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magnetic_poleThinking 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?
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And on a completely different and much happier note: a very happy birthday to the incorrigiblelash_larue! I spotted this months ago and thought of you....
Hope you've all had a great week, flist!
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?
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!
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Date: 2018-09-16 12:23 am (UTC)Yes! This was back before I fully understood layering, and while I had a decent coat for the seasons, I didn't have the proper kind of clothing underneath. The wind felt like knives. It was so lovely there, and we just couldn't stay. January...I can't even imagine how much colder it must have been for you!
No worries, the escalator incident was ridiculous and momentarily painful but all fine very quickly! As I said to Semi below, I just blacked out for moment at precisely the wrong time and got spit off a high-speed elevator, skinning and bruising my knees. Ironically, it was the very first day on a three week trip after an overnight flight. *sigh* Teaches me not to push myself. As you know, the rest of the trip was lovely. :) M.