I'm sure it has been mentioned but there is difference between being hit by a heat wave and living in a hot region and that difference is due to acclimatization. Your body physiology actually changes depending on the temperature you've been living in for about the past week to month. So if its always hot where you live your body will adapt to that, and likewise with the cold. The thing is if there is a rapid change in temperature, the body can't adapt quick enough and thus you're more susceptible to the negative effects of that temperature. It is for that reason that schools are let out and people make such a big deal out of it.
That said I live in Minnesota, a place where the weather changing on a dime is relatively common so I'm fairly use to it being 80 out one day and snowing the next. Like most humans I prefer a moderate temperate (50-70 F) but if given an ultimatum I prefer the winter extremes over the summer in terms of temperature.
That said I live in Minnesota, a place where the weather changing on a dime is relatively common so I'm fairly use to it being 80 out one day and snowing the next. Like most humans I prefer a moderate temperate (50-70 F) but if given an ultimatum I prefer the winter extremes over the summer in terms of temperature.