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Old 07-14-2009, 11:53 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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My mom lives in Mobile and I went to H/S and college there - Phoenix in the summer is sooooooooo much nicer than being in Mobile for the summer

It's like comparing the dry sauna room to the steam room at the health club. I'll take the dry sauna any day.
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Old 07-15-2009, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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For millions years of human evolution our body was developed the way that we can adopt to any conditions. I do not have problems with AZ heat at all (well I do not work outside). I just do some morning exercises almost daily and 3-4 times per week at night after 7PM.
Usually people who suffer the most are not sporty or they never working out outside, so their body do not have chance to adopt to heat. It is especially true for obese people.
Warning: if you will do that, don't go to extreme: do it in the morning when it is not hot and drink plenty of water. I knew some cases when people went hiking in the mountains at afternoon and get overheated with headaches etc.
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Old 07-15-2009, 05:11 PM
 
Location: New York and Arizona
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coreydavis22: I had to laugh when I read your post. Being from NY and AZ, me and my hubby love the heat. We were out there last week as well on business, and couldn't get enough of it, LOL. Now, everyone don't go hitting me over the head. But each morning when we got up, we would look at our temperature guage that came with our pool and does the water and air temps, and it if read like 95 by 9:30 or so, we were like, yeeee--------ha!!!!!!! Gonna be a hot one! ;-)
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Old 07-15-2009, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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coreydavis22: I had to laugh when I read your post. Being from NY and AZ, me and my hubby love the heat. We were out there last week as well on business, and couldn't get enough of it, LOL. Now, everyone don't go hitting me over the head. But each morning when we got up, we would look at our temperature guage that came with our pool and does the water and air temps, and it if read like 95 by 9:30 or so, we were like, yeeee--------ha!!!!!!! Gonna be a hot one! ;-)
You sound exactly like me! But only for July and August. In May, June, September and October, I love my cool or warm days with very cool and breezy evenings and mornings.
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Old 07-15-2009, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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cory

Most of the people complaining about the heat haven't lived in truly warm places or places with both humidity and heat in their summer like Alabama, Florida, Texas or even the upper Midwest.
THe Upper Midwest is only humid and hot for an average of 12 days here in Chicago (when temps get above 90 degrees). 12! Yes, thats TWELVE. This year we've hit 90 degrees I think 4 days. Had the A/C on for 5 days total so far. Upper Midwest summers are supremely comfortable about 85% of the time. The other 15% can get miserable. Right now its 71 degrees with low humidity as most of July has been so far. By the weekend our highs are only in the low 70s. Doesnt get better than that!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 07-15-2009, 09:11 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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THe Upper Midwest is only humid and hot for an average of 12 days here in Chicago (when temps get above 90 degrees). 12! Yes, thats TWELVE. This year we've hit 90 degrees I think 4 days. Had the A/C on for 5 days total so far. Upper Midwest summers are supremely comfortable about 85% of the time. The other 15% can get miserable. Right now its 71 degrees with low humidity as most of July has been so far. By the weekend our highs are only in the low 70s. Doesnt get better than that!!!!!!!!!!
It's all relative, we hit 17 average days of high heat in Phoenix (110° or above), yes only 17, LOL. To Phoenicians, 110° is like 90° to Chicagoans with high humidity. It happens but isn't the mainstay of our summers. But, it's all relative.
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Old 07-15-2009, 09:18 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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I lived in Philly most of my life, 90 in Philly is hotter than 105 in Phoenix. I never turned on the A/C in my car until it was over 100. The humidity is the difference. I'd sooner summer in Phoenix than a month of heat, humidity and rain in the east
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Old 07-15-2009, 11:22 PM
 
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Old 07-15-2009, 11:24 PM
 
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it's not the day or two occurence here that makes the heat bad ... it's the constant assault by it

that is what drains people

just like when you go to seattle in the winter and get some rain - the amounts in the course of a day aren't that severe and the sun peaks out a little bit so you think it's not that bad ....... after a month or two of it all adds up
yea that is understandable, i mean I guess no climate is absolutely perfect. But like I said, we currently reside in mobile, al (the wettest city in the united states) it rains here practically everyday! I'll take the 330+ days of sunshine please!!!
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Old 07-15-2009, 11:28 PM
 
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coreydavis22: I had to laugh when I read your post. Being from NY and AZ, me and my hubby love the heat. We were out there last week as well on business, and couldn't get enough of it, LOL. Now, everyone don't go hitting me over the head. But each morning when we got up, we would look at our temperature guage that came with our pool and does the water and air temps, and it if read like 95 by 9:30 or so, we were like, yeeee--------ha!!!!!!! Gonna be a hot one! ;-)
well we did something quite similar! really we were just amazed at what the temps were saying! 112 and we are all outside like "yeah right!!!!!!"
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