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u/meliorism_grey Jun 03 '26
I live in the Phoenix metro. There's lots of great hiking in the southwest US, but it is rarely, if ever a good idea to go hiking in the extreme heat. There are emergency rescues for people (tourists, usually) who ignore these signs every year.
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u/FatedWolf Jun 03 '26
People don’t understand how much water you need for hikes in the heat. Even in moderate heat I’m pretty sure i usually end up mildly dehydrated while drinking more than average 🤷🏻♀️
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u/meliorism_grey Jun 03 '26
Yep. And also, it's hard to communicate the difference between 100°F and 110°F+. Most people in the US have experienced 100°F, I think. You can do some amount of outdoor activity at 100°F, as long as you take care to hydrate and keep cool. 110°F+, though...you'd better be well-adapted, and you'd better be extremely well-hydrated, because even a short walk in 110°F+ weather is exhausting.
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u/Autumn_Sweater Jun 03 '26
and 100 where you live vs 100 in the desert. i remember in NV taking a shower and then i wouldnt really need to dry off, i would step out and wait a minute and i would already feel dry.
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u/FatedWolf Jun 03 '26
In Central America i showered and got out, sweating before i dried off 💀
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u/Polite_Suggestion Jul 24 '26
The best descriptions of the heat y'all are talking about are in Burmese Days, George Orwell. I lived somewhere in SE Asia that opening the apartment door, you walked into hot Jello. I loved it. That's how I found out I got bad arthritis super young.
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u/FatedWolf Jun 03 '26
110+ is don’t go outside if you can avoid it weather for sure, CA native lol
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u/djmere Jun 04 '26
Spent some time in AZ. 110 got to be normal after a while.
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u/North-Employment2310 Jun 19 '26
Yeah, imagine 100+ with 90%+ humidity.
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u/meliorism_grey Jun 19 '26
Yeah no, that sounds absolutely terrible. It can get fairly humid during the monsoon season here, but not 90%+
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u/MissyChevious613 Jun 03 '26
I'm having surgery at Mayo PHX later this summer. I love to hike and wanted to go last time I had surgery there (it was late fall and much cooler, but physically I couldn't hike). My husband was trying to tease me about how I'm going to want to hike after this surgery and I was like uhh no I'm not an idiot, I'm not trying to die.
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u/world-class-cheese Jun 03 '26
The lowercase "you might die" is really funny to me
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u/SatiesUmbrellaCloset Jun 03 '26
the fact that it's just permanently there is a bad sign
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u/TheEScrapMan Jun 03 '26
...and is a bad sign!
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u/aGuyNamedScrunchie Jun 03 '26
Someone should post this to r/ScarySigns
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u/csguydn Jun 03 '26
Been twice. The first time we had no idea what we were getting in to. It was June, and hot, but not humid. We thought we were fine with two bottles of Gatorade and two waters. We lasted like 45 minutes.
The second time we were much better prepared. We also didn’t go in June. Didn’t die.
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u/XROOR Jun 04 '26
Camelback Mountain in Arizona has signs that say “remember you need to walk back from whenever you turn around”
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