humidity problems

[Judie P]

I am originally from New York, home of much humidity.  I loved moving to California in 1980.  No more humidity.  However, there seems to be a strange storm front in Southern California that has affected us in Northern California creating clouds and tons of humidity.  Our weather is still close to 85 - 90.  Since the humidity, I have felt depressed, anxiety and sluggish.  Any one else have this strange occurrence?  If no one responds, I know it is only me and that it is all coming from another source. 

[irish]

Actually, I live in Minnesota and over the years we have had times of bad humidity also. When we have high humidity it I often noted that our air pressure is lower and this makes us feel terrible. Lower air pressure makes us feel like we can't think straight and it sure makes my breathing worse.

Also, you might research this, but you have had all the fires in California and that changes the air pressure, air temperature from the ground to higher elevations in the sky. The smoke adds chemicals to the air plus all the things mentioned increase the chemical and particulates in the air. It is like bad air pollution that takes forever to go away.

The air is so bad with these fires that our air in MN is affected at times ad we have a haze in the air. In the evening when the sun is going down the sun will turn almost red behind a wall of thick haze and one can smell the smoke in the air. This has occurred off and on this summer depending on the prevailing winds. Also, when Mt Helen erupted we really had haze and particulates. Breathing was miserable and I was among many, many people who developed asthma. I am a nurse and I remember our ERs were super busy with people having breathing problem from the ash from the volcano.

Until the haze and particulates leave your air will be holding more water as the particulates hold bad air closer to the ground. Actually, a good rain can help clean the air up. Just some extra info from my past. I have paid a lot of attention to the weather for years as it really makes my health worse. Back in the late 1970's when the MN State fair was on my area in southern MN had terrible humidity plus the sky had a greenish hue to it. The air smelled bad..like a chemical and my breathing was so bad and I didn't have inhalers then. I had to stay inside for about 3 days. Never heard what caused that but I bet it was something that was not good for man or beast. Hope you get clear air soon. Irish