Our troops deserve better treatment, period. That being said, we have never had air conditioning (west Michigan). When it does get hot I live a siesta style life. Get up early and work outside in the garden, siesta in the hot afternoon and then work again in the evening. We never open our downstairs windows and have a dehumidifier down there when we need it so when it’s 82 upstairs closed up (90 outside), it’s 72 downstairs. All I am doing is living. Our troops our defending our country and this news is just the latest that pisses me off.
You don’t have massive sandstorms, barbarians (well, maybe to the south of you), poor food, 125 degree heat, etc. Except for Detroit, I don’t think that you have to worry about your neighbor slitting your throat when your back is turned. Just saying.
Wow, loved the weather in Michigan during the time I spent there...my skin and hair NEVER looked better!! No humidity or a couple days max...just loved it. Loved that I could keep screened doors and windows open...miss that so much.
Winters were another story and I only had problems when I had to drive in it....which was pretty much every day. :) But I am so hot natured that -40 wind chill felt great...for about two minutes.
Now I am back in hotter than Hades (plus hellish humidity) Texas (where I grew up) and am hating this stuff. Michigan gave me a taste of mild, no humidity weather and I MISS IT!!