pnichols wrote:
- We asked a ranger at one of the old restored Southern Plantations that we visited (durng 90/90 temp/humidity conditions) how the owners of these old plantations stood it during the summer. The ranger responded that the owners weren't around in the summers because they were no dummies - they summered in the Northern U.S. to get out of the heat and humidity of the South! So much for "getting acclimatized to it".
You are correct! Many of the places down here were winter homes. Many of those further south (plantations) came to the mountains for the summer to cool down.