I just got back from Vegas where it was 110 every day. This is much worse

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Anonymous wrote:I know it's a Captain Obvious statement but damn! Weather in the DMV is significantly worse than the hottest desert weather. I thought something was wrong with me because of how badly I sweat in the summers here. Vegas was scorching hot but I wasn't a soggy mess, even walking around. Here. I can't even walk from my house to the car without becoming drenched.

You weren’t sweating but you were overheating. You were literally being baked and staying out at 110 is very dangerous.

You probably walked from air conditioned box to air conditioned box right? Or sat by the pool?

Not really. People quickly acclimate if done right. Unless someone has some major health issues, heat is no big deal.

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/how-much-more-dangerous-is-110-than-105-a-lot-data-shows

110 is dangerous, low humidity or no.

And it’s much harder to get that high with high humidity because it is a much heavier air mass and requires a ton more energy to heat the air and moisture.

Only if you're trying to run or hike in it. Those are the idiots. For normal healthy people, just being outside it's fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida on the coast is glorious, but they don’t like Libs.

Florida is lovely Oct-Mar, but how? Literally he11 on earth. And that’s before considering politics.

The entirety of Florida is cooler right now than Washington DC.

Literally every square inch of Florida is cooler right now than DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Florida on the coast is glorious, but they don’t like Libs.

Florida is lovely Oct-Mar, but how? Literally he11 on earth. And that’s before considering politics.

The entirety of Florida is cooler right now than Washington DC.

Literally every square inch of Florida is cooler right now than DC.

Transient. Now do humidity. I'll take 100 with lower humidity than 80 with 90% humidity.

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I’m actually from Las Vegas - born and raised 3rd generation Las Vegan. I moved to DC after college and have lived here most of my adult life. I have DEEPLY held opinions and beliefs on this topic.

Basically, the worst summer day in DC is worse than the worse summer day in Vegas. The humidity + high temp is just awful.

But overall, summer in Vegas is worse than summer in DC. It’s over 90 degrees and sunny everyday from April-October. And over 100 from May- September. It’s miserable. You get a few weeks of monsoonal rain in August, but otherwise it’s always the same. Sunny and hot. We would only outside during the day to swim or get in the car with AC to go to another place with AC. As kids, we’d wait until sunset to go outside to play.

Now winter in Vegas is glorious! That’s when we go to visit family.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m actually from Las Vegas - born and raised 3rd generation Las Vegan. I moved to DC after college and have lived here most of my adult life. I have DEEPLY held opinions and beliefs on this topic.

Basically, the worst summer day in DC is worse than the worse summer day in Vegas. The humidity + high temp is just awful.

But overall, summer in Vegas is worse than summer in DC. It’s over 90 degrees and sunny everyday from April-October. And over 100 from May- September. It’s miserable. You get a few weeks of monsoonal rain in August, but otherwise it’s always the same. Sunny and hot. We would only outside during the day to swim or get in the car with AC to go to another place with AC. As kids, we’d wait until sunset to go outside to play.

Now winter in Vegas is glorious! That’s when we go to visit family.

Also from Nevada and I agree with this. There is more variation in summer weather in DC and you get actual nice summer days. Early June was full of them, next week looks okay too. The occasional heat wave, even with the humidity, is easier to deal with than just day after day of 100+ degree days.

Also, to people saying the dry heat out west is less dangerous: BS. I don't think you realize how often people die or have awful health issues due to the heat there, and not just "unhealthy people." Kids, healthy older people, tourists in good shape, hikers who don't understand the dangers, etc. Heat stroke and dehydration are extremely common out there in the summer. Also you sunburn more easily, especially at higher elevations, so you also see tons of melanoma and really bad sunburns. The heat there is deadly. In DC we generally only have a couple weeks of hear that bad every year.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m actually from Las Vegas - born and raised 3rd generation Las Vegan. I moved to DC after college and have lived here most of my adult life. I have DEEPLY held opinions and beliefs on this topic.

Basically, the worst summer day in DC is worse than the worse summer day in Vegas. The humidity + high temp is just awful.

But overall, summer in Vegas is worse than summer in DC. It’s over 90 degrees and sunny everyday from April-October. And over 100 from May- September. It’s miserable. You get a few weeks of monsoonal rain in August, but otherwise it’s always the same. Sunny and hot. We would only outside during the day to swim or get in the car with AC to go to another place with AC. As kids, we’d wait until sunset to go outside to play.

