zero degrees or 100 degrees for life?
- Thread starter EvilBetty
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Source of one of my personal acronyms, HLH for Houston Like Humidity. Reserved for days that remind me of Houston or Vicksburg.
Lots of people asking about humidity and heat without considering windchill with the cold.
If it's 0 with ANY windchill, you're pretty much stuck inside. You're not going snowmobiling or cross-country skiing. Maybe ice fishing?
If it's 100 even with some humidity, you can still get outside and go fishing or swimming. Even just sit in the shade with a cold drink.
You're also not going to see as much snow coming down at zero degrees either
I'm a fan of tan women in bikinis - 100 all day every day.
I do hvac and I do not enjoy not feeling my face, hands, knees, or not breathing from cold wind. Heat is fine with me.
100* can absolutely be life threatening, depending on your access to shade, water, and ideally air conditioning. If you’re trapped out in an open space with no shelter in either 100* or 0* you’re in a dangerous situation.
There's a reason I'm not in Iowa from November to April.
Also, there's a reason Antarctica has no permanent human population.
Give me 100 every time.
Can at least go for convertible rides and bike/bike. With hat and sunscreen an hour or two is nice.
You can still garden and grow things with enough rain/irrigation.
Snow, ice and cold are pain, danger and inconvenience. I never have to scrape my windows, shovel my walk/drive. I've never liked cold. The actual PAIN on my face, feet, hands is so much worse than the same exposure to sun and heat.
Also, there's a reason Antarctica has no permanent human population.
Give me 100 every time.
Can at least go for convertible rides and bike/bike. With hat and sunscreen an hour or two is nice.
You can still garden and grow things with enough rain/irrigation.
Snow, ice and cold are pain, danger and inconvenience. I never have to scrape my windows, shovel my walk/drive. I've never liked cold. The actual PAIN on my face, feet, hands is so much worse than the same exposure to sun and heat.
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I can do a lot more in 100 degree weather than 0. 0 degree people must be hermits.
100 degrees 100 percent of the time. Shorts, t shirt, ladies in bikinis, a beach with a slight breeze. Grab a boat and get on the water. Yes, please. You can’t do **** outside when it’s 0 degrees. I’d say the same thing if it was 120 right now.
The only reason I live in Iowa is because I’m locked down here with work and family ****.
The only reason I live in Iowa is because I’m locked down here with work and family ****.
The constant never changing is what would get me. Typically, if low is zero, that is overnight when we are inside and asleep. A high of 100 during the day is middle of afternoon when you are not only awake, but out and about. If it is a low of zero or a high of 100 every day with normal weather patterns, give me zero. It will probably warm into 10s or 20s with a low of zero so what you experience is not too bad. A high of 100 guarantees you will experience that.
Can't grow crops in a 0° world without massive green houses.
I'm big into being able to do things outdoors. I was thinking that would be forever ruined with constant 0, even if bundled it sucks. Plus I'm more of a beach guy than ski guy.
But then I was thinking with technology, which would be easier to develop ways of dealing with the extreme, and I think heating outdoor spaces would be a lot easier than cooling them down.
