On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 8:16:41 PM UTC-10, Xeno wrote:
> On 3/02/2016 8:46 AM, Bruce wrote:
> > On 3/2/2016 08:22 Jeßus wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 21:07:26 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 3/2/2016 07:44 Jeßus wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:20:14 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 3/2/2016 07:10 Je�us wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 19:52:56 -0000 (UTC), Bruce >
> >>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Yes, it was 40 C or predicted to become that when we left. And my car
> >>>>>>> has no airco
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Typical Ipswich/Brisbane weather for this time of year. I was so glad
> >>>>>> to move from Brisbane when I did.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'd hate Brisbane traffic every day. They lose so much time in those
> >>>>> traffic jams.
> >>>>
> >>>> I moved to Brissie back in 2000 after gaining my I.T qualifications.
> >>>> I did make good money there, but I never did take to Brisbane itself..
> >>>> Didn't like the summer weather, the place itself (boring), or the
> >>>> people very much, to be honest. I was glad to move on after two years
> >>>> there.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
>
> --
>
> Xeno

Things are somewhat more comfortable under dry conditions because the sweat evaporates off your skin. The water turning into a vapor absorbs heat from your skin. The opposite occurs in high humidity conditions: water condenses on your body which releases heat on your skin. Humans are quite sensitive to this effect of evaporation and condensation on their skin.