Getting along in the heat and humidity

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One thing I will suggest is to prepare for any high humidity work.

I live in Houston - it is over 90 with near 90 percent humidity for about 2 -3 months of the year.

I work out as much as I can outside (morning and evening) to prepare for it. The heat doesn't seem to effect me as much when I do.

I drink mostly water - never found much advantage in gatorade as long as I am eating right.

I got this suggestion for Cody Lundin's first book.

JTF
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Thanks Esav, but I'll take my chances. I think it was 80 something here today, and I hate it.:mad: In fact, I hate summer, with the heat, humidity, bugs, etc. If it wasn't for the tremendous biodiversity summer provides, I'd cancel it!:mad:

BTW, was the poem original?

Doc
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Doc,

Stop it - 80 degrees with slight humidity.

I played paintball yesterday in 90+ with FULL humidity.

Stop whining! ;)

TF

p.s. Remind me to bitch when it gets below 50 degrees (as it does at times here) and you can remind me how cold it is in the GWN. :p
 
Talfuchre said:
I live in Houston - it is over 90 with near 90 percent humidity for about 2 -3 months of the year.



JTF
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:eek:
Guess i won't be moving to Houston.
I though the west was supposed to be drier/less humid?

Dry heat sounds good to me, i hate high humidity.
 
DOC-CANADA said:
I hate summer, with the heat, humidity, bugs, etc. If it wasn't for the tremendous biodiversity summer provides, I'd cancel it!:mad:
Doc
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I only spent two summers in Ontario but i don't miss its summer heat + humidity.
Although i really miss all the sunshine you guys get.

The extremes were bad too. I'd be walking around downtown and eventually i'd acclimatize to the heat/humidity but then the moment i'd walk into a store an AC induced arctic breeze would just about bowl me over!
It took me a long time to get used to that, for the first few weeks of summer the sudden temp changes going between indoors and outdoors would make me nauseous.

Newfoundland winters are also much milder than Ontario's but our winters drag on way too long. This past year winter started early November and didn't leave till May!
Summer here is really just July/August/September.

I'm not bashing Ont. i liked it up there and still have lots of friends up around Ptbo and Alderville/Rice Lake.
No place is perfect as we all know.
:)
 
I'm not a big fan of mid-summer temperatures, they can just too easily become too much to be able to do anything at all outside. In the winter, I can always add more clothes or bring a better sleeping bag or build a warmer fire. But in the summer, I can only take off so many clothes before I'm breaking the law.
 
bdws1975 said:
wow, all I know is that here in Oklahoma, where it gets over 100 on a regular basis, I REFUSE to go without AC. Just REFUSE!!!

Other than that, hydration and proper diet.

Brett
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i am in Oklahoma too, and man does it get hot. it isnt a gradual change either, i went from regularly using heat to regularly using AC. August is gonna be a killer, last year it got to 111 degrees regularly.
 
SpookyPistolero said:
I'm not a big fan of mid-summer temperatures, they can just too easily become too much to be able to do anything at all outside. In the winter, I can always add more clothes or bring a better sleeping bag or build a warmer fire. But in the summer, I can only take off so many clothes before I'm breaking the law.
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i have a similar philosophy concerning hot and cold
 
tholiver said:
I though the west was supposed to be drier/less humid?
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Where are you from? "The west" is most of the country. Lots of room for variation there. And the difference between desert Texas and Gulf coast Texas is total, two completely different climates.

The better shape you're in, the more you acclimatize rather than try to fight the heat, the easier it is to take.

I was just walking around our street fair today, hot as H in the sun, but when I stepped under the tents, sure the air temp was high, but the almost physical pressure of the sun beating down on me was gone.

Wear a lightweight, broadbrimmed hat, it's like carrying your own tent. :)
 
I'm moving from Jersey to Houston in July!!!

The heat is going to just about kill me. I figure this July and August will be a total killer but I should be OK by September when it starts to cool down.

This is my new extreme weight loss plan.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Where are you from? "The west" is most of the country. :)
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Mount Pearl/St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
I live A few kilometers from the most easterly point in North America.
Geographically we are closer to Ireland than say... Ontario/Michigan!
As far as that goes most of you are Westerners and Southerners to me!
:D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I was just walking around our street fair today, hot as H in the sun, but when I stepped under the tents, sure the air temp was high, but the almost physical pressure of the sun beating down on me was gone.

Wear a lightweight, broadbrimmed hat, it's like carrying your own tent. :)
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Yeah i've heard about New Jersey/New York State summers.
My cousin was born in Jersey ,my aunt and uncle lived in NYC and later in New Jersey from 1965-75.
I had another uncle from Plattsburg, New York.
Definitely want to visit NYC before i move out to BC.
 
tholiver said:
If you can't take the heat travel north-east.
Summer has been very s l o w getting here (Newfoundland).
Only one day so far this year when we got above 20 (23 degrees to be exact).
Thats Celsius, equal to the mid to high 70's farenheit.
Most of the time its been between 10 and 20 celsius.
It was sunny yesterday afternoon but we had a freak cold spell for a couple of hours, i was out walking and i could actually see my breath!
You can usually count on cooling winds around here.
Its only this week that we finally have leaves blooming on the trees!
Lots of icebergs this year so that might explain the chill.
We don't usually get any really hot weather til July/August.
We MIGHT get 2 or three days per summer that almost approach the heat and humidity levels of an average Ontario summer day.
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Quit your gloating! On top of that, Newfoundland is supposed to be one beautiful place. Gonna visit there one day.

Talfuchre: Doc,

Stop it - 80 degrees with slight humidity.

I played paintball yesterday in 90+ with FULL humidity.

Stop whining!

TF

p.s. Remind me to bitch when it gets below 50 degrees (as it does at times here) and you can remind me how cold it is in the GWN.
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50? I swim in colder water than that!

Hollowdweller: I think the best policy is to stay out of the direct sunlight, large hat like a chinese one that doesn't set around your temples, very loose and light clothing.
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I think those Chinese hats are great. I've been looking for plans to make one. I think they'd be easy to whip up with Cattails (Typha spp.). Anybody have any plans?

Doc
 
If you are working or being outside cut out the caffiene. It is a diuretic. It rids your body of fluid(urination). Thats the last thing you need when you are trying to stay hydrated.
 
Amigo, that is a myth. The diuretic property is more than adequately compensated for by the amount of liquid in it. You gain more than you lose.
 
I went out bicycling yesterday and it's been around 100F here this weekend. My tricks, mostly learned the hard way, are to start early and be smart with liquids. I'd rather be on the trail at 6:30am when it's cool so by the time noon rolls around I've slowly acclimated to the heat and it doesn't bother me as much. Starting after 10am is just asking for trouble since you're walking out of your cooler house right into the high heat without an opportunity to acclimate.

With liquids I always take two bottles. At least one is filled with water which can be dumped on my head or shirt to cool me off (doing that with gatorade will make the trail dust stick to you). I also have a one bottle rule when it's hot. Out of two bottles, once one is empty then I have to refill it by the most expedite means necessary. If the closest refill point is past then I turn around (after refilling I might then keep going). That usually makes me refill at every opportunity so I dont' have to turn around. I once ran out of water in 95F heat and was 10 miles from a refill and 30 miles from home. That screwed my body up for a week.
 
fzen, not a problem for me now, I no longer go for that level of activity, but I like your idea of making sure you have water or access to it lined up. I would always carry the extra weight rather than run out.
 
I was pretty much doen for earlier today, but just got out of the pool, and with a lite breeze blowing, I feel great.
 
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