Every year people who are tourists not used to weather 100, 105, 110, 120 or 125 degrees Fahrenheit wind up in the hospital or die because of their lack of experience with high desert temperatures.
It doesn't take long if you are out in it to start losing the ability to think clearly and begin to get a headache when it is warm enough.
However, much lower temperatures can be fatal when the humidity is higher like you get on the east coast and in the south.
If you are places like California or Arizona, New Mexico or Utah the heat can be very dry so you can usually survive a lot more heat as long as you have enough water to hydrate.
Having lived in the desert I still try to carry water with me wherever I go now. It's just a good habit from summers in mt. Shasta or palm Springs or Yucca Valley or other places I have worked or spent time in the summers over the years.
IF you are not used to the desert heat you have to see what effect it has on you. Also, how you eat and how much water you need to drink drastically changes from other climates as well.
So, if you are new to a really hot dry place above 100 to 120 degrees be sure you understand what it might do to you mentally and physically and how you need to adapt to actually survive there one day or more.
For example, I have gone to Hawaii and not eaten right and come very close to passing out when it is really humid and hot at the same time. Especially when you are over 50 years old and go someplace hot or hot and humid you have to figure out how to survive there.
If you are young and healthy you might be okay. But, there is a tendency of younger males to think they are immortal and can survive anything which isn't true. Knowing your limitations at every age will tend to keep you alive to see old age so you are still alive to play with your Grandkids when they show up.
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