the windows fog up because I DESPISE heat and humidity! | ||
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Post# 951388 , Reply# 8 8/3/2017 at 05:50 (2,456 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ) |
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Here in Cape May we have the famous sea breeze to keep you cool and comfortable. As a friend of mine often said: "The sea breeze is in the bottle on the dresser.". On the other hand, while we can have really pleasant days with the sea breeze we do have many of the dread HHH days, hazy, hot, and humid. For those days the house remodel included 4 mini split AC units. They replaced the three window units that kind of worked to keep the humidity under control. The total is 36,000 BTU with 4 individual zones. Nothing like boiling FREON when it is hot and humid to stay comfortable. A trip to the beach is not all that bad either.
Harry
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Post# 951392 , Reply# 9 8/3/2017 at 06:15 (2,456 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Hans and I are of the same mind concerning heat/humidity: HATE IT.
I ran two dehumidifiers on the 35% humidity setting at the house; one on the lower level and one in the tuck-under garage. It was only house in Minnesota where you'd get static electricity shocks on doorknobs & light switches during the summer. The thermostat is set at 71-72 degrees all summer. If I'm cooking or cleaning it goes a degree or two cooler for a few hours. | ||
| Post# 951402 , Reply# 10 8/3/2017 at 07:59 (2,456 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Empty all the swimming pools. If that doesn't work, it must be climate change. | ||
| Post# 951439 , Reply# 11 8/3/2017 at 13:02 (2,455 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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A/C !!!!! I wilt with humidity, if I have the opportunity, I go for "Arctic." Two of my current favorite TV shows are "Alaskan Bush People," and "Mountain Men." Enough said? (I know they are at least partially scripted.) Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 951700 , Reply# 12 8/5/2017 at 15:36 (2,453 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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FOGNADO! I'm so over this sticky weather. I want the cool Bay Area breezes blowing again. NOW!
It was so weird yesterday that there were temperature spikes overnight. In one case, it reached 95 degrees in Vacaville, I think, shortly after Midnight Friday morning. In another case, a bizarre "fognado" swept over Natural Bridges State Beach, just north of Santa Cruz (see link).
All of this thanks to a high pressure area that typically sets up shop over the Great Basin at this time of year, bringing monsoon moisture and related humidity to Arizona and points east. Lately, it has decided to shift west and bring those miserable conditions to the west coast. We were supposed to get some relief starting today. It's only slightly better. I hope things are back to normal by Monday, which is what they're saying.
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Post# 951747 , Reply# 13 8/5/2017 at 20:52 (2,453 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Don't think I'd like to be live when the fognado hit but what a great show! | ||
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Post# 951774 , Reply# 15 8/6/2017 at 00:32 (2,453 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Fognado---interesting and weird weather!Don't get that my way-like most on here-crank up the AC in the house and the car.Had my AC unit serviced-better! | ||
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Post# 951840 , Reply# 17 8/6/2017 at 12:55 (2,452 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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