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> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:44:31 -0700<br>> From: rubin@starset.net<br>> To: rich.gibson@gmail.com<br>> CC: congress@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-congress] Another one<br>> <br>> <BR><div><pre>> Rich Gibson wrote, On 20110712 165214:<br>> > One warning: it is very likely to rain, hard. At one point my tent was on<br>> > top of several inches of water. Basically no water came in, but I have no<br>> > idea why not-it was a 20 year old tent.</pre><pre>>How quickly did the rain evaporate?<br>>Also how humid is it there? :P</pre><pre> </pre><pre>It rained incredibly hard one night. Some people thought it would be nice to </pre><pre>put their tents in a nice little circular valley, surrounded by a circular ridge </pre><pre>to keep the rain from flowing into their nice little circular valley. Of course, </pre><pre>this created a nice little pond that formed by the rain filling it up. Oddly</pre><pre>(to me), several people did this. And several people then turned on their </pre><pre>soaking wet laptops to see if they still functioned. Turning them on while wet </pre><pre>ensured that they would never function again (if they would have waited till </pre><pre>they dried out thoroughly, chances are they may still have functioned, at least</pre><pre>to some extent). And things did dry out very quickly -- as I remember, 24 </pre><pre>hours later you barely even tell it ever rained.</pre><pre> </pre><pre>It is hot and humid, but I like it hot, regardless of humidity. I actually don't </pre><pre>remember being uncomfortable -- but I was way too excited to be there, and my </pre><pre>memory is probably clouded.</pre><pre> </pre><pre>Mitch.</pre><pre><br> </pre></div> </div></body>
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