Now winter in Vegas is glorious! That’s when we go to visit family.

Also from Nevada and I agree with this. There is more variation in summer weather in DC and you get actual nice summer days. Early June was full of them, next week looks okay too. The occasional heat wave, even with the humidity, is easier to deal with than just day after day of 100+ degree days.

Also, to people saying the dry heat out west is less dangerous: BS. I don't think you realize how often people die or have awful health issues due to the heat there, and not just "unhealthy people." Kids, healthy older people, tourists in good shape, hikers who don't understand the dangers, etc. Heat stroke and dehydration are extremely common out there in the summer. Also you sunburn more easily, especially at higher elevations, so you also see tons of melanoma and really bad sunburns. The heat there is deadly. In DC we generally only have a couple weeks of hear that bad every year.

PP poster here and YES! Heat stroke is no joke and dry heat will kill you! One thing we learned young was how to stay safe in the heat. Mostly by staying out of the heat. And hydration. We all carried water in our cars way before Stanley cups were a thing. I still send water with my kids everywhere they go. My husband has to remind me that I no longer live in a desert but some habits never die.

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Anonymous wrote:I know it's a Captain Obvious statement but damn! Weather in the DMV is significantly worse than the hottest desert weather. I thought something was wrong with me because of how badly I sweat in the summers here. Vegas was scorching hot but I wasn't a soggy mess, even walking around. Here. I can't even walk from my house to the car without becoming drenched.

You weren’t sweating but you were overheating. You were literally being baked and staying out at 110 is very dangerous.

You probably walked from air conditioned box to air conditioned box right? Or sat by the pool?

Not really. People quickly acclimate if done right. Unless someone has some major health issues, heat is no big deal.

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/how-much-more-dangerous-is-110-than-105-a-lot-data-shows

110 is dangerous, low humidity or no.

And it’s much harder to get that high with high humidity because it is a much heavier air mass and requires a ton more energy to heat the air and moisture.

Only if you're trying to run or hike in it. Those are the idiots. For normal healthy people, just being outside it's fine.

Normal healthy people like to hike and run so this affects their life very much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a Captain Obvious statement but damn! Weather in the DMV is significantly worse than the hottest desert weather. I thought something was wrong with me because of how badly I sweat in the summers here. Vegas was scorching hot but I wasn't a soggy mess, even walking around. Here. I can't even walk from my house to the car without becoming drenched.

You weren’t sweating but you were overheating. You were literally being baked and staying out at 110 is very dangerous.

You probably walked from air conditioned box to air conditioned box right? Or sat by the pool?

Not really. People quickly acclimate if done right. Unless someone has some major health issues, heat is no big deal.

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/how-much-more-dangerous-is-110-than-105-a-lot-data-shows

110 is dangerous, low humidity or no.

And it’s much harder to get that high with high humidity because it is a much heavier air mass and requires a ton more energy to heat the air and moisture.

Only if you're trying to run or hike in it. Those are the idiots. For normal healthy people, just being outside it's fine.

I see that you left out any consideration for people who have to do work outside. Some of us have to cut the grass and do other work outside for our jobs because we are not so wealthy that we have lost touch with reality.

[Anonymous]

Vegas heat is more tolerable than this swamp.

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Anonymous wrote:I know it's a Captain Obvious statement but damn! Weather in the DMV is significantly worse than the hottest desert weather. I thought something was wrong with me because of how badly I sweat in the summers here. Vegas was scorching hot but I wasn't a soggy mess, even walking around. Here. I can't even walk from my house to the car without becoming drenched.

You weren’t sweating but you were overheating. You were literally being baked and staying out at 110 is very dangerous.

You probably walked from air conditioned box to air conditioned box right? Or sat by the pool?

Not really. People quickly acclimate if done right. Unless someone has some major health issues, heat is no big deal.

https://www.kjzz.org/news/2024-07-08/how-much-more-dangerous-is-110-than-105-a-lot-data-shows

110 is dangerous, low humidity or no.

And it’s much harder to get that high with high humidity because it is a much heavier air mass and requires a ton more energy to heat the air and moisture.

Only if you're trying to run or hike in it. Those are the idiots. For normal healthy people, just being outside it's fine.

I see that you left out any consideration for people who have to do work outside. Some of us have to cut the grass and do other work outside for our jobs because we are not so wealthy that we have lost touch with reality.

DP but it's good for you to get out and sweat some. Releases toxins. Heat is not harmful to healthy people who hydrate properly.