I am familiar with it. Worked outside (no A/C) for a summer down there (well Georgia). Stifling, and certainly w/o decent water, would be quite deadly.
I’ve also worked outside in 105+ heat in the desert (LA, Vegas, Phoenix). Those people would be in major trouble in about two or three days.
Both extreme cold and heat would be pretty deadly. One thing I found though working outside in both extremes—I recovered quicker from the heat than the cold after the work was done. The cold you just couldn’t escape, whereas with the heat, a nice breeze gave you brief respite.
BTW I didn’t have a heated or A/C’ed env to go back to, this was all backwoods work.
Understood! I’ve been in the same situations, and I definitely prefer the heat. Living near the coast confers certain benefits as well. In-land southern cities are much worse than what I have here near the coast. Having lived in Tallahassee for 4 years, I can contest that those in-land, breezeless summer days are absolutely Hell!