+1, It is definitely NOT a dry heat. I left Raleigh on July 2 1975 at 95 F and 95%. Having lived in Raleigh for the previous 11 years without AC, I thought it was normal. Having lived in Oregon for 4 + decades, I can no longer handle the heat & humidity. It ain't normal.
Paul
Paul, my family lived on Portsmouth, VA from my birth in 1955 (which, by the way, was in the non-air conditioned Maryview Hospital), and moved back to Mom's hometown of Raleigh when I was 6. None of the 3 homes we rented (one in VA and two in Raleigh) had A/C. My parents then had a custom house built in 1963/1964 and though designed to include A/C they ran out of money during the build and as a result our first 3 summers were no A/C summers. Not a single school I attended in grades 1-12 had A/C. The old cinder block cottage from whence I'm typing this is a beach house on Chesapeake Bay in VA and it didn't get A/C until I was in college in the early 1970s. Like you, I remember it as often uncomfortable, but normal. Don't think I could live that way again!
And yes, Mark BC, my truck A/C sees use, at least a bit, 12 mo/year.
Foy
