The Heat Is On

[George K]

Didja ever have to sleep in the basement because it was too hot?

Done that too.

[jon-nyc]

We had no AC in TEXAS when I was born, none in Ohio, where I lived 2-9. We had it in Florida where I lived 9-14 (but my school didn't, and we started in August). No AC in upstate NY where I went to High School either. None in the dorms in college.

So I had AC for 5 years of my first 20.

Oddly, my maternal grandfather worked for the Air Conditioning division of GE in the 30s through the 70s. It was later sold to Carrier.

[Doctor Phibes]

I too had no AC growing up, unless you count the hard, bleak wind coming in from the Irish sea.

Sure, it was cold, but you know what, it was a wet cold.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Heat Is On:

Sure, it was cold, but you know what, it was a wet cold.

I'll take your wet British cold over my wet Midwestern heat.

Every time.

[Copper]

We had no AC growing up.

Hot is better.

If the temperature is in the low 30s or less at sunrise, there will be a frost delay. That temperature inversion is going to happen.

You can't play on frost on greens.

There is no frost at 100 degrees.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in The Heat Is On:

@Doctor-Phibes said in The Heat Is On:

Sure, it was cold, but you know what, it was a wet cold.

I'll take your wet British cold over my wet Midwestern heat.

Every time.

It’s funny I never thought I’d miss the Lancashire drizzle, but I do

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@Mik said in The Heat Is On:

I think I’d prefer too hot to too damn cold.

SAME.

Would you rather be camping/backpacking when it’s 20 degrees at night or 90 degrees at night?

I’ve done both. I would rather the 20 degree nights. The 90 degree nights were miserable.

I've humped it 38 miles without drinking water because it froze.
I've pissed on my hands so that I'd have enough dexterity to start a fire.

Gimme the heat.

[jon-nyc]

Several of you don’t know when to go camping.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in The Heat Is On:

Several of you don’t know when to go camping.

"Everything went great, the end" is the worst possible outcome for a hiking trip.

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@Mik said in The Heat Is On:

I think I’d prefer too hot to too damn cold.

SAME.

Would you rather be camping/backpacking when it’s 20 degrees at night or 90 degrees at night?

I’ve done both. I would rather the 20 degree nights. The 90 degree nights were miserable.

I've pissed on my hands so that I'd have enough dexterity to start a fire.

See? You found a way to stay warm…

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@Mik said in The Heat Is On:

I think I’d prefer too hot to too damn cold.

SAME.

Would you rather be camping/backpacking when it’s 20 degrees at night or 90 degrees at night?

I’ve done both. I would rather the 20 degree nights. The 90 degree nights were miserable.

I've pissed on my hands so that I'd have enough dexterity to start a fire.

See? You found a way to stay warm…

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@Mik said in The Heat Is On:

I think I’d prefer too hot to too damn cold.

SAME.

Would you rather be camping/backpacking when it’s 20 degrees at night or 90 degrees at night?

I’ve done both. I would rather the 20 degree nights. The 90 degree nights were miserable.

I've humped it 38 miles without drinking water because it froze.

Seriously, though, was this the water you carried with you or the pool able refill spots that were frozen? I assume you mean the refill spots?

[George K]

OK...

Lemme direct the narrative a bit.

Cold outdoors, in a tent, might be worse than heat outdoors in a tent.

But, in a house? Gimme cold and unlimited blankets.

Camping outdoors ≠ being in a house in frigid/sweltering weather. My theory is that you can always get warmer, but it's damn hard to get cooler.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@LuFins-Dad said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@Mik said in The Heat Is On:

I think I’d prefer too hot to too damn cold.

SAME.

Would you rather be camping/backpacking when it’s 20 degrees at night or 90 degrees at night?

I’ve done both. I would rather the 20 degree nights. The 90 degree nights were miserable.

I've humped it 38 miles without drinking water because it froze.

Seriously, though, was this the water you carried with you or the pool able refill spots that were frozen? I assume you mean the refill spots?

No, the water I carried with me. As for refill spots, do you mean streams and the like? Everything was frozen. There was one hiker's pavillion we got to that had a pump, but no bueno.

[Aqua Letifer]

@George-K said in The Heat Is On:

OK...

Lemme direct the narrative a bit.

Cold outdoors, in a tent, might be worse than heat outdoors in a tent.

But, in a house? Gimme cold and unlimited blankets.

Camping outdoors ≠ being in a house in frigid/sweltering weather. My theory is that you can always get warmer, but it's damn hard to get cooler.

In terms of uncomfort, sure. But in terms of extremes, which can still happen indoors depending on where you live, it's easier for the cold to kill you.

[jon-nyc]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@jon-nyc said in The Heat Is On:

Several of you don’t know when to go camping.

"Everything went great, the end" is the worst possible outcome for a hiking trip.

Yes, but the peak experience is closer to that than ‘and then I pissed on my own hands to be able to light a match’.

[Jolly]

Two words...

Attic. Fan.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in The Heat Is On:

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Heat Is On:

@jon-nyc said in The Heat Is On:

Several of you don’t know when to go camping.

"Everything went great, the end" is the worst possible outcome for a hiking trip.

Yes, but the peak experience is closer to that than ‘and then I pissed on my own hands to be able to light a match’.

That is possible.

[Renauda]

I have tent camped in all seasons up here. As a teen and young adult my friends and I would winter camp at least three or four times a year between November and February. We prepared for the cold and camped accordingly. Nighttime temperatures would drop to 30 C on occasion. Don’t recall anyone getting frost bitten. Was pretty challenging getting the smell of woodsmoke out of our bedding when we returned home after two or three days and nights out in the bush.

It was fun. No biting bugs to pester you.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in The Heat Is On:

My theory is that you can always get warmer, but it's damn hard to get cooler.

I agree with this.

I do not think that the dew point in Bangkok has been below 75 F since December at all. Every time I check, it is 75+. Its not the heat, it is the humidity. LOL

Today is pretty typical, though actually April/May were hotter (and are usually the hottest time of the year). But right now at 2:30 pm, below are the conditions. Feels like 106 F.