General Chat Thread (winters, climate, warm, temp)

[snj90]

Originally Posted by tommyFL

From my experience, the Mid-Atlantic seems the worst area for ticks. I've never seen them in the South and I've done a lot of hiking down here.

Yes, and not only that, I've heard this is the worst region for lyme disease as well.

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I think Lyme disease is more common in Hampshire because the New Forest has the highest concentration of ticks. Never heard of anyone contracting it here.

Avril Lavigne had it recently and was bedridden for 6 months. How awful.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Ticks don't generally bother me, except some carry Lyme disease. I don't see them around here though thankfully.

Some 3000 Finns get Lyme disease every year, so though it's a minor threat, it's still real. The tick-borne encephalitis is worse, which can have up to 10% mortality, though here it's only 1-2%. The taiga tick, which is a newcomer here has an even larger chance of infecting.

Originally Posted by tommyFL

From my experience, the Mid-Atlantic seems the worst area for ticks. I've never seen them in the South and I've done a lot of hiking down here.

Ticks don't like too hot weather, so that restricts them. They also don't like arid air, so Mediterranean areas are also quite safe.

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Wow, that's a lot. We have 65 million people but only about 2000 get Lyme disease every year.

[NorthStarDelight]

Originally Posted by Adi from the Brunswicks

Put on some sun creme for protection from the harsh sun, and I'm Headed off to Kings mountain for hiking. Clear day with no storms, and expecting Beautiful views of Charlotte and the Catawba Basin.

Oh, I've been there. The views are nice, although Charlotte looks pretty far away (need binoculars to see details of the buildings, etc.)

Climbed it in April, on the way back from my parents once. Let us know how it went.

[irlinit]

Originally Posted by G8RCAT

It would only interest me if a DJ I like was playing, which is unheard of in Kentucky. And even then it would probably cost more than it's worth.

My uni is in a pretty small city 100 miles north east of London and we get some pretty decent people coming to play.. in terms of big names that have been here recently, we've had:

Coldplay, Jess Glynne, Snoop Dogg, Rudimental, Netsky, David Guetta, Florence and the Machine, Fall out Boy, Muse, The Vaccines, Foo Fighters, Imagine Dragons, Tayor Swift, Olly Murs, Clean Bandit, etc.. plus loads of lesser known bands..

Not many of them to my taste, but Muse, Netsky and Foo Fighters live were amazing..

[NorthStarDelight]

Originally Posted by snj90

Wow, lots of rainbow flags in this video. And narrow streets with tons of pedestrians and bicyclists.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKl7fFCgfD8

Didn't you know that was the Key West of the north?

Never been there myself, although I'd like to. You can get there via ferry from Boston, saving the hassle of having to drive the long way around.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Wow, that's a lot. We have 65 million people but only about 2000 get Lyme disease every year.

Yes, the amount of tick have increased dramatically here in the last 15-20 years.

[snj90]

Originally Posted by NorthStarDelight

Didn't you know that was the Key West of the north?

Never been there myself, although I'd like to. You can get there via ferry from Boston, saving the hassle of having to drive the long way around.

I know, haha. I've actually been to Key West. It was a stop on a cruise I was on when I was sixteen.

[tommyFL]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Yes, the amount of tick have increased dramatically here in the last 15-20 years.

Definitely increases with human population. City parks always seem to have the most ticks for that reason. Same with deer and raccoons.