Re: Swimming in 2 umbrella dresses and getting wet in the rain :)
Posted by Zonie on July 08, 2023 at 22:52:16
In Reply to: Re: Swimming in 2 umbrella dresses and getting wet in the rain :) posted by Muddywet on July 08, 2023 at 22:24:32:
Sometimes one-size-fits-all guidelines can be problematic. During my brief career with NWS I was stationed in Austin. One day the forecast office in New Braunfels had predicted that for Austin the following afternoon would have a combination of 40°C and 40% relative humidity. I was from Phoenix, and we very often had 40°C, but when we did the relative humidity was almost always much lower than that, so it made sense to me that the federal guideline chart indicated that a heat advisory should be issued. My Texan overlord forbade it, saying, "Everybody knows it's hot."
I said, "But surely if there are Yankee tourists they must be warned."
He said, "Forget that! If it wadn't for air conditioning, we wouldn't have any G-- d--- Yankees down here."
I definitely prefer the winter though. If I have an issue with hypothermia it's almost always after I've stopped hiking and am driving home. Keeping moving is the key. I did learn the hard way that mudding and overnight backpacking in the high country are a bad mixture. When getting up in the morning I couldn't feel my toes, and when I got back to Phoenix I found it was superficial frostbite. The discolored skin came off in the swimming pool two weeks later though.
- Re: Swimming in 2 umbrella dresses and getting wet in the rain :) Muddywet 23:22:08 7/08/2023
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