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utee94

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Re: Population trends random thoughts
« Reply #196 on: June 19, 2025, 12:06:43 PM »
We have always had gnats in Central Texico, but you can actually see 'em and their bites aren't that bad.  This year around here,  there's a new kind of bitey flying thing that you really can't see, and their bites are worse.  I'm assuming these are the no see ums everyone talks about, which have never been much of a thing here.  They are actually one type of gnat, but there are many other types of gnats, which have traditionally been a lot more common around here.

Regardless, I dislike them way more than traditional gnats.  I blame Florida.

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« Reply #197 on: June 19, 2025, 12:38:49 PM »
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« Reply #198 on: June 19, 2025, 12:40:59 PM »
I just use something with like 60% Deet, ain't nothing gonna get near you with that stuff on.

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« Reply #199 on: June 19, 2025, 12:53:01 PM »
I just use something with like 60% Deet, ain't nothing gonna get near you with that stuff on.

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« Reply #200 on: June 19, 2025, 12:54:07 PM »
Also, no matter what the temp was in AZ, if I got in the shade, it felt like a nice day outside.  I was amazed by that.  The shade only does you so much good here, and it won't stop you from soaking your clothes in sweat. 
Yep, that was one of the biggest surprises moving from Chicago to SoCal. When there's almost no water vapor in the air, the instant you're in the shade it's an immediate relief as to how it feels. With humidity, that hot feeling is carried from the sun to the shade. 

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« Reply #201 on: June 19, 2025, 12:59:20 PM »
First time I ever went to the desert (if Phoenix is properly called desert.....I dunno) the lack of humidity was unfamiliar to me, and very misleading.  I was aware the temp was well above 100 that day, but as I walked around I thought "This isn't nearly as bad as I was expecting."  After a while I started feeling funny, and noticed I was starting to sunburn just a bit.  I realized it was hotter than I was feeling it, and when I drank water I suddenly realized why I was feeling strange.  I was dehydrated and hadn't been keeping my fluids up. 

I realized I equate "feeling" hot a fair bit with the humidity I'm used to that goes with it here.  The dry heat didn't feel bad at all to me for a while....until it did.  But for short stints outside I found it way more pleasant than 90 degrees here.  Also, no matter what the temp was in AZ, if I got in the shade, it felt like a nice day outside.  I was amazed by that.  The shade only does you so much good here, and it won't stop you from soaking your clothes in sweat. 
you always carry water with you whereever you go in Phoenix. Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!!!

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« Reply #202 on: June 19, 2025, 01:56:35 PM »
You're poking holes in the science of my perspiration post, but you didn't open with the fact that pigs don't sweat?
Swing and a miss. 

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« Reply #203 on: June 19, 2025, 02:01:14 PM »
I always see posts from others about how bad the mosquitoes are in their respective areas but outside of Coastal Tx, S Louisiana, or Florida I really don’t see how they could be that bad. 

Case in point, do any of you have your very own mosquito control district, with spray trucks and planes ?  If not, consider yourself educated that they’re really not that bad. Now that you’re educated respect your elders and STFU. 

Sorry I just couldn’t resist. 

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« Reply #204 on: June 19, 2025, 02:08:24 PM »
I hear they're bad in the land of 10,000 lakes.  I think that makes sense, just as it makes sense in wet coastal areas.  But I've personally never been to Minnesota in the summer so can't speak from experience.

Mosquitoes can be pesky in Austin but they're nothing compared to Houston, that's for sure.

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« Reply #205 on: June 19, 2025, 02:10:37 PM »
They were so bad yesterday that we got swarmed and couldn’t stand outside without being covered in hundreds. Just standing there continuously swatting , sorta like jogging in place except just moving all body parts so it took them 2 more seconds to land. 

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« Reply #206 on: June 19, 2025, 02:13:46 PM »
My sister lived in Merritt Island, FL, and they were even worse than Houston.  In her neighborhood, every single backyard had giant mosquito nets enclosing large portions, or the entire thing.

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« Reply #207 on: June 19, 2025, 02:16:32 PM »
I always see posts from others about how bad the mosquitoes are in their respective areas but outside of Coastal Tx, S Louisiana, or Florida I really don’t see how they could be that bad.

Case in point, do any of you have your very own mosquito control district, with spray trucks and planes ?  If not, consider yourself educated that they’re really not that bad. Now that you’re educated respect your elders and STFU.

Sorry I just couldn’t resist.

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« Reply #208 on: June 19, 2025, 02:18:27 PM »
Mosquitos in the Midwest were far worse than they are down here.
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« Reply #209 on: June 19, 2025, 02:23:08 PM »

 

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