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8-10-14: Mina ~ Tent City
Mina, Saudi Arabia, lies 8 km east of Mecca, and empty most of the year so it's been designated to handle some of the three million pilgrims during the 5 days of Hajj. The Saudis erect 100,000 tents to house the crowd, but not just any tents, air conditioned, 8 meters square, and of Teflon coated fiberglass for fire resistance.
| The tents are segregated into several camps, each of which possesses its own exterior wall, and is connected to other camps by pathways. Each camp is equipped with a kitchen, bathrooms, and ablution facilities. Every tent is color-coded by country and numbered, and all the haajis are supposed to have badges with their color and number on it, in case they get lost. |
sexobon Sunday Aug 10 01:31 AM
They get air conditioned tents but they don't have to work as firefighters for it?!!! They're setting a bad example for our convicts.
Gravdigr Sunday Aug 10 02:52 PM
Vurry nize.
I went to a Civil War re-enactment south of Nashville a number of years ago. There were over 20,000 re-enactors, and they were all camped on site, in small, canvas tents. It was very impressive, the campground, but, it weren't nothing like this.
gozar Sunday Aug 10 04:34 PM
Those look like evaporative coolers, not air conditioners.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Aug 10 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by gozar
Those look like evaporative coolers, not air conditioners.
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The article says air conditioned. Links from the link, to Arab News and Sunni Forum appear to agree. That said, I think many people would use the term Air Conditioning if the tents got cool, regardless of how it came about, so you could be right.
Diaphone Jim Monday Aug 11 04:23 PM
Mecca is actually an ideal location to use evaporative ("swamp") cooling due to its high temperatures and low humidity.
It is often nearly as hot as Death Valley, 109 F yesterday.
The vents at the tent peaks would be a part of such a system.
The use of water is a problem, but not mine.
gozar Monday Aug 11 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
...I think many people would use the term Air Conditioning if the tents got cool, regardless of how it came about...
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I wondered about the water use too.
They sure do look like evaporative coolers! (source: I live in Phoenix, AZ therefore authoritative.)
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Aug 12 01:53 AM
Don't they need a fairly big air flow to work properly?
SPUCK Friday Aug 15 06:13 AM
No not really. A little breeze in the tent but that's it.
If they were really mechanical air conditioning the required power grid/distribution would eclipse the tent metropolis in wow factor.
Still amazingly impressive even with swamp coolers.
xoxoxoBruce Friday Aug 15 12:04 PM
OK, thanks for clearing that up. I thought swamp coolers needed a substantial air flow to operate properly. Being from the northeast I'm stuck with hearsay. 
glatt Friday Aug 15 12:41 PM
There's a basic swamp cooler in the visitor center at Zion national park.
Basically just a big chimney with water dripping down from the top. You can sit on a bench at the "hearth" and a nice cool air falls from the chimney. It's very comfortable and the only cooling for the entire building, iirc.
glatt Friday Aug 15 12:44 PM
http://bordelinecolonias.blogspot.co...r-station.html
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VS-d15vNqL...ors-center.jpg
Sheldonrs Friday Aug 15 12:57 PM
Is there a game of Quidditch being held there?
xoxoxoBruce Friday Aug 15 03:57 PM
Did you see a golden snitch?
Sheldonrs Monday Aug 18 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Did you see a golden snitch?
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xoxoxoBruce Monday Aug 18 01:22 PM
Turner Brown?
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