"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" wrote in message ...
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> "Gary" > wrote in message
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>> Cheri wrote:
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>>> I'm a winter person, love the cold, hate the heat. Where I am, it has
>>> been
>>> in the 70's for the past two days, but it was 100 on Monday, and will go
>>> back up to the 90's by tomorrow.
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>> Up until the past 5 years, I've always been a summer person...the hotter
>> the better. It never bothered me. Lately though, it's gotten much worse
>> (plus I've gotten older). It is so horrible in summers here now with
>> the high temps and humidity (and high dewpoints). Day after day after
>> day, I walk out to go to work and it feels like walking into a steamy
>> bathroom. So many days working outside here this summer, we would start
>> early then go home by lunchtime when the heat/humidity was so brutal.
>>
>> You would think that living right next to the ocean would cool things
>> down but it doesn't. Hot summer days are always SW winds, blowing the
>> cool ocean air offshore and no relief here.
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>> Supposed to be much nicer here this coming week.
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>> I hate cold winter days too but at least you can dress for that.
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> Yes, the humidity is a killer, and I've always felt that I can add
> clothing
> in the cold as you say, but nothing to do for the heat, especially in work
> like yours. Geez, I would hate that.
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> Cheri
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> I used to live on a very small island in the middle of the Mediterranean
> sea. Darning the summers we were constantly wet. You would be wet
> getting into the shower and still wet when you have 'dried off' after the
> shower. Horrible

My daughter moved to Alabama from CA many years ago, and still hates the
humidity there.

Cheri