Bright and sunny...in the middle of the night
Summer begins later today in the Northern Hemisphere, and folks in Alaska will have days of virtually 24-hour daylight.
This pic is from Fairbanks, Alaska. And the time on there is correct--1:00am Alaska Daylight Time...5:00am Eastern Daylight Time. http://msdelta.net/~sycamore/cellar/fairbanks.jpg I haven't researched much into it, but from what I've heard, constant daylight can wreak havoc on one physically and mentally...the same with 24 hours of darkness during winter. |
The land of the midnight sun. Today is summer. Yesterday, spring. Tomorrow, fall.
A family friend in Nome says this winter was extremely warm and dry. |
When in Nome, do as the Nomans do.
Drink heavily... |
Aluminum foil on the windows in the bedroom, and a sleep mask would do it for me.
I suffer from SAD, and one thing that seems to work is this: I have a tropical rainforest tape I pop into the radio, and a swing arm lamp. I play the tape and direct the lamp into my face about 6 inches away. It's very bright and very warm on my face. |
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Oh, hell yes! The rain drives me batty. From early June-Late Sept, it's perfect here, but the winter months are mostly overcast/rainy.
There's nothing quite like staying up late Friday night, sleeping in and seeing the sun set just as you get up. |
I wonder if people here on the East Coast are suffering from SAD now as well. Including this weekend, I believe Philadelphia has had 20 weekends of rain in some way, shape or form for the first 6 months of the year.
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I was stationed in Iceland for a year once, Truley WEIRD stepping out of a club at 3am drunk as all get out and it is broad open daylite , it makes you stop and try to focus on your watch .
On the other hang it sucked in the winter haveing all darkness ,, I don't know if it is 08:00 or 20:00 until i got on post ( i was a marine guard ) |
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What does SAD stand for?
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Seasonal Affective Disorder. Lack of sunlight during the winter months. Here in Seattle, there's quite a bit of cloud cover to go with it between November and June. During that time I'm a tad cranky and want to sleep a lot.
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This sounds like my kinda place in winter, no sun! I love the concept.
Any one heard of SADS? (sunlight annoys and disturbs slang) |
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Ah...found one. With the Geo Metro in it. Man, that fucking cracked me up...a Geo Metro in Nome. Insane. http://msdelta.net/~sycamore/cellar/nome.jpg |
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