Re: Puzzling

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:24:38 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:
:Ha! I've never met an interloper yet who could pop into Phoenix in
:July and cope ;-)
:
:To the uninitiated, 100°F+ takes their breath away and they,
:fortunately, decide Phoenix is not for them.
:
:Myself, arriving from Boston via un-air-conditioned Renault Dauphine,
:June 24, 1962, thought I had made a horrible mistake ;-)
:
:But I quickly acclimated, and didn't buy an air-conditioned car until
:1964.
:
: ...Jim Thompson


I have a good idea of what it is like to experience day after day of
temperatures in excess of 100F, and it does become quite taxing on the body and
the mind. We experience this type of weather often where I live, although I
accept that it would be more intense and constant in Phoenix. However, if the
humidity never exceeds 24% along with those high temperatures it it far easier
to take than lower maximum temperature with high humidity. This, I can also
attest to through personal experience. If you want to find out spend a summer in
Kuala Lumpur or some similar tropical asian place and you will soon be dying to
get aback to Phoenix.

I would also challenge your assumption that, other than yourself, "interlopers"
would not be able to adjust to Phoenix summers. As an example, Australia and
Pakistan played a 50 overs per side cricket match in Abu Dabi yesterday. The 3pm
temperature in the open stadium in the middle of the desert was 45 deg C (113
deg F). Australia was fielding for the first 3 hours in that temperature and the
physical and mental torture (particularly for the bowlers) would have been
excruciating. Surprisingly, no-one broke down or had to leave the field through
heat exhaustion. Australia overcame the wear-and-tear on their bodies and chased
down the 197 run total set by Pakistan, under lights, with the loss of only 2
wickets. I am sure the low humidity would have had a lot to do with their
ability to handle the heat, and on that basis, if they had to play in Phoenix it
would have been a doddle.

In Australia, Marble Bar holds the world record for the number of consecutive
days where the maximum reached or exceeded 100 deg F.
http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/temp1.htm
.

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