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Humidity 🥵

QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:21:28 GMT

My great aunt always said, " horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow. ". Well folks I'm glowing up a storm. The temp is lower, but the humidity is awful, even the air conditioned market felt uncomfortable. Just getting the groceries in and my clothes are sticking to me. If the cupboard wan't bare with a holiday coming up, I would have stayed home. How do you folks in the south stand it ? I guess you can get used to anything.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:28:02 GMT

It has been cool here in NM the past 3 or 4 days with on and off drizzle but this morning, in the desert, the humidity is 85%. This is extraordinarily unusual. First time I've had frizzy hair in years. Take me back to 6%. I left Houston in '92 to get away from this.

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4kitties — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:34:35 GMT

Here in Central Illinois our humidity has been in the 90 something percent!

When I get up in the morning I cannot even see out of my windows as they are covered in moisture.

It should get better today as the winds will come from the north/northwest.

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CherryHugs — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:47:08 GMT

Not a fan at all of this humid weather. Cant wait for the Fall Season Its always a bummer tho when Fall gets here and it is still so warm and soo humid through out October!

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On It — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:35:15 GMT

On the plus side, the humidity helps keep your skin from drying out. Trying to make lemonade out of lemons.

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50Mickey — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:37:16 GMT

@QVCkitty1 No must of us living in the south especially along the coast never get used to the heat and humidity. I used to live close to Tybee island off the cost of Savannah. You could walk outside at 6:00 am in the summer and feel like you were in a steam bath. Folks up north get the wind chill factor and we get the heat index. Pick your poison. Funeral homes here give out fans and bottled water at the cemetery during the hot months which can last from May through October.

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1Snickers — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:37:23 GMT

I'm in VA and accustomed to Summer humidity. When I was small I recall hot humid Summer nights with a fan on and open windows before air conditioning.
I'd help Mama snap green beans on out porch that she would make with fried chicken and iced tea.
Lemonade was in a pitcher on that porch with lots of ice.
We swam in the river. At night ate watermelon in the yard.

Now the air conditioner runs to keep up with the 90+ heat but it and the dehumidifier in my encapsulated crawl space keep humidity controlled inside. I have a whole house generator that will pull the air conditioner.
I walk very early or late, and am glad when September arrives!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:39:17 GMT

@On It I found my skin, which tends to be a bit oily, improved greatly when I moved to a dry climate. So did my arthritis.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:41:28 GMT

@50Mickey wrote:
@QVCkitty1 No must of us living in the south especially along the coast never get used to the heat and humidity. I used to live close to Tybee island off the cost of Savannah. You could walk outside at 6:00 am in the summer and feel like you were in a steam bath. Folks up north get the wind chill factor and we get the heat index. Pick your poison. Funeral homes here give out fans and bottled water at the cemetery during the hot months which can last from May through October.

@50Mickey , I hear you, but at least I can put on warm clothes, trust me I can only take off so much ! 🤣

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On It — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:43:39 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@On It I found my skin, which tends to be a bit oily, improved greatly when I moved to a dry climate. So did my arthritis.

My skin is dry, sensitive so I hadn't thought about oily skin doing better in a dry climate. I know that my pain is less in our drier climate than it was in South Texas. It seems like my breathing is better, too.

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Nancy Drew — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:50:56 GMT

I will take heat and humidity over the cold. Others like Elsa say "The cold never bothere me anyway."

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nana59 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:02:19 GMT

counting down the days until 9/22!!!

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LindaSal — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:11:55 GMT

The humidity has been brutal in the northeast. Though it usually is in summer, but at least we get breaks now and then. Thunderstorms expected later today and tomorrow drier and only in the 60's.......yay!

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:14:51 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
The humidity has been brutal in the northeast. Though it usually is in summer, but at least we get breaks now and then. Thunderstorms expected later today and tomorrow drier and only in the 60's.......yay!

@LindaSal , I've lived in NY. State my whole life, and yes we do get periods of humidity, but this year it sees worse. JMO

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LindaSal — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:20:48 GMT

@QVCkitty1 I'm in RI and I agree, the summers do seem to be quite humid and lasting way too long. (LOL)

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nana59 — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:39:48 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
@QVCkitty1 I'm in RI and I agree, the summers do seem to be quite humid and lasting way too long. (LOL)

i've lived in RI all my life.......never remember such awful humidity....or maybe i'm just getting old!!

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hckynut — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:19:56 GMT

Healthy human bodies can and do adapt to weather changes, but not in our now "instant everything world". It takes time and the word is "acclimate". I wrote my typical long post on this topic in another thread a few days ago about why heat and humidity do not effect me as much as it seems to effect others.

hckynut

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qualitygal — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 19:52:59 GMT

I'm here to tell you,, this woman, sweats. Got that gene from my good old dad!!

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SloopJohnB — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 21:23:42 GMT

@QVCkitty1 As they say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity.". But after living in South Florida all of my life, I'm used to it. Like Elly May, we cool off with a dip in the cement pond. 🏊