TX Humidity (Houston, Austin, Abilene: salons, house, live)

[basketcase33]

Like someone said before, green and humidity go together. If a place is too dry greenery will not grow well there. There are actually 3 TX cities that make the Top 101 cities with the lowest average humidity El Paso (25), Amarillo (87) and Lubbock (88), respectively.

[RamblinKat]

I lived in Austin, lived in F-berg, felt they were every bit as humid as Houston, it was miserable.

Midland is a garden area, WITHIN the LOOP. Lot of pride and trees, but it is desert underneath it all. The humidity is NEGLIGIBLE. Boom town at the moment.

Lubbock pretty, some green, humidity NEGLIGIBLE.

[catman]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

That's not too far from Big-Bend NP is it ?
I've read that the park is unsafe especially at night if one is camping out in the area ? Any truth to that and is there just no or minimal security in the area or is the area just overwhelmed by illegals ?

Actually, the Marfa/Alpine/Fort Davis area is 100 miles or so from Big Bend National Park (distances are huge out there). The latter is scorchingly hot in summer (and late spring and early autumn). The MAF are is considerably cooler, although the days can reach 100 degrees on occasion, but the nights are quite pleasant.

When I was in Big Bend, I saw quite a lot of Border Patrol personnel. I wouldn't say it's "overwhelmed by illegals", although there are certainly some around. I always travel with personal protection, especially on a motorcycle.

[Trainwreck20]

I don't really think BB is a major crossing point, it is really remote and not very easy to cross...

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

That's not too far from Big-Bend NP is it ?
I've read that the park is unsafe especially at night if one is camping out in the area ? Any truth to that and is there just no or minimal security in the area or is the area just overwhelmed by illegals ?

It's 800,000 acres of desert, which would be difficult to patrol by any measure. However, it's not overwhelmed by illegals. In fact I've camped out there at least a dozen times and have never seen anyone wandering in the desert who appeared to be illegal. However, when you're on the river you're looking across at Mexico, so it's certainly possible for Mexicans to cross over and vice-versa.

That I know of, there have been a couple of murders in the park in the last 20 years or so. I'm fuzzy on the details, but I think one was the result of a fight that started in Terlingua and finished in the park and the other was a drug deal gone bad, I believe. That said, I've camped out lots of times there and never felt in any danger.

But if an unsavory person were to come up to your campsite, it would be up to you to handle it. I doubt if dialing 911 would do you much good.

Oh, and the humidity is very low there.

[atxcio]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

Hill Country? Happy medium? Austin/San Marcos, etc. often have 90%+ humidity in the summer...*whew*............!!!

Actually, in Austin/Hill Country, it usually only gets over 90% if it is raining. Also, it's the most humid early in the morning, which can get into the upper 80%s in the summer. But PM relative humidity, even in the middle of the summer, is more like upper 50%s. Less than Houston or the RGV, more than West Texas. Pretty much in the middle.

[LoveSnow]

Many times I drove from San Antonio to Houston or Corpus Christi - you literally can feel the humidity index rising as you approach the coast. Even with your a/c on.

Of course, it does not mean SA is dry. It is only less humid.

[tstone]

Use this as a rough guide:

http://www.tufts.edu/med/informid/im...limate-500.gif

Stay out of the pale yellow areas if you want to truly stay dry.

[harrygrath]

I am interested in the subject because the climate is about the only negative that a sensible person can attribute to TX.

So,as for the humidity,isn't it good for the skin ?

People who live in TX all their lifes don't look younger & their skins hydrated ?

Women d n need hydratant lotions & creams...

If u d n smoke,then u will not have any lung problems.

And the grass will be live green...

[Canine*Castle]

Most of the women that I know who have lived in Texas all of their lives look much older than their years, parched looking faces. I believe a lot of that has to do with the hot sun and long summers.

Humidity make one sweaty, oily, more pimple-prone. The humidity helps your skin cells turn over quickly, usually a good thing, except that humidity also causes these dead layers to stick, not slough away. Your skin's most pressing needs are oil control and exfoliation.