How do you folks in the SOUTHERN STATES deal with the HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN SUMMERTIME?|130702

Do you have to take 20 showers a day or something?
Thanks!

we have a saying... i wasnt born in texas, but i got here as fast as i could. I_m originally from Michigan. It_s the same as the dreaded white stuff, you just deal with it. we have a/c and pools. bikini season is nice and long. golf in january. you cant beat it

after 28 years. i am still **tching.

Even though it_s bad sometimes, we have always been living in it, so we are pretty much used to it. It_s not like it_s going to be a big change, so I don_t really give it too much thought.
There have been some summers though, that even we can_t deal with it for too long.
Guess that_s why we drink lots of sweet tea and lemonade - lol
Sometimes, a lot of companies that their employees work outside, will start their shifts very early in the morning, then they would be off at noon.. That really helps.
I don_t know of anyone taking 20 showers a day-lol

Air conditioning everywhere.
In your home, car, work, stores.........I rarely stay out in the humidity too much unless we are swimming.

Your body adjusts to it. That_s why we like to drink iced tea _ stay in the central AC in the house. You go outside to exercise in the very early AM or after dinner at night when it_s cooler. My mother came to visit me once in the Summer and was so miserable she won_t come back. LOL
I wasn_t born in TX (NC) but I got here as fast as I could too.

I live in South Texas..Its really quite beautiful here and green..The humidity can get pretty high and you get used to it...You definately need air cond. and the river helps to cool you off..They have tubing here where you can ride the river all day....On the Guadalupe..In New braunfels..Its really not that bad as they say...i came from Calif where there is none..Mesquitos can be more of a pain than the humidity..Storms are bad sometimes and get alot of rain..We had a doozy the other night with tornados a couple of mi from here..scary..The heat can get up in the high 90_s and with the humidity on top of that at 80% it feels like 105. Not that bad...

I live in New Orleans, which is one of the places that virtually defines _hot _ humid during the summer_. No one I know actually adjusts to it - they just cope. Not 20 showers a day, but often morning, afternoon, and just before bed. Many people just live in the A/C as much as possible - better than _indoor life_ during the winter in places like Minnesota because it does cool down some in the evening. I try to take a vacation somewhere cool (ex. mountains) during mid summer for a break from the heat.

However, late October/early November thru early May is GREAT. For example, the forecast for the next 10 days is a high of about 85, a low of about 65, and clear to mostly clear skies.

We pay for mostly nice weather during fall/winter/spring with a brutal summer.

I CUT GRASS FOR A LIVING IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND IT CAN GET BRUTAL ...I FIND A DIP IN SOMEONES POOL REALLY TAKES THE EDGE OFF...MAKES THE DAY MUCH EASIER