I read recently that 1/3 of Australians get skin cancer. That is nuts! Though the death rate was something like 1800 per year if I remember correctly. Still. One third?? Is it just all those white people relatively close to the equator? I know it's not due to Antarctic ozone depletion; that isn't remotely that far north. Yes, I'm sure I'll get a terrible sunburn despite all my intentions not to. I'm inconsistent at best about sunscreen in Seattle.
I'm not sure yet I'll do any ocean swimming. I grew up in landlocked New Mexico and am already a bit uncomfortable swimming in the ocean, even with a much lower risk of rip tides and jellyfish and great whites. I spent a few days in South Florida a couple years ago and had a grand time playing in the surf but didn't go any further than that!
I'm so glad you posted about coats, because I wasn't sure whether to bring my *real* winter coat. Now I know I will.
Don't wash your car in your driveway, or the neighbours might start to glare at you.
As well they should! I wish more people in the US had this attitude about water.
I'm oddly excited for the changeable weather? For some reason people in Seattle think our weather is changeable, but IT IS NOT. We have some of the most boring weather imaginable. I'm sure I'll get tired of the weather changing so much, but right now it sounds fun. (Especially being in an atmospheric science department.)
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I read recently that 1/3 of Australians get skin cancer. That is nuts! Though the death rate was something like 1800 per year if I remember correctly. Still. One third?? Is it just all those white people relatively close to the equator? I know it's not due to Antarctic ozone depletion; that isn't remotely that far north. Yes, I'm sure I'll get a terrible sunburn despite all my intentions not to. I'm inconsistent at best about sunscreen in Seattle.
I'm not sure yet I'll do any ocean swimming. I grew up in landlocked New Mexico and am already a bit uncomfortable swimming in the ocean, even with a much lower risk of rip tides and jellyfish and great whites. I spent a few days in South Florida a couple years ago and had a grand time playing in the surf but didn't go any further than that!
I'm so glad you posted about coats, because I wasn't sure whether to bring my *real* winter coat. Now I know I will.
Don't wash your car in your driveway, or the neighbours might start to glare at you.
As well they should! I wish more people in the US had this attitude about water.
I'm oddly excited for the changeable weather? For some reason people in Seattle think our weather is changeable, but IT IS NOT. We have some of the most boring weather imaginable. I'm sure I'll get tired of the weather changing so much, but right now it sounds fun. (Especially being in an atmospheric science department.)