Good for you. Here in the Gulf Coast in FL, it’s been humid, in the low 90’s with scattered showers, mid 70’s at night with an occasional tornado watch. In other words, just a typical summer around here so far.
In order to afford a house here in San Francisco my husband got a job with Saudi ARAMCO. We lived there for five years, right on the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. We were about 100 yards from the water.
I KNOW hot and humid.
After we returned home for good I joined a fancy-schmancy health club. I had NEVER had the money before.
WELL, this club had a sauna and a steam room. I decided to try these NEW things.
Sauna: it was EXACTLY like the open Saudi desert: hottern Hades and dry as a bone. I was able to stay in the sauna for ABOUT two minutes.
Steam room: it was EXACTLY like Ras Tanura: hottern Hades and so humid that it dripped. I got so I could stay in THERE for about 15 minutes. Wow, did it clear up the sinuses. I couldn't stay long enough in the sauna to feel its effects.
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In Ras Tanura we lived within sight of one of Saudi Arabia's many refineries. The orange flame didn't smell, it just gave off BLACK fumes. The white flame did smell/STINK, as it was hydrogen sulfide (or something like that) and made us ALL sick when we happened to go outside and the wind was from the north.
My husband had been making $800/month with PG&E, a good salary as an engineer. His first paycheck with ARAMCO in 1980, spring, was $5000.00 per month. Needless to say I was delirious with joy. We paid off ALL OUR DEBTS with that first bump in money.
The kicker was that all American ARAMCO employees had a deal with the US Internal Revenue: we paid NO federal income tax on our earnings.
Since we were out of California for over a year we were no longer California residents and therefore paid no state income tax.
After TWO years in the KSA we were able to BUY a house in San Francisco. We paid cash. We had the house paid for in nine years.
I DID get accustomed to the heat and humidity. I don't mind it all all. I DO prefer this cooler weather as it was what I was brought up in.