HI, Old Bay,
Thanks for the welcome! We stay warm in the winter by having heated garages (no lie) and going from the car to wherever you are going which are usually overheated. If you have to walk in it (and it's not a pretty sight) you wear parkas that have big overhanging hoods and a face cover. Also very insulated pants. Even so, hubby's and my tender tooshes and back, faces, still had to be slathered in "Crisco" like moisturizers. We still had "lacerated" dry skin at times even with that. But our apartment overlooks the river and it is so beautiful to watch the snow drift down------ice fishing is very popular to watch. When the river finally thaws out it is just as beautiful-----it is mostly sunny there so the river just sparkles in the afternoon sun and the sunsets are gorgeous. Lots of paddle boats on the river and many people walking the promenade around it. They LOVE disco music here!!
Yes, you can definitely cook an egg on a Houston griddle road. It's miserable right now (90's and 70-80% humidity)-------only arrogant, old coot wildcatters had the nerve to build a metropolis over a swamp. Like you, we do everything early in the morning and if you're doing sports, you drink lots of water, and bring towels. How construction workers and roofers, etc., do it is beyond me but many of them come from Mexico where it's even worse, so I guess they are used to it. Houston does have great restaurants however and we're not called the fattest city for nothing. Ha!
Thanks again, y'all for the welcome!!