"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Yes, and I hated it. Oddly enough I never had that anywhere but Malta, not
even in India but I guess Malta being such a small island ...



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