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Originally Posted by Tvflguy
Been living in Central Florida for 18 years now. I always felt that I was pretty well acclimated to our summers here.
But this ‘23 season seems to have taken a toll, and generally much more uncomfortable than “normal” late spring and summer. I simply can’t take the humidity and heat as in prior years. Thank god for A/C.
It may be just me and my aging, sensitivity to heat. And/or our Villages summer weather this year is incrementally worse.
Your opinion, and please—- no Climate Change stuff. Enough already on that topic.
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According to NASA, when the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano erupted in 2022, it was the largest explosion since Krakatoa blew its top in 1883. Like Krakatoa, if this was a surface eruption we would be having a record cool summer, due to dust in the upper atmosphere. However, it was an underwater explosion which shot millions of tons of water vapor into the stratosphere. This increased the amount of water vapor in the upper atmosphere by 10% Water vapor is a "greenhouse" gas. Unfortunately NASA says it will take several years for water vapor levels to return to pre-explosion levels.