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solutions to bad weather
Oct. 24th, 2005 11:15 pmWhy does bad weather make everyone miserable? Surely the greyness can be overcome with anti-depression lights, and wetness can be prevented with the right clothing. Given this, people should not be reluctant to leave their homes.
Tomorrow I am going to look for some comfortable rain apparel to buy: hat, jacket, pants. It makes an umbrella unnecessary. Hopefully they would be comfortable enough to wear all the time... if they aren't, I can always spray-coat all my regular clothes, right?
The problem, it seems, is that impermeable clothes make you hot very quickly.
In dry weather, is wearing an impermeable plastic coat any different than a thick woolen one?
So impermeable clothing prevents heat loss by evaporation, while thick woolen clothing prevents heat loss by conduction... what left? Convection and radiation.
Maybe rainy weather is inherently uncomfortable because you can't lose heat by evaporation, since the air is saturated... so you're going to be muggy.
Tomorrow I am going to look for some comfortable rain apparel to buy: hat, jacket, pants. It makes an umbrella unnecessary. Hopefully they would be comfortable enough to wear all the time... if they aren't, I can always spray-coat all my regular clothes, right?
The problem, it seems, is that impermeable clothes make you hot very quickly.
In dry weather, is wearing an impermeable plastic coat any different than a thick woolen one?
"Impermeable clothing does not “breath” and thus greatly increases an individual’s susceptibility to heat-related illnesses. Clothing acts as a barrier that prevents evaporative cooling. Many synthetic fabrics reduce the absorption and dispersal of sweat needed to achieve optimum heat loss by evaporation." source
So impermeable clothing prevents heat loss by evaporation, while thick woolen clothing prevents heat loss by conduction... what left? Convection and radiation.
Maybe rainy weather is inherently uncomfortable because you can't lose heat by evaporation, since the air is saturated... so you're going to be muggy.
