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From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 12:50 Keith W writes: > Only if they too stupid to realise that they need to drink > and rest in the shade occasionally. Drinking and resting in the shade isn't enough in extreme heat and humidity. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Miguel Cruz on 26 Jul 2006 14:13 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > TOliver writes: >> As for the Mixed Maniac's 33C with 31% humidity, that's positively >> salubrious, cool enough to play tennis or 18 holes in the afternoon, >> so dry that the sweat disappears before you feel it dripping from >> your brow. > > And you develop hyperthermia and pass out without any warning. I've been playing soccer and ultimate frisbee - two sports that involve a lot of running - two or three times a week since moving to Malaysia, where the conditions in the sun are tougher what TOliver is describing (typically 32C and 80-90% humidity). I have never seen anyone collapse from the heat, except when they just got off the plane from US/Europe and came straight out to play that same day, or at an all-day tournament when someone kept playing and playing without stopping to drink enough water. Under normal conditions a healthy acclimated person can exert him- or herself in this weather without issue. Do get a little stinky though. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Miguel Cruz on 26 Jul 2006 14:19 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Miguel Cruz writes: >> The reason for this is pretty simple: People know that heating is >> more necessary than cooling for comfortable and productive living, >> within the range of temperatures that are normally experienced in >> inhabited areas. > > Which inhabited areas? Most of the world's population these days > lives in warm or hot climates. That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling or heating. The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that number. Among those who do need some sort of climate control in order to survive, the number who need heating is greater than the number who need cooling. The fact that you personally might prefer cooling if you came here is likewise irrelevant; the people who actually live here don't need it. You are simply weird. miguel -- Photos from 40 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Malaysia; Thailand; Singapore; Spain; Morocco Airports of the world: http://airport.u.nu
From: Keith W on 26 Jul 2006 14:47 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:i97fc25p4h12uj4d1rilbn899rlukol68m(a)4ax.com... > Keith W writes: > >> Only if they too stupid to realise that they need to drink >> and rest in the shade occasionally. > > Drinking and resting in the shade isn't enough in extreme heat and > humidity. > 30 deg and 32% humidity isnt extreme, they regard such conditions as positively chilly in the Far East Keith
From: Dave Frightens Me on 26 Jul 2006 15:24
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:19:43 +0800, Miguel Cruz <spam(a)admin.u.nu> wrote: >Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Miguel Cruz writes: >>> The reason for this is pretty simple: People know that heating is >>> more necessary than cooling for comfortable and productive living, >>> within the range of temperatures that are normally experienced in >>> inhabited areas. >> >> Which inhabited areas? Most of the world's population these days >> lives in warm or hot climates. > >That's irrelevant. We are only talking about the people who need cooling >or heating. The people who are able to survive just fine (e.g., almost >all of the people living in warm or hot climates) are not among that >number. Please note that Mixi has stated that they either don't exist, or just suffer. This of course doesn't accord with my, or your experience. But when you know it all... >The fact that you personally might prefer cooling if you came here is >likewise irrelevant; the people who actually live here don't need it. >You are simply weird. That is crediting him with being fascinating. I wouldn't go that far. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |