Bright and sunny...in the middle of the night

elSicomoro • Jun 21, 2003 5:10 am

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.

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.

xoxoxoBruce • Jun 21, 2003 7:59 am

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.

Nothing But Net • Jun 21, 2003 11:01 am

When in Nome, do as the Nomans do.

Drink heavily...

Uryoces • Jun 21, 2003 12:32 pm

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.

elSicomoro • Jun 21, 2003 2:17 pm

Originally posted by Uryoces
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?

Uryoces • Jun 21, 2003 2:38 pm

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.

elSicomoro • Jun 21, 2003 2:59 pm

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.

zippyt • Jun 21, 2003 11:08 pm

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 )

Leus • Jul 1, 2003 5:29 pm

Originally posted by zippyt
(...)stepping out of a club at 3am drunk as all get out(...)
On the other hang ...

Was this pun intended?

Odd_Bloke • Jul 1, 2003 6:24 pm

What does SAD stand for?

Uryoces • Jul 1, 2003 6:44 pm

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.

Undertoad • Jul 1, 2003 7:06 pm

circa 1955

slang • Jul 1, 2003 7:47 pm

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

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

elSicomoro • Jul 4, 2003 4:05 am

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

elSicomoro • Jul 4, 2003 4:20 am

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
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.

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.

xoxoxoBruce • Jul 4, 2003 10:16 am

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. :)

juju • Jul 4, 2003 2:35 pm

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.

wolf • Aug 3, 2003 1:58 pm

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)

juju • Aug 3, 2003 4:07 pm

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.

Pie • Aug 3, 2003 6:45 pm

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

Michael Roth • Aug 3, 2003 7:51 pm

did I hear mention of Lewis Carroll? :>

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 3, 2003 10:04 pm

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

doc • Aug 5, 2003 12:26 am

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.

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 5, 2003 5:52 am

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

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