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‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest | Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] shalafi 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

NW FL here. You have to go out and get used to it, and that has to be a commitment. Easier said than done, I've failed year after year.

If you're out every day you learn tricks to stay cool and what to avoid. For example; We walk down to the neighborhood creek a couple of times a week. That trek is about a mile over sandy, slippery washes. You don't want to go or leave from 2PM-5PM. Be on the water at those times or don't do it. Best, go after 3PM. Arrive hot and dying, swim and play until past 5PM, walk home when it's better.

Learn how to dress, learn how to use cooling cloth, plenty of tricks. It's like Arrakis, but humid.

tl;dr: It's all good in or on the water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I found hitting the sauna or steam room two or three times a week really helps. Your body learns to sweat more quickly so you'll start cooling faster, plus acclimating to 120°F and higher temperatures makes the swamp fug feel less awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, but your whole body is still slicked in a sheen of sweat from head to toe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah. No matter what you do, you're still in Florida.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

So do you like survival games like rust or the forest, or do they just hit too close to reality down there? (Minus the snow of course)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

you're talking like no one has to go to work and wear specific work clothing that doesn't take the miserable heat into account. even still, i lived in tampa bay for well over 25 years, and the clothing, cooling cloth and any other "tricks" don't make it not 95+ degrees outside. there is no amount of money in existence that would convince me to put up with that bullshit ever again