It doesn’t get more mundane and pointless than this. I walk out side this morning hoping to get the staircase up to the treehouse - which is coming along nicely with Mrs.P’s help now.
And am immediately choking on the air. My dog walked over to the pool and just layed in the wading area. No hesitation. He’s still out there…and it’s lightly drizzling… He’s been slightly manic lately due to the humidity.
I can’t see anything in the freezer when I open it due to all the damn fog coming out of it.
I sweat at least a fourth of my body weight when I attempt things outside such as one of the numerous projects I have going. And when the rain does stop I feel like I could actually take a bite out of the air it’s so damn humid.
You can turn off the humididty meter now … ok… Is there anyone out there? I need someone to turn down the Humidity… Soon… I’m tired of this crap.
Ah. Summer in Montgomery. When you walk outside into a warm, wet hug that smells like a wet dog. Ever been smothered by a warm, wet, 800-pound dog? Not fun, I tell ya. Who needs a sauna?
I’m from Toronto. It’s really damn hot and humid here. Why is this place populated? And why did we come down here in late July? When we got to Nashville all five of us piled out of the car, and almost asphyxiated from heat and humidity.
I HATE humidity. Unfortunately, I live near New Orleans. Aaaaaaaaagh! It’s horrid! Awful! I want to take a shower every time I go back in after being outside for more than, oh, thirty seconds.
But I’m going to Seattle next week, and while it’s pretty damp there a lot, it’s a hell of a lot more bearable. I can hardly wait.
I have to say that while New Orleans is humid, I have NEVER felt humidity like one memorable day in southern Japan when a typhoon was approaching. It was about 45º C (that’s about 115º F for the conversion-challenged), with at least 99% humidity and not a BREATH of air. It felt like I’d have better luck breathing if I could grow gills.
At least here in New Orleans I can get acclimated to the humidity. whiterabbit doesn’t believe it’s possible, but I didn’t, either, when I moved here two years ago. Now it actually feels kinda nice. Weird.
Why yes, yes he probably was and that is our God given right as New Englanders. We moan all winter about the cold and moan all summer about the heat. Especially in a year like this when we COMPLETELY MISSED SPRING. That is what we do. It makes us happy. We live in New England and we love to hate it. Or we hate to love it. But either way, we can’t leave it. Given your screenname, I would think you’d understand.
And let me tell you, eastern Kansas knows humidity. And scorching heat indexes. And wind, lots of wind, which when coupled with that humidity is rather like being smothered in a hot wet wool blanket.
heh! Thanks Salem. I am a New Englander. Therefore I can complain about three things. The weather. Bad Seafood. And unpure maple syrup.
When I lived in AZ I loved it. The ehat was just hot. Little to no humidity. But then again I went to a restaurant supposedly seafood. And was served cooky cuttered skate inplace of scallups. :eek: I nearly strangled the poor mexican chap trying to explain it was really scallups. :shrugs: oh well.
I think it’s the heat, too, Salem. But I LIKE the heat, and I don’t much mind the humidity, so no whinging from me. At least it ain’t snowin’.
I was a little confused this morning, because it was chilly - I’m SURE it was chilly; I felt a cool little breeze and everything! - yet I was all hot and sweaty, walking to the train station. What gives? Either it’s muggy or it’s clammy. It can’t be both!
I’m up in New England, too, and I have to say: while it’s humid, it doesn’t seem all that humid. At least it’s not ridiculously hot. (Excuse me, I’ll rephrase that: wicked hot. I’m still catching up on the vernacular here.) It’s been nice.
On the other hand, we did finally get that A/C installed in the house.
Good deal with the AC Tex, we have central and I know why!! Your up in NH right? IIRC.
I’m on the coast in CT. Big diff with Humidity. We get that nice, salty, muck coming up on a wicked windy day. Gotta love it.
And at low tide! Oh yeah baby! bring it on, decomposing seagrass and an occasional large fish carcass…mmmMMMM!
That’s why our ourdoor BBQ’s on the beach are all at high tide. Speaking of which I have to go get some wood.
Yep, Phlosphr, I’m in Manchester NH. I can see that being by the coast would make a huge difference. When I was living back in Houston (where you could take a crosscut saw outside, cut off a cubic chunk of the humidity, hold it over a glass, and squeeze out 8 ounces of tepid tapwater), going down to Galveston was always more humid - but it tended to be breezier as well. Are the breezes any better down on the coast there?
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We’ve got a house guest this month, and were thinking of taking him to the beach (NH beach, probably Hampton kind of area). I wonder how the humidity will be there?
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I live in Boston. Unfortunately for all those complaining about the humidity, I previously lived in Washington DC, and have experienced the horridness that is a DC summer. This is nothing.
