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fizzgig

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15. i will take a dry heat any day

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 03:28 AM

Jul 2015

at least i can breathe and cool down in the shade. and, yes, the winter wind sucks.

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Iran city hits suffocating heat index of 154 degrees, near world record [View all] villager Jul 2015 OP

154 degrees? SheilaT Jul 2015 #1

Een if it is +/- 20 degrees (and that seems like a lot), that's still 134 degrees. Ouch. eggplant Jul 2015 #2

Not really that hot. Just feels that way. EL34x4 Jul 2015 #4

It gets hot here in northeast Oklahoma madokie Jul 2015 #16

Windchill was revised because it was initially based on freezing a bag of water at some height. Thor_MN Jul 2015 #5

The problem is that your body acts as if it "feels that way". So it acts like it is 154, and jtuck004 Jul 2015 #6

Exactly. enlightenment Jul 2015 #7

There is, or was, an airshow in OKC every year - hotter than hell, and on an airport jtuck004 Jul 2015 #8

I learned the hard way, many years ago. enlightenment Jul 2015 #13

The worst sunburn I ever had Runningdawg Aug 2015 #29

It only feel that high to living beings Reter Jul 2015 #9

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #3

I hope to God men and women there are dressing down Reter Jul 2015 #10

History of Islam in that part of the world christx30 Jul 2015 #24

Hope You Are Not Referring to Iranians itcfish Aug 2015 #31

I was mostly referring to their culture. christx30 Aug 2015 #32

I have lived in fairly cold places SheilaT Jul 2015 #11

i will take a dry heat any day fizzgig Jul 2015 #15

Agreed. Also, it actually cools at night. Adrahil Jul 2015 #18

True about the humidity at night csziggy Jul 2015 #20

I can't comment about a house in Florida, SheilaT Jul 2015 #22

It depends on the dew point as to whether humidity is refreshing or oppressive csziggy Jul 2015 #23

That's NOTHIN'.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #12

Geez I feel sorry for people who have to endure that kind of heat davidpdx Jul 2015 #14

I am old enough to be afraid of too much heat and we just put on the air conditioning in my end jwirr Jul 2015 #17

The same way our ancestors did in hot weather.... Adrahil Jul 2015 #19

That is what I was afraid of. jwirr Jul 2015 #21

Relatively common during the Indian Monsoon season around the Persian Gulf JCMach1 Aug 2015 #25

They've changed the headline already....worse, not better. MADem Aug 2015 #26

I feel for the residents. After Katrina hit New Orleans, temperatures hit 103 degees and some poor Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #27

Those poor Snow Leopard Aug 2015 #28

My Husband is from Iran itcfish Aug 2015 #30

Since I posted, there was another story about a temperature *10 degrees higher than that* in Iran villager Aug 2015 #34

God DAMN!!! Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #33