Farro
Argh.
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- Jun 19, 2016
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As someone who has lived in Central Florida my entire life, I can say it certainly takes a LOT for a person to pass out from heat stroke. Last summer (July) I redid my entire front and back garden. Back breaking work, lugging 20lb bags of soil and fertilizer, manually pulling weeds and rooted grasses from inside the flower beds, digging holes and planting sometimes over 20 plants over a 4-5 hours period in a day-in the middle of the day. Temps close to 100*, humidity sky high, and while I did of course sweat a lot and took a couple of breaks to get some water and stand under an A/C vent in my house I did not feel like I was going to pass out even once. If someone has a condition where they easily pass out, they probably should not visit Florida in the summer.
I'm quite physically fit, used to the very humid Chicago summers, walk at least 4 miles a day.
Florida in June knocked my socks off. At one point I was sweating so bad, like could not stop, on the Friendship boats I got off early just to be away from people.
I can easily see people who aren't in the greatest shape, just not hydrated, whatever, getting heat exhaustion in the Florida summer soup.