Brick wrote:

> On 12-Nov-2008, "Nunya Bidnits" > wrote:
>
>
>>In
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>>Tutall > typed:
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>>>On Nov 12, 1:18 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Tutall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I see low 100's summertime in my cooker just from sunlight, I bet a
>>>>>thick steel cooker out there would easily reach the high 100s. Just
>>>>>supply a smideon of heat and smoke.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not a metallurgist (though I almost went to trade school for it),
>>>>but I know Texas heat when I feel it. Is it really possible for
>>>>something to get hotter than the ambient temperature outside? Doesn't
>>>>metal just feel hotter since it retains and conducts heat (and cold)
>>>>better than other materials?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Just looking at the thermometer during the summer. I hear what you're
>>>saying and it makes sense, but the thermometer doesn't know that. <g>
>>>Haven't you noticed your cooker's thermometer in the summer sun?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>I can't imagine cooking outdoors in LV during the summer.
>>>>
>>>>You'd usually fare better in LV than in most parts of Texas.
>>>>We have humidity on top of the temperatures.
>>>
>>>Worst I've ever experienced was 99F 93% in Mississippi one weekend.
>>>But I was young and in shape, but still, for a Cali boy, it sure was
>>>muggy.
>>
>>99? Sounds pretty standard to me. Midwestern summers are really hot and
>>sticky. I've been in Vegas in the summer and it is definitely hotter than
>>KC, although I'm not sure its any more uncomfortable, unless you aren't
>>smart enough to stand in the shade. I imagine its like Tucson... you know
>>anybody hanging around outside in the sun during the summer is a tourist.
>>
>>MartyB in KC
>
>
> You guys missed some of the more descriptive words. "Stinking Hot";
> "Dripping Hot"; "Miserable, stinking, dripping hot". Phoenix and Tucson
> get real hot, but not "Stinking Hot". Most of Michiana (Northern Indiana
> and Southern Michigan) Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C
> all get "Miserable, stinking, dripping hot". One hundred plus temperatures
> with humidity from the mid 80's on up. It gets hard to breath. In the
> South-
> west, the danger is heat prostration. Getting dehydrated without knowing
> it's happening. You lose all your water without being aware of it. You
> don't
> appear to sweat because it evaporates so fast. Biking through Arizona in
> July, we wore long sleeve flannel shirts soaked with water. The
> refrigeration
> effect is awesome. You almost freeze for the first few miles after soaking
> the shirts. That trick don't work in Indiana. You just get soggy and start
> to
> stink.
>

When we were in Phoenix we bought and used those neck cooler thingies -
a tube filled with hydrophic crystals. You soak them in water and drape
them around your neck and they keep you cool via evaporation. Worked
really well, too.

Brought them home to Missouri and they were flat out nasty. Soak them
in water, drape them around your neck and they just heat up to body
temperature and lay there, marinating in your sweat, like a blood warm
snake. Yuck.