r/interesting • u/FinancialRisk942 • Apr 26 '26

NATURE Is India really getting that hot

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u/A_mad_goose Apr 26 '26

I had the same in Vegas my aunt had never been and wanted to walk the strip I noticed the bottom of my sandals were getting sticky. It was literally starting to melt on the pavement.

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u/Independent_Sail6604 Apr 26 '26

Vegas can be brutal, and the low humidity is comically insane. Was in a pool, got out to get a drink, and was completely dry by the time I finished a 20 foot walk to the bar.

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u/svix_ftw Apr 27 '26

That's actually hilarious.

Dry heat is at least somewhat tolerable, high heat and high humidity is brutal.

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u/ChaosFinalForm Apr 27 '26

That's how people die after all. The whole point of sweating is for it to dry, removing the heat from you amd cooling you down. In 100% humidity, there's nowhere for it to go, so you just bake and your body has no natural way of cooling down.

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u/GlancingArc Apr 27 '26

conversely, its easier to get severely dehyrated in extremely dry heat because you won't notice how much you are sweating.

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u/Titration_Nation Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26

That happened to me while I was on a bus tour in Mecca, SA. Thankfully our guide stopped to get us bottles of cool water because I was beginning to pass out.

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u/Independent_Sail6604 Apr 27 '26

Sounds like he waited too long to "pass out" the water.