On 3/2/2016 17:15 Xeno wrote:

> On 3/02/2016 8:46 AM, Bruce wrote:
>> On 3/2/2016 08:22 Jeþus wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 21:07:26 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can handle the heat, but they were having a heat wave up to
>>>> yesterday and it was a bit extreme.
>>>
>>> I used to love the heat when I was younger, but once in my thirties I
>>> progressively moved further and further south from Darwin until I
>>> ended up here. Now, I don't much like it over 20°C - seriously.
>>> I'm obviously well acclimatised to this place now.
>>
>> Yes, you do get used to the climate. In Tasmania, I used to think
>> that 20 was moderately warm. Now I find it chilly if it's only 20 when
>> I get up.
>>
>>> There is also a massive difference between dry heat and humid heat...
>>> dry heat I can tolerate much more.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
> Dry heat is easier to tolerate. That's because your body has mechanisms
> to deal with it. Those mechanisms don't work when the humidity goes
> above a certain percentage. Evaporative air cons suffer the same for
> exactly the same reason. When I was working in the mines in WA, any
> increase above 30C wasn't greatly noticeable. I could handle even 45C in
> dry conditions.
> This morning we went to Lowanna to pick some stuff up from this place;
> http://tinyurl.com/zn4tgsf
> It wasn't even 30C this morning but the humidity was very high. It's
> surrounded by rainforest so that's why the humidity was up. You didn't
> even need to exert yourself before you began to sweat profusely. Trouble
> was, we had to pick up some gear and load it into a trailer. Not fun at
> all. It's located in a bit of a gully surrounded by trees so no breeze
> whatsoever.
> Nice picturesque place but no way would I live there with those humidity
> levels.

Nice property. Probably not much less humid than our place. When it's
hot and humid, I limit work outside to 30 minutes. 30 minute
work-30 minute break-30 minute work-30 minute break etc.

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Bruce