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.

I've heard that quite a few Alaskans suffer from SAD. As far as yourself Ury, would you say that yours is partially caused by living in Seattle?

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.

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 )

Was this pun intended?

What does SAD stand for?

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.

http://cellar.org/2003/sunlamp.jpg

circa 1955

This sounds like my kinda place in winter, no sun! I love the concept.

Any one heard of SADS? (sunlight annoys and disturbs slang)

Another fine day...er, night in Fairbanks:

http://msdelta.net/~sycamore/cellar/fairbanks2.jpg

I have some pics here on the Cellar somewhere from Nome. They used to have a webcam overlooking the main street in town, but it hasn't been working right for about 2 months now.

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

Geo's work, because of the extreme cold and wind they don't get deep snow in Nome. Further south where it's warmer and wetter they get feets and feets of it. :)

My wife is allergic to the sun. She breaks out in hives if she's outside longer than ten minutes. Apparently, it's a fairly common condition.

Does that mean she is susceptible to rickets? Or does she have to drink extra milk or something?

(Juju, buddy, that's not common. Is she on any meds that have a sensitivity to sunlight as a side effect)

No, she's not on any medication. I don't mean that it's common as in everyone has it. I just mean that it's not really, really rare. In fact, I also have a co-worker with the same condition!

What are rickets?

In any case, here's an interesting link about it.

This whole thread makes me think of the LC poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" --

"The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all its might:
He did his best to make
The billows smooth and bright-
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night."


mmmmm... Oysters. :)

- Pie

did I hear mention of Lewis Carroll? :>

That site has great advice, Juju. "Drink Deeply and Dream":D

Both my wife and I live in the Seattle area and love it because it's only sunny 2-3 months out of the year. But man do we hate those 2 months...like now!

I grew up in Southwest Florida; my wife grew up in Las Vegas. That's probably why we love it so much here in the NW.

Wow, that's an extreme departure for both of you, in scenery and weather. From flat to vertical and tan to rust. :D