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re: Baghdad...heat index was 159 degrees, air temperature of 120 degrees
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:20 pm to SouthernInsanity
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:20 pm to SouthernInsanity
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Kuwait was fricking dry arse heat!
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Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:20 pm to SouthernInsanity
quote:You got me young buck...
Wait..... you've walked on the sun????? I'm calling bullshite!
Look me up when you come around a bit more, you might be cool
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:26 pm to BigEdLSU
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We used to take a sock and get it wet and put water bottles in them, then tie it to the side mirrors and after 10-15 minutes it didn't feel like we were drinking lava anymore.
That was a cruel joke. Boxes of free bottled water everywhere but the water was steaming hot.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:29 pm to SouthernInsanity
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Kuwait was fricking dry arse heat!
Camp Doha could get muggy as shite. Arifjan and Udairi Range were much drier.
This post was edited on 7/31/15 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:30 pm to northshorebamaman
Yeah no kidding. To this day, most people I tell this to don't believe me, but the only way to survive the daytime was to cover all of your skin. Long sleeves/pants >>>>> exposed skin. At night it would be like 90 degrees and we'd practically be shivering lol.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:36 pm to BigEdLSU
How about having your t shirt, belt, and hell, even your top stained white with salt everyday? I don't miss that shite. 
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:29 pm to northshorebamaman
What's the topography? They even have trees ? I have no clue so could be a stupid question
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:33 pm to Cruiserhog
Yowza! That's about 35 degrees hotter than what we've been experiencing in southern LA the past two weeks. Just think about that for a minute.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:40 pm to LSUTiger205
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Baghdad is humid as frick. There are two big arse rivers all around it. Not south LA humid, but it's on par with Central LA.
Completely incorrect. The dewpoint (the measure of moisture in the air a.k.a. humidity) was 90 degrees. Never in recorded history has it been that humid in Louisiana.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:42 pm to Dandy Lion
LOL, it's like everyone doesn't understand that heat indices factor in humidity and wind. I live in Houston, lived in New Orleans, and it's hot as frick right now. I feel like I walk outside into a fricking hair dryer and walking into a work or a house is akin to sticking my head in the freezer but the heat index hasn't gotten over 115 or so. If 159F is a valid heat index, we aren't even in the same stratosphere. How could you possibly compare?
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:44 pm to Canard Noir
quote:heat index doesn't factor in wind
it's like everyone doesn't understand that heat indices factor in humidity and wind
eta: heat index calculator
This post was edited on 7/31/15 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:45 pm to lsufan112001
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What's the topography? They even have trees ? I have no clue so could be a stupid question
In Kuwait or Iraq? Kuwait has landscaped trees around Kuwait City and parts of the coast. The rest of the country is a total wasteland. Iraq has much more variety.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:46 pm to tigercross
Have you spent time in Baghdad? If you have, did you spend time on patrols? If not, shut the frick up.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:47 pm to BigEdLSU
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High humidity louisiana summer heat is worse than over there Imo. But yeah it's hot.
You would be very very wrong
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:48 pm to forksup
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World Cup in this region of the world is going to suck balls.
It's going to be a blast
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:51 pm to Cruiserhog
Heat threads make the OT go full retard.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:00 pm to ksayetiger
True story.
Used to get IV's all the time after missions. B12 used to help also.
Used to get IV's all the time after missions. B12 used to help also.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:05 pm to cave canem
You're obviously entitled to your own opinion, but for what it's worth I'm not just randomly throwing that out there. I was in country as well. It was certainly hotter there obviously, but it wasn't nearly as humid. Our thermometers (which could have been off I don't know) regularly recorded mid 130s during the summer.
It's just that the sweat won't evaporate here. You get all sticky and soaked way faster in a humid climate Imo and that's more miserable.
It's just that the sweat won't evaporate here. You get all sticky and soaked way faster in a humid climate Imo and that's more miserable.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:18 pm to BigEdLSU
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It's just that the sweat won't evaporate here. You get all sticky and soaked way faster in a humid climate Imo and that's more miserable.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:21 pm to BigEdLSU
quote:I can pretty much guarantee you didn't experience a 90 degree dewpoint. That's actually the most amazing thing about this whole scenario to me as a meteorologist... it just doesn't happen... and it would mean exactly what you said about Louisiana heat, but with less hyperbole.
You're obviously entitled to your own opinion, but for what it's worth I'm not just randomly throwing that out there. I was in country as well. It was certainly hotter there obviously, but it wasn't nearly as humid. Our thermometers (which could have been off I don't know) regularly recorded mid 130s during the summer. It's just that the sweat won't evaporate here. You get all sticky and soaked way faster in a humid climate Imo and that's more miserable.
Sweat wouldn't evaporate and that's on top of it being ~10 degrees hotter than it's ever been in the state of Louisiana.
This post was edited on 7/31/15 at 10:24 pm
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