[Alas Babylon!]

Actually, the more humid the air, the hotter it feels, and the more deadly (to a human) it becomes. Sweat is the way humans dissipate heat. As the sweaty skin dries, heat is shed from the body. This actually works quite well (better than panting, a method used by most mammals) in a very hot, dry environment. But if the humidity goes too high, the sweat does not evaporate, thus making the body hotter, which produces more sweat, which makes the body hotter, etc, etc, until cooling is somehow effected or heat stroke takes place.

[proud American in Canada]

But if the humidity goes too high, the sweat does not evaporate, thus making the body hotter, which produces more sweat, which makes the body hotter, etc, etc, until cooling is somehow effected or heat stroke takes place.

Ugh... now I'm really missing Colorado. :)

Plus my hair always was nice and straight out there. Here it's always curly and frizzy in the summer. :)

[easonc52]

Thanks. Either way, it's hotter than I'd want to handle. Prayers and admiration for the troops and workers!