(July 10, 2024 at 7:33 am)arewethereyet Wrote: And - what does melting crayons have to do with The Yearly Haj Pilgrimage?  Is it part of the festivities?

No, it’s just that the video is quite impressive.
 
I’ve never been to Vegas and it’s difficult for me to imagine a city of 650,000 permanent residents in a place like that.
 
There is even a book by Jeff Goodell that’s called “The Heat will kill you first”.
 
So in short: No one should be walking like this in the middle of the Arabian Desert (especially if you are following the strict political islamist dress code – with your body completely covered with tick black cloth).
 
I don’t call this “pilgrimage” I call this creative suicide. 

Breaking news-there are places in the world that get really hot.

(July 10, 2024 at 9:23 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Breaking news-there are places in the world that get really hot.

How hot?

(July 10, 2024 at 8:26 am)Leonardo17 Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 7:33 am)arewethereyet Wrote: And - what does melting crayons have to do with The Yearly Haj Pilgrimage?  Is it part of the festivities?

No, it’s just that the video is quite impressive.
 
I’ve never been to Vegas and it’s difficult for me to imagine a city of 650,000 permanent residents in a place like that.
 
There is even a book by Jeff Goodell that’s called “The Heat will kill you first”.
 
So in short: No one should be walking like this in the middle of the Arabian Desert (especially if you are following the strict political islamist dress code – with your body completely covered with tick black cloth).
 
I don’t call this “pilgrimage” I call this creative suicide. 

The best color to wear in the sun depends on your purpose. If you want to protect your skin from UV radiation, you should wear black and dark colors1234, especially dark blue2. If you want to keep cool in the heat, you should wear black and loose clothing5that allows air to get to your body. Bright and vivid colors like red or neon green can also help with UV protection

(July 10, 2024 at 9:25 am)arewethereyet Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 8:26 am)Leonardo17 Wrote: No, it’s just that the video is quite impressive.
 
I’ve never been to Vegas and it’s difficult for me to imagine a city of 650,000 permanent residents in a place like that.
 
There is even a book by Jeff Goodell that’s called “The Heat will kill you first”.
 
So in short: No one should be walking like this in the middle of the Arabian Desert (especially if you are following the strict political islamist dress code – with your body completely covered with tick black cloth).
 
I don’t call this “pilgrimage” I call this creative suicide. 

The best color to wear in the sun depends on your purpose. If you want to protect your skin from UV radiation, you should wear black and dark colors1234, especially dark blue2. If you want to keep cool in the heat, you should wear black and loose clothing5that allows air to get to your body. Bright and vivid colors like red or neon green can also help with UV protection

Why would you wear the one color (black) that absorbs all of the colors (and energy) of the visible spectrum, if you want to keep cool?

(July 16, 2024 at 7:02 pm)A. Secular Human Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 9:25 am)arewethereyet Wrote: The best color to wear in the sun depends on your purpose. If you want to protect your skin from UV radiation, you should wear black and dark colors1234, especially dark blue2. If you want to keep cool in the heat, you should wear black and loose clothing5that allows air to get to your body. Bright and vivid colors like red or neon green can also help with UV protection4

Why would you wear the one color (black) that absorbs all of the colors (and energy) of the visible spectrum, if you want to keep cool?

Black is preferred for the UV protection it provides.

(July 16, 2024 at 7:02 pm)A. Secular Human Wrote:

(July 10, 2024 at 9:25 am)arewethereyet Wrote: The best color to wear in the sun depends on your purpose. If you want to protect your skin from UV radiation, you should wear black and dark colors1234, especially dark blue2. If you want to keep cool in the heat, you should wear black and loose clothing5that allows air to get to your body. Bright and vivid colors like red or neon green can also help with UV protection4

Why would you wear the one color (black) that absorbs all of the colors (and energy) of the visible spectrum, if you want to keep cool?

Acceptable Hij wear?

(June 22, 2024 at 1:42 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It was 125°F in the shade at Dhahran in July 1992, when I was flying out of there.

Hah! We were there at the same time! I had the misfortune of being at King Abdul Aziz Airbase from mid-June through mid-September of 1992. You missed the worst of it if you left in July. Starting in late August, the wind shifts so it starts blowing in from the Persian Gulf. It drops the temperature down to the high 90s or low 100s but the humidity sky rockets. I was doing a lot of antenna and giant voice (public address) work so I was outside a lot. I remember chugging one of those 1.5 liter bottles of water they gave us and looking at the empty bottle in amazement that I could drink that much water. Twenty minutes later I was reaching for another one! Fun times.

(July 16, 2024 at 8:25 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:

(June 22, 2024 at 1:42 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It was 125°F in the shade at Dhahran in July 1992, when I was flying out of there.

Hah! We were there at the same time! I had the misfortune of being at King Abdul Aziz Airbase from mid-June through mid-September of 1992. You missed the worst of it if you left in July. Starting in late August, the wind shifts so it starts blowing in from the Persian Gulf. It drops the temperature down to the high 90s or low 100s but the humidity sky rockets. I was doing a lot of antenna and giant voice (public address) work so I was outside a lot. I remember chugging one of those 1.5 liter bottles of water they gave us and looking at the empty bottle in amazement that I could drink that much water. Twenty minutes later I was reaching for another one! Fun times.

I went to Egypt in 2007. It was February. Our winters were rather harsh back in the 00’s so it was very pleasant to walk around in shorts and T-Shirts there without even being cold or anything.
 
But since the second half of the 2010’s (I’m talking about the whole Mediterranean region + Europe), Weather patterns are simply not normal:
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/greece-restri...46086.html
 
Triple digit temperatures were still rather uncommon even in places like Spain, Sicily or Greece. Now Greek authorities are issuing bans on people working outdoor and restricting access to historical places like the Acropolis (Like before noon or after 5 in the afternoon).
 
So for me it’s very clear. I’m not going to the Haj not unless it’s in February