And if there is one thing people around the world have in common, it's weather...cold, hot, miserable or lovely, we all share it, like it or not.
Having just survived a dreadful spell of heat + humidity, while my best friend lives in the 'dry' heat of Arizona, got me thinking about this universal collaboration. I once told another desert-dweller "Well, it's dry heat, so it can't be as bad as humidity, right?" He told me to turn on my oven to 120 degrees, wait 5 minutes and then open the door. "It's still hot, isn't it?"
Well, yeah, but what's better? Dry heat/oven temperature, or slimy humidity that makes your skin feel like it's sliding off into the vat of heated Crisco where your entire body is submerged? Think I'll take the desert.
So, if you're into cool weather, Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada come to mind, to name a few. If you like it hot sans humidity, there's Death Valley, the afore-mentioned Arizona and surrounding states (ie, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico.) If you really do like heated humidity, try southern Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, et al. And if you prefer variety, you can find it in California, with its ever-present threat of earthquakes, drought, wildfires/monsoon rains, or New York City and its four seasons of bitter cold, sweltering summers exacerbated by cement and tar-covered streets, and MIA spring/autumn.
"Just say the word and we'll beat the birds down to Acapulco Bay..."
Don't mind if I do!
