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Originally Posted by Icelander
I believe there was some extra pay for the hazard of being stationed there. Of course, there was a time where dying of malaria there was a real and present danger.
I'm not going to lie, even without malaria I'm not sure how I survived. Especially as started the day with a short drive and then spent some eight hours walking Arlington out in the sun, which was... ill advised.
Summer seems to be a time to avoid the US altogether.
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It varies. The U.S. is actually a relatively southern country, compared to Europe, and it has a continental climate over much of the interior. A lot of the problem is that several major cities are build in river bottoms or other lowlands, and tend to be very, very humid in the summer. Washington D.C. is a good example. A lot of the popular west of the Appalachians is likewise to be found in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, humidity again.