NeptunePenguins Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Death Valley is currently at 75F/24C with a dew point of 75F/24C with a realtive humdity near 100 percent. According to my SMART friends that happens every single day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ET80 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 4 hours ago, NeptunePenguins said: Death Valley is currently at 75F/24C with a dew point of 75F/24C with a realtive humdity near 100 percent. According to my SMART friends that happens every single day. K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeptunePenguins Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 2 hours ago, ET80 said: K. I was kind of in a weird state of mind this morning..... I posted a thing of Death Valley's unusually high humidity this morning and a guy was like "it is the morning time" yet he didn't realize it was well not normal and such and I got a bit angry. Oh they are under a massive flood too rn. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnChimpo Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 7 hours ago, NeptunePenguins said: Death Valley is currently at 75F/24C with a dew point of 75F/24C with a realtive humdity near 100 percent. According to my SMART friends that happens every single day. I thought you banned Fahrenheit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Why are you obsessed with America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ty21 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 5:16 PM, ET80 said: K. It was storming this morning and lightning struck a transformer by my house 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 It's too bad Death Valley isn't on the right side of history, like the Ethical Oil Sands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Couldn’t you actually suffocate being in humidity like that? That’s a LOT of fluid entering your lungs at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, candyman93 said: Couldn’t you actually suffocate being in humidity like that? That’s a LOT of fluid entering your lungs at a time. I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whicker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 15 hours ago, candyman93 said: Couldn’t you actually suffocate being in humidity like that? That’s a LOT of fluid entering your lungs at a time. 12 hours ago, Dome said: I have no idea. No. The amount of moisture suspended in air even during 100% humidity is very very small. If it were enough moisture to become actual liquid water, it would do so and fall to the ground as rain. Sure, you could probably take every water vapor molecule in the air and condense it into enough water to drown yourself, but that’s simply not going to happen while breathing. It’s similar to how you see your breath in the cold - you’re exhaling water droplets - but you’re at no risk of dehydrating yourself by doing so. You’ve almost certainly experienced 100% relative humidity yourself in the form of fog and I highly doubt you worried about suffocating. However, it is also true that air with 100% humidity has less oxygen than air with less humidity, therefore it is common for people to have some difficulties breathing if performing rigorous activity or if their respiratory system is already compromised. The largest dangers with high humidity levels are ones associated with heat, as it essentially compromises your entire cooling system with sweat being unable to evaporate properly. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 This case has always fascinated me because it shows how remote some parts of Death Valley are… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Germans people knew this family went missing and knew where they had left their vehicle… and even with media coverage and mass search efforts it still took 15 years to find their remains just 8 miles away in wide open desert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incognito_man Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 8/18/2022 at 9:11 AM, Whicker said: No. The amount of moisture suspended in air even during 100% humidity is very very small. If it were enough moisture to become actual liquid water, it would do so and fall to the ground as rain. Sure, you could probably take every water vapor molecule in the air and condense it into enough water to drown yourself, but that’s simply not going to happen while breathing. It’s similar to how you see your breath in the cold - you’re exhaling water droplets - but you’re at no risk of dehydrating yourself by doing so. You’ve almost certainly experienced 100% relative humidity yourself in the form of fog and I highly doubt you worried about suffocating. However, it is also true that air with 100% humidity has less oxygen than air with less humidity, therefore it is common for people to have some difficulties breathing if performing rigorous activity or if their respiratory system is already compromised. The largest dangers with high humidity levels are ones associated with heat, as it essentially compromises your entire cooling system with sweat being unable to evaporate properly. My bulb got wet just reading this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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