Thanks for your advise. I think it will be very useful! On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 6/23/12 11:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Jun 23, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Andy >> Mabbett<andy@pigsonthewing.**org.uk<[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> On 23 June 2012 15:56,<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have to admit the first thing I thought of when I saw this on thie >>>> schedule was the invite-only party at Boston. I think it is great, that the >>>> reception is opened up this Wikimania. I am excited about this event, >>>> really excited. Perhaps because it was such a surprise to me while I >>>> expected all the other great things planned. Not just because it will be >>>> fun, but because of the soft effects of having everyone connect at one >>>> event the night before the main schedule begins. >>>> >>> Not everyone. I for one won't have space in my luggage for non-jeans >>> attire; and anyway the event clashes with Wiki Loves libraries. >>> >>> >>> I meant this as opposed to the two tiered events at Boston. Of course >> not everyone will attend, but when group A connects at one event and group >> B at a separate event the rest of the conference your first instinct is to >> recognize a face from your assigned group. >> >> On a seperate note, you might want reconsider jeans. The heat, and >> especially the humidity, will make denim and heavyweight fabrics less than >> comfortable. I say this as someone who has spent a day no more than three >> feet from a toliet after insisting on wearing my "coolest" jeans to the >> neighborhood house tour (as much time indoors as out) and becoming >> overheated. If you are unaccustomed to what a difference high humidity >> makes at 90 degrees, please seriously look into travel websites and their >> clothing recommendations. D.C. was under a heat advisory just last week, >> and while we may luck out in July, I wouldn't count on it. I doubt you >> want spend money on clothes shopping or cab rides because you are not >> prepared for the climate >> >> Washington Post linked this summary in last week's article about the heat >> advisory: >> capital-weather-gang/post/**heat-wave-and-hot-weather-** >> guide/2011/07/18/gIQA8K5bMI_**blog.html >> >> The key information from my experience with heat related illness: You get >> really hot and sweaty. You lose your appetite and a significant amount of >> energy.>< You feel REALLY hot and your face turns beet red. (It feels like >> your face is an oven heating your surroundings rather than the opposite.)>< >> Your face turns pale and clammy. You stop sweating. You collapse. >> >> Between the two>< marks, I act to get quickly into air-conditioning and >> cool off. Sip water, but don't drink too much or it won't stay down. Then >> I might recover with little more than a headache, but sometimes I still >> might be sick. If I get to the point were my face goes pale and clammy >> after it was bright red, I IMMEDIATELY get into A/C. I haven't collapse >> since I was ten but I have, too often, cursed myself for how far I pushed >> past my better judgement. If you notice the pale clammy after beet red >> stage happening to you or a companion, I recommend that wherever you are: >> stop, find A/C, call a cab, return to your lodgings. You will not make it >> much further walking. >> >> BirgitteSB >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> >> > > Waou. *that* is reassuring :) > > I have been living a couple of years in Arizona. Here is what I learned > there. > > 1) remember to wear light color clothes (white or pale colors are best. > Black jeans is to avoid) > 2) remember to wear large clothes where the air can circulate more easily > 3) remember that shade is your friend > 4) remember that water is your friend as well. Not only for drinking but > for cooling your body (splash a full bottle on yourself) > 5) remember that 12-16h is really not the time to go shopping or to play > tennis. It is napping time > 6) remember to listen to your body. A headache is a frequent warning long > before you collapse. A sign of headache does not mean "take medication". It > is a sign to "go in the shade, wet your body, drink". I especially saw that > with friend visitors from Europe insisting that they "just had to take a > pill and that headach will go away". No, it will not go away with a pill > 7) drink is nice. Drink and eat light slightly salty stuff is better > 8) Remember that alcool is not your friend > > Accordingly, if you plan to go to the Opening Reception with dark suit, > tight shirt, to eat chocolate cake with alcoohol on top, reconsider ;) > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang
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