Report Names 'Sweatiest' U.S. City

Reuters ^ | 6-21-2002

[Cagey]

I don't care, I still like the "River Walk".

[Cagey]

Rush, now we know the answer to that infamous question "WhyisaTexasgirlinPA?".

[Blue Screen of Death]

On a typical summer day, San Antonio residents lose more than 1 liter of perspiration per hour during exercise such as walking, the announcement said.

Texans sweat in quarts. Yankees sweat in "liters".

[advocate10]

I spent a LONG summer, without A/C, in San Antonio in USAF OTS. Now I always know how to find Texas

Go west 'till I smell it, then south 'till I step in it!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You need to look a little further north, my man.

[TxBec]

What an honor </ sarcasm off

[Skooz]

They obviously have not visited Alexandria, La. during the summer. It has all the heat of San Antonio and twice the humidity.

[bigeasy_70118]

In new orleans, I really can't drink enough water and gatorade during the summer.

[socal_parrot]

So I search for the article, nothing. I start posting it and in the meanwhile you beat me to it.

[MeekOneGOP]

What an honor </ sarcasm off>

LOL! Hmm? Texas gets 4 out of the top SIX (D/FW counts as TWO).
D/FW is #2. I believe it!

[PhiKapMom]

Excuse me to the writer of this article but I used to live outside of San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country and I will guarantee anyone that when you step out of a car in San Antonio at 100 degrees it is hot, but nothing compared to Houston and New Orleans. Been there done that -- drove from SA to Houston and when we got out of the car we could not believe the humidity there compared to San Antonio -- was much higher and seemed much hotter.

[PhiKapMom]

I grew up in the Miami Valley in Ohio and nothing is hotter than when it gets near 100 degrees and the humidity level is near 100%. Humidity in the north when it is hot is the worst I have ever witnessed. May not happen as many days but when it does, it is the hottest I have ever been!

[Pern]

I know, I can't believe Lafayette didn't make the top 5 list.

[MeekOneGOP]

fyi.......

[anymouse]

It's not the heat, it's the humidity that gets you. ;)

You know it is hot when your extra-strength anti-perperant, left in your car, melts.

You have to be tough to be a Texan. :)

[summer]

LOL...

[lonestar]

You're correct. San Antonio's humidity doesn't compare to Houston's. I've done the Riverwalk in summer and lived in Houston 30 years.

San Antone has the title-- but Texans know better!

[Xenalyte]

I LOVE the humidity! It's the reason my 33-year-old face is utterly smooth and unlined, as is my 60-year-old mother's - and we're likely to stay that way.

Went to California a few years back for a wedding, and I used more moisturizer and lotion in that weekend than I've used in my entire life in Houston. And I am not exaggerating.

[Nathan Jr.]

In new orleans, I really can't drink enough water and gatorade during the summer.

Even a dip in Lake Pontchartrain isn't refreshing, with water temps at 90+ degrees on the worst days.