[Diddle E. Squat]

Obviously the media either thinks that somehow this story will hurt President Bush, or they are too stupid and lazy to check the facts before publishing 'science' articles. El Paso's humidity is nowhere close to 70%, not even in the mornings. Try 30% on summer afternoons.

Avg. Relative Humidity charts for US cities:

http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climate/rh.html


And Dew Point is a better indicator of comfort/discomfort(though obviously related to Relative Humidity.) Average Dew Points by city:

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/climate/wusaclim.htm


How embarrassing, to claim to be a 'research scientist' yet gain national publicity for a sloppy error that should have stuck out like a sore thumb. El Paso is a near desert area.

[Empireoftheatom48]

Hey I have lived in many places and El Paso is a good one. We have been here for over 15 years. I don't know what they are talking about 70% humidity that's crap. Any way I lived in Kansas for a while it was nerve wracking with the tornado watches and all. Felt like the bombers were en route all the time.