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Was i the only person who absolutely hated the fact that this past weekend was part of the worst droughts TN has had in 15 years? The dust was killer.... What did you guys think?
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Oh my god, I thought the dust was going to be the death of me. I had heard it was dusty but when you seriously can't see anything through the enormous clouds of dust, that's when you should get concerned for your lungs. I was not smart enough to bring a bandanna either so I will be hacking for a while.
Post by hailboognish on Jun 18, 2007 9:13:16 GMT -5
The dust was pretty awful this year. I can't remember it being as bad as it was in centeroo any of the years past. Sitting and watching NMA you could just see the clouds of dust rolling around - same for the White Stripes show, dust and coughing everywhere.
Post by trippindaisy on Jun 18, 2007 9:17:22 GMT -5
It was bad and I have pretty bad allergies but it wasn't unbearable. For me the heat on Sunday was the worst thing. The dust was a minor inconvenience compared to the heat in my mind.
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yeah dust was crazy xspeacially durring the police show. I think Im going tto hold a "biggest roo booger" I pulled out one that felt like it started at my nose and ended back in manchester.
Having not been through a rainy Roo... I would have to say I would think the dust would be better than the rain. I would much rather dust off the dirt than sit in a big pool of mud! The dust was pretty bad at the Police show...although after Ziggy Marley and Ben Harper got done playing..I don't think that was a dust cloud above the field.
Post by dogfