The Weather thread

[iAmBaronVonTito]

when i think of air conditioning, i think of todd barry bit about people who hate air conditioning.  listen, i dont dislike air conditioning, i merely prefer fresh air...when it's not so hot.

and in phoenix, there is no end to the heat.  in fact, people leave their shades closed and the air conditioning on at all hours.  everyone has pools but i never see them being used because its too hot outside.  true story. 

[nec13]

So "dry heat" is basically a myth?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i'll tell you what i think of dry heat v humidity: miserable is miserable, people.

some will say there's a difference and thats fine, but i know a number of people who are miserable in the desert while the rest of them are miserable in humidity.  im a whiny mess in both, hence, i live wherever the hell i want based on other factors.

thats why memphis wins my heart. 

[Regular Joe]

...help....me

 

I'm sorry I mocked you in your time of need! Seriously, air conditioning is fine if you live in a non-stop climate of heat, but for actual weather-having environments where that would be a waste, I'd say just put a bowl of ice water in front of a fan, drink a lot more water and try not to die from heat exhaustion. You will pull through this!

[iAmBaronVonTito]

...I'd say just put a bowl of ice water in front of a fan...

this works.  a bowl of ice in front of a fan does you no good, but strictly water (with ice in it, i suppose) works perfectly.

[yesno]

So "dry heat" is basically a myth?

I lived in Phoenix for a while, and dry heat is not a myth for most parts of the country, when you're talking your pathetic 90-degree weather. Georgia and DC are definitely more miserable than Colorado in the summer.

But Phoenix gets up to 120.  Find me a humid environment where it's regularly well in excess of 110 degrees and we'll talk. 

[iAmBaronVonTito]

So "dry heat" is basically a myth?

I lived in Phoenix for a while, and dry heat is not a myth for most parts of the country, when you're talking your pathetic 90-degree weather. Georgia and DC are definitely more miserable than Colorado in the summer.

But Phoenix gets up to 120.  Find me a humid environment where it's regularly well in excess of 110 degrees and we'll talk. 

this past weekend alone it got to 115 degrees; right now, it's 104 but feels like 120.  around here, they dismiss anything over 100 degrees.

[Martin]

Dry heat vs humidity: when Sparkiepop visited me two weeks ago she couldn't believe how unbearable the heat was over here. "Isn't this supposed to be fucking SWEDEN?!" she pleaded. I tried to remind her that she's from LOS ANGELES where it's hot all the time, but she countered with the dry heat argument, and I'm buying it. We've had 70-80% humidity here combined with temps in the 80s (F), and it kills me. I can't stand much of any kind of heat, but when I was in Vegas, where it was at least in the 90s (F), I didn't complain once.

(That's why I kind of like the weather reports that says it's 85F, for instance, but it "feels like" 100F.)

[buffcoat]

Try 90% humidity with temps in the 90s, and the occasional +90% day when it cracks 100.


We pay for pretty much great days from October to May with a hateful stretch from late June to August.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i still think Phoenix takes the cake on miserable heat because although humidity may kill you, it lasts for the summer months.  Phoenix cant give it up; it remains hot/very warm 6-9 months out of the year. 

last year, we still had 100 degree days in october/november/december, though not as consecutive as the summer months, and summer begins in april with triple digits christening the new summer season.  winter=fall weather for a few weeks, then its back to the heat.

[todd]

The difference between humid vs. dry heat is SHADE. Shade makes a difference in dry heat. Shade does NOTHING in humidity.

[yesno]

I've spent summers in Savannah, and Phoenix still wins in terms of pure heat.  Phoenix melts asphalt.  It's "get blisters from touching a doorknob" hot.  It's "will kill you on the way to your car" hot.  It punches you in the face when you walk out the door.  The advantage is, unlike the South, bugs won't eat you as soon as you die, so you'll leave a nice mummy for a few millennia.

Phoenix heat can be cured with AC, though.  The misery of the Southern summer seeps through walls.  (I see that todd just posted something similar.)

What's worse about Phoenix is actually being in Phoenix.  It's the most soulless place I've ever lived.  Denver is way smaller than Phoenix with way more to do. I'd rather live in Macon, Georgia, than Phoenix. It is also one of the most ecologically unsustainable places imaginable.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

I've spent summers in Savannah, and Phoenix still wins in terms of pure heat.  Phoenix melts asphalt.  It's "get blisters from touching a doorknob" hot.  It's "will kill you on the way to your car" hot.  It punches you in the face when you walk out the door.  The advantage is, unlike the South, bugs won't eat you as soon as you die, so you'll leave a nice mummy for a few millennia.

Phoenix heat can be cured with AC, though.  The misery of the Southern summer seeps through walls.  (I see that todd just posted something similar.)

What's worse about Phoenix is actually being in Phoenix.  It's the most soulless place I've ever lived.  Denver is way smaller than Phoenix with way more to do. I'd rather live in Macon, Georgia, than Phoenix. It is also one of the most ecologically unsustainable places imaginable.

yesno, i thought no one else disliked phoenix for the same reasons as much as i do- everything you say is true.  i could go on all day about everything i dont like in this city.

[yesno]

I used to spend my weekends driving around the metro area to the various places I discovered, which were so spread out.  I remember finding one good record store with the kind of techno I was into at the time, in Mesa or something.  Plus Eastside and Stinkweeds and the various Zias in Tempe.

Tucson is actually a better city than anything near Phoenix.

[fletcher munson]

Pay $950,000 for a one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn.

Thanks, TRG.  Great advice. 

What are you all talking about the weather for? 

Martin, a friend of mine just got released on a Swedish label called Hockey Rawk.  Do you know them? If I come and visit your country, will I be hot?  PS. I love your country's meatballs.