Why does humidity matter? It all has to do with evaporation. On dry days. or in dry climates, the natural perspiration from your body evaporates into the air, and so 100 degrees and bone dry is more tolerable than 85 degrees with high humidity. High humidity prevents evaporation so the heat "sticks" to you more.
It's like the difference between being in a sauna vs. a steam bath. The same goes for cold. People have mentioned how if your feet get wet you will be miserable, and in the same vein 30 degrees and damp (i.e., humid) clings to your skin and feels worse that 0 degrees and bone dry. So when they say, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity", this is what they mean and it goes for the cold, too. Mid-Atlantic inhabitants usually "enjoy" damp and humid weather, so be prepared. Ron Casalotti Wayne, NJ On Jan 9, 3:05 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure this is a dumb question. In my defense, while I was born in > Ann Arbor, I have lived almost all of my life in California. My wife > is from Hawaii. > > I am taking my family to DC for the inauguration. We don't have > tickets, so we will be standing in the mall with a million other > people, probably for many hours. We have been told to wear long > underwear and gloves. I mean, we have been told: "Seriously, I'm not > kidding. You must wear long underwear and gloves". OK. We have worn > those before, on the 5 or 6 times we took the kids skiing in Tahoe. I > think I know what long underwear is. But do they really mean gloves > like what we used to go skiing? The ones I had were kind of bulky, and > I don't look forward to having to use them all day (and I don't want > to look like an idiot, dressed for the arctic unnecessarily). On > amazon I see 5 or 10 different kinds of gloves. I kind of like these > classy looking leather driving ones - but maybe they are not really > meant for cold/rain? I don't see anything that says "perfect for cold > ass winter weather in an urban environment". > > While I am at it - what kind of shoes should we wear? I almost always > wear sneakers. When we go skiing I wear big old clodhoppers - but I > find those rather uncomfortable. Would it be stupid to walk around in > the cold or snow in sneakers, or will those work fine if I have heavy > socks? > > One more thing: How does intelligent human life manage to survive in > climates where it gets so cold that you actually have to think twice > about the kind of clothes you are going to wear? People are telling me > that if we make the wrong clothing choices we could die; I think that > is God's way of suggesting that people don't belong there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
