re: Dry Heat vs Humid Heat

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Well, see, dry heat just exists. It is hot. You know it is hot. Everyone acknowledges it is hot. But it can be dealt with.

Humid heat? Humid heat insinuates. It is everywhere. There is no escaping. It has wrapped around your balls. It has tapped your bunghole. Humid heat is sticky and gross. There is no quick walk inside to cool off. It is on you. It is wearing you like a damn skin suit.

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Years ago some dude from Africa came to New Orleans to run a marathon. When he was interviewed afterwards, all he could do was bitch about the heat.

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Bull shite. You sweat just as much, it’s just that it evaporates. I find i dehydrate way quicker in dry heat because I don’t see the sweat and forget to chug water.

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This is true. I had a hard time learning this lesson in the winter in New Mexico where its very possible to become severely dehydrated in 50 degree weather where it'd take some doing in Georgia. I took to keeping a case of water in my truck at all times but it took me a minute to learn that dry air will dehydrate you quick as hell.....

Dry heat is MUCH better in the shade and you don't get swampass nearly as much.

Those are the two big differences to me.


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And the nights and mornings are much better before the sun is all the way up. The breeze can actually feel nice.

As someone who grew up in La, I can attest to the benefits of living in a dry heat area. When I do my morning exercise outside before sunrise, I’m enjoying life.

When I lived in the gulf region, soaking wet at 4 AM just walking is just miserable!

I can also say the “wet/humid cold” is a thing too!

Im up in Canada now and its dry up here. The days in the summer can get up to 85-90 but with little to no humidity. Thats the temp where you really notice the difference. You might sweat but it dries quickly and cools you off very quickly. 110-120 is hot with our without humidity in the sun.

Same rule applies to cold up here. I have no problem walking around outside at 25 F in a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans as long as there is no wind and the sun is out. You aren't doing that in South LA humidity. shite is cold.

Dry is is like standing in an oven.

Humid heat is like standing in a sauna.

My Grandpa told me when I was a little tike:

" It ain't da heat, it's da humiditty."

Like opening a convection oven set to 425°.

I'll take dry heat all day everyday over suffocating humidity.

You can definitely feel the humidity at 90 degrees in South Louisiana, but being in Las Vegas in June(110 degrees) in the middle of the day is also extremely hot. That 20 degrees makes up some ground. I felt the Vegas heat anyway. I will say when I landed back in New Orleans the humidity stunned me, lol.