Re: RC: Re: hot/humid weather

[Mickie Newnam <akelakhan@earthlink.net>]

Dyane,
Without high humidity the shower probably would have helped.  But high humidity
makes it impossible for the water to evaporate.  The evaporation of the water is
what cools, not the water itself.  That's why it's best to scrape the water off,
especially when it's humid, because warm water sitting on the skin just helps
hold in the heat.  If you can keep putting water on and scraping it off it
helps, since you're getting rid of the warm water.  Does that make sense?
Mickie in Ohio where we have hoeat and humidity a lot of the time

Dyane Smith wrote:

> Diane,
> One rider indicated that he/she was told that the rain shower made the horse
> steam and caused more of a problem (sorry to the one whose name I forgot who
> posted this if I have mistated the case).  Do you understand why that would
> happen?  I thought getting wet would help, although I understand that high
> humidity is tough to beat in any case.
> Dyane
> N. Cal.
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