The Friday Five hope you are all safe, warm (but not too warm), and comfortable...

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Thinking of those facing down Florence and Mangkhut tonight.

1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand? No, luckily.

2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)? Often when I was young; I grew up on the edge of the high desert. But 100F / 38C and dry is ten times better than 80F / 27C and muggy. My worst moment was just arriving in Hong Kong, passing out for a moment in the heat, and falling at the end of an escalator. I was a sweaty, dizzy mess with a skinned knee and a sprained ankle. Not my best moment.

3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced? Objectively? Probably in January in northern New England, where the temperatures sometimes fell to close to 0F / -17C. Subjectively: the weekend I found myself in St. Andrews, Scotland, in mid March with insufficient clothing and/or backbone. I actually had to turn around and get back on the train and head to London, I was that miserable and unprepared. (These were the days before this California girl had discovered wool. That was a bit of a revelation.)

4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days? No.

5. Do you have a go bag? No. Hm. I'm starting to think there may be a lesson here.

Textbox below (you can link back to thefridayfive), or just stop by and leave a comment: When and where were you your hottest and coldest, flist?

<b>1. Have you ever experienced a hurricane firsthand?</b><b>2. Have you ever experienced outside heat over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius)?</b> <b>3. When and where was the coldest temperature you have ever experienced?</b> <b>4. Is your household prepared for a possible power outage of two to seven days?</b> <b>5. Do you have a go bag?</b>

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And on a completely different and much happier note: a very happy birthday to the incorrigible lash_larue! I spotted this months ago and thought of you....





Hope you've all had a great week, flist!

Comments

[ayebydan]

Minus 17C was temp in my town in our coldest winter in 2010/11. You know..by the time you are that point I don't think it registers how cold you are? It just like COLD AS BALLS AHA GET TO WHERE I AM GOING FAST PLEASE.

Hottest was 43C in Seville one year. I thought I had been hottest in Barcelona with 41 and swore never again. Yeah well 6 years later Spain got a heatwave while we were on a daytrip. Fun.

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Ha! Did you see Minervas_eule had the same story about hot-as-an-oven Seville? As someone who's always wanted to go to Spain and particularly to Barcelona and Andalusia, I'm making a mental note of your comments here. I might need to visit at a cool time of year.

Yikes! Minus 17C sounds MISERABLE. The one time I was outdoors for any length of time in temps resembling -17C, I honestly thought my eyeballs were going to freeze. I was speed walking with my eyes closed hoping nothing came between me and my destination. Let's hope that never happens again to either of us! M.

[ayebydan]

I just went and read it! So weird. Last two weeks in July, first two in August are your danger weeks but June/early July is lovely. Once you get July you might see 30C but not in the oppressive way. Barcelona is on the sea of course so yeah stick to those months and you should just get stunning beauty and a nice heat.

We were not prepared for it. At all. It had NEVER been that cold here since records began. I am surprised our pipes didn't give up but I think the only reason they didn't was because we constantly had the heating on to keep them warm-ish. I just feel so glad the death toll was so low given the number of people trapped in cars overnight on the motorway(highway) when it got snowed in during those temps. Talk about your car heating, battery and fuel paying its dues.

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I just feel so glad the death toll was so low given the number of people trapped in cars overnight on the motorway(highway) when it got snowed in during those temps. Talk about your car heating, battery and fuel paying its dues.

Wow. Yes. Those temps are dangerous for all sorts of odd reasons if you're in an area that doesn't regularly experience them.

I looked up Seville just now after reading your comments and am realizing I definitely need a late spring/early summer trip, just in case. Ah, the wisdom of the flist! M.

[ayebydan]

The people were really lucky in that our motorways all back onto towns, with gaps between of course, but they are not surrounded by wilderness. So people voluntarily took down their own back fences and took out food and drinks and blankets to those they could. Or they took people into their homes. It was a real heart moment.

Yeah, don't get caught in the heat there. BUT it is a truly wonderful city fulllll of history. The Jewish quarter is a beautiful experience. You can do yours that do all the main sites and take you through a walking tour of the old Jewish quarters and Muslin areas and show how closely packed they were for defense and such. So cool.