Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> >>> Arizona doesn't do DST.
> >>
> >> Why not? It's not even a tropical state!
> >
> > It's HOT. It's incredibly hot in the summer when the sun
> > is up. So they don't really want the extra hour of
> > daylight after work. As it is, my parents-in-law get up
> > around 5AM to go walking, because by 7AM, it's
> > hotter than they'd like to be exercising in.
> >
> I think being HOT would be a _good_ reason to use
> DST, because people usually sleep late at night and
> wake up with the Sun. That extra sun-hour in the
> morning, when everybody is sleeping, is a waste of
> a natural resource.
>
> And even if you don't have a beach to enjoy the extra
> sunlight in the evening, I guess there are swimming pools :-)
Alberto, from the way my mother-in-law talks, you do not want to be
outside from 10AM until sunset. It gets up to 115F on a regular basis;
that's about 46C. Do you want to be outside in 46C weather? Have you
ever experienced 46C weather? I think that where you are, it's close
enough to the water that you never get heat that high.
It goes down to a much more comfortable 32C just after sunset. Given a
choice between being outside in 46C and 32C weather, which would you
pick?
The other thing is, the UV index gets fairly high there during a good
chunk of the summer -- not much cloud cover. I don't think I'd want to
be out in that intensity of sunlight for very long.
But I haven't experienced it personally. Maybe Trent could offer some
input on the issue; he lives there.
Julia
