[mattdono]

I agree. I live in one of the most humid areas in the country --Gainesville, Florida-- where the "heat index" is usually in the 110 - 115 range in the dead of summer. I have been out west and 90 degrees felt like 80 back in Florida.

Put it this way, when you walk out of your house in the morning (6:00 AM) and you are in a FULL sweat within 30 seconds, you know it sucks...there's just no two ways about it.

I have also been to Denver in the summer. It was very dry, but it was pretty dang hot too. Even that, though, it just wasn't as miserable. When you did sweat, it evaporated; it didn't stick to you like it does in the South here.

[Restorer]

I sympathize. Lived in Jacksonville for 8 years.

One summer, due to a no-budget lifestyle, was spent without AC in house or car. Amazing what you can survive.

[Renfield]

I agree. I spent 11 years on the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, and have also spent quite a bit of time in Texas during the summer....Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, etc...and there isn't any comparison. I can remember many mornings in SC when I would break a full sweat at dawn just walking the 15 yards from my back door to my pickup. And, for those 11 years, I worked outdoors in that climate.

I REALLY appreciate air conditioning.