I generally like living in Arizona, but . . .

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It is going to be freakin' hot, even by our standards. And it will continue being insanely hot, dangerously so, for a week or more.

The sad thing is I know there will be a tourist or two who will decide to take a hike up one of our mountains, with only a half liter of water, and will have to be med-evaced off it. Hopefully in time.
 

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I've been applying for work in Arizona :fuelfire::fuelfire::fuelfire:
 

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It is going to be freakin' hot, even by our standards. And it will continue being insanely hot, dangerously so, for a week or more.

The sad thing is I know there will be a tourist or two who will decide to take a hike up one of our mountains, with only a half liter of water, and will have to be med-evaced off it. Hopefully in time.

Single digit humidity........wow I didn't even know such a thing existed LOL.
 

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Single digit humidity........wow I didn't even know such a thing existed LOL.
What's humidity? I live in a desert at 4500 feet elevation! Even when we have a winter snow storm there's very little humidity. We get about 7 inches of rain a year and like 2 feet of snow a year.
 

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What's humidity? I live in a desert at 4500 feet elevation! Even when we have a winter snow storm there's very little humidity. We get about 7 inches of rain a year and like 2 feet of snow a year.

We get about 55 inches of rain a year here on average.


But no snow.

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I have only lived in two states (southern, central, northern) California & all over the state of Florida same state as Les Baker. From my point of view I still prefer the low humidity high dry temps of the southwest over the Florida near pure 100% humidity & lower temps. But, as long as I have vast quantities of cool water to consume that is. But Les does live near one of the America's best beach areas. He is one lucky Ram fan!
 

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I have only lived in two states (southern, central, northern) California & all over the state of Florida same state as Les Baker. From my point of view I still prefer the low humidity high dry temps of the southwest over the Florida near pure 100% humidity & lower temps. But, as long as I have vast quantities of cool water to consume that is. But Les does live near one of the America's best beach areas. He is one lucky Ram fan!

There are some great beaches here. I live about 5 minutes away from Barefoot Beach also known as Bonita Beach and it's made a lot of to 10 beaches in the USA lists.

This is a pic I took last year..........at Doc's Beach House. It's 5 minutes from where I live.

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What's humidity? I live in a desert at 4500 feet elevation! Even when we have a winter snow storm there's very little humidity. We get about 7 inches of rain a year and like 2 feet of snow a year.
Exactly.
Went from Reno to Virginia for a bike trip/tour/speaking thing years ago. It was 92 or so degrees with 90 something percent humidity. Just about killed me. 90 degrees in the high desert is just a nice day.
 

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There are some great beaches here. I live about 5 minutes away from Barefoot Beach also known as Bonita Beach and it's made a lot of to 10 beaches in the USA lists.

This is a pic I took last year..........at Doc's Beach House. It's 5 minutes from where I live.

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Man I need to move to Florida. Good thing I've been applying for work there too!
 

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I've been here all 35 years and counting while the "heat" doesn't bother me at all. I'll go paddle boarding, hiking, golfing, and fishing anytime during the day. Especially during the summer. For me, hydration prior night and morning of and obviously during the next day keep me going. I'm not some fitness or food freak. I enjoy drinking No. 7 and beer too much nightly. So maybe I make it even more challenging which really isn't too bright. I'm still chugging along in the 110 plus temps.

Mind over matter
 

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Average high where I live in peak summer; 72 degrees F

I can't imagine 100+.
 

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Fu*k that zero tolerance bullshit. Can't even enjoy a beer with your meal and drive. Right?
 

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Average high where I live in peak summer; 72 degrees F

I can't imagine 100+.

Well, before the humidity of the monsoon hits in a week or two, 100 isn't too bad. Around 110 there's no denying it's dangerously hot though.

I keep telling myself it's just the flip side and the price of living where I can wear shorts during the day 50+ weeks out of the year. If I don't have an in-person meeting with a key client or exec, I go months without wearing long pants sometimes. And even better, the women dress similarly year round.
 

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Well, before the humidity of the monsoon hits in a week or two, 100 isn't too bad. Around 110 there's no denying it's dangerously hot though.

I keep telling myself it's just the flip side and the price of living where I can wear shorts during the day 50+ weeks out of the year. If I don't have an in-person meeting with a key client or exec, I go months without wearing long pants sometimes. And even better, the women dress similarly year round.

I haven't put on a jacket in almost 6 years lol.
 

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Fu*k that zero tolerance bullcrap. Can't even enjoy a beer with your meal and drive. Right?
Try owning a pub with that shit going on these days. Extremism in anything just plain sucks.
 

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I bet a lot of houses there don't have AC.

My town is close to the Bay of Fundy, so that is very much the case where I live.

I don't have central air, but do have a couple of mini-split heat pumps that I will use for cooling on really warm days.