Kevin's Watch

Iolanthe wrote:That's 91 fahrenheit!!!! I will melt!!

No, it's very dry. Not sweaty at all. The heat is lovely.

If you like ovens...

lorin wrote:

Iolanthe wrote:That's 91 fahrenheit!!!! I will melt!!

No, it's very dry. Not sweaty at all. The heat is lovely.

OK, suppose I will survive. I must buy a wide brimmed hat when I get there.

lorin wrote: No, it's very dry. Not sweaty at all. The heat is lovely.

Said the second skeleton to the first skeleton lying in the sand.

okay..some suggestions...bring and wear..light,,loose, breezy clothing..Clothes that "breath" is good idea..You do not want to trap body heat..

Yes..shading ones face and upper torso is good idea.

The Peak temp of the day may reach into the low 100 F. That may be around 3 pm..but it soon turns around and retreats. June is usually still dry,,with no Monsoon.
THEREFORE...drink lots and lots of water or water based drinks. The loose clothing allows the air to cool you by evaporating the moisture in your skin and body..So you HAVE TO keep the liquid level up. No ifs on that. Mandatory. If you start getting headaches,,you probably are in need of water. It doesn't take long to dehydrate.

Hopefully there will be no smoke and ash from a forest fire in a nearby state. Usually, the pay-off of the really dry atmosphere,,7 to 15% humidity..is exceptionally clear sky.. great for taking pics of all the scenery..and for the bronchial impaired. As I have aged, I find the dry heat helps with the stiff joints as well..

Just don't be in a hurry to do or go anywhere. relax. The original inhabitants took it easy. So should we. If all else fails, find a swimming pool and stay in it.

Ha, I figure Albuquerque feels pleasant compared to Mississippi in the summer. It's usually around 90F here at that time of year, but the humidity is so high it feels like you can cut the air with a knife. When it gets up near 100F you can walk out the door and literally feel like you're about to choke. That said, 90F is still hot regardless of where you are.

sorry having technical issues with the Guest Room link--Debbie is going to fill out the particulars and I should be able to post the link tomorrow...

bungleman wrote:Ha, I figure Albuquerque feels pleasant compared to Mississippi in the summer. It's usually around 90F here at that time of year, but the humidity is so high it feels like you can cut the air with a knife. When it gets up near 100F you can walk out the door and literally feel like you're about to choke. That said, 90F is still hot regardless of where you are.

Having been to 'fest before, and having grown up in Florida, I can attest that Albuquerque is way more pleasant at that time of year. But yes, keep a water bottle on you at all times.

Menolly wrote:Having been to 'fest before, and having grown up in Florida, I can attest that Albuquerque is way more pleasant at that time of year. But yes, keep a water bottle on you at all times.

Spot-on, based on my summertime experience of Florida (many summers with grandparents in the humid heat, reinforced by the daily twenty-minute midafternoon thunderstorm to alert all the retirees that it was time to get dressed and go to the discount early-bird dinners at the cheap restaurants) and of New Mexico (not as many summers in my early (somewhat wild) adulthood visiting Dam-sel's family in the dry heat and volunteering to walk the dog just to get some "me" time). You do have to make sure you don't dehydrate, but other than the moisture-suck, summer in New Mexico is not really that uncomfortable if you don't overexert.

Sitting in danlo's backyard making conversation with other Watchers is about as good as it gets!

Thanks for all the advice folks. As long as no-one expects me to walk up steep hills I should be OK, and I hope there are plenty of public loos if I'm going to have to drink all that water!

Damn, you guys are thorough with your planning ... explaining to adults in detail how to survive a hot summer day.

Sounds like fun. Hope you all have a blast. Don't tell Donaldson what I said about the Last Dark.

Zarathustra wrote: Don't tell Donaldson what I said about the Last Dark.

I think you should not tell him in person in June.

Zarathustra wrote:Damn, you guys are thorough with your planning ... explaining to adults in detail how to survive a hot summer day.

"Summer" is a very variable concept along with "hot". What's considered hot weather on these latitudes might make a Florida-based person shiver in their fur coat and dream of a sauna.

I start to feel queasy and exhausted in +27C, and require constant mineral water supplies to keep the potassium etc levels normal, in particular if that kind of oppressive heat persists for days.

Why can't you arrange your fests somewhere in Newfoundland or other more Viking-ish latitudes?

... But it's a dry heat.

I've only experienced damp heat. But I do know that the dry frost of Lapland is a lot more comfortable than -20C with a constant wind blowing from the yet unfrozen sea.

It's under consideration; I'm trying to arrange my summer holidays sometime this week.

wayfriend wrote:... But it's a dry heat.

As I said above, I've found the dry heat of the American southwest akin to entering an oven.

YMMV.

dlbpharmd wrote:

dlbpharmd wrote:Do we have an updated list of attendees somewhere?

Scrolled through the thread, and this is (as best I can tell) a list of attendees. Post if I've missed anyone.

Danlo
Lady Tam
Aliantha
dlb
Iolanthe
Lorin
Wayfriend
Creator
Lucimay
SD
Menolly
Dam-sel
Rdhopeca
Sarge
Mrs. Null
Ussusimiel
Duke

Me too.

Hmm, should I see lots of walking mummies in the Oven of Murica, then?

Iolanthe wrote:That's 91 fahrenheit!!!! I will melt!!

Look forward to meeting you again, Frosty. We shall melt together.

Haha, even if I wouldn't end up in the States (a multithreaded matter of costs, vacation time, how to get around there sans a driver's license...regrettably had some setbacks during the Scotland trip and waiting for compensations of several hundreds of euros from a plane company), I'm entertaining some plans about seeing more of England on the usual August break. Would be great to meet again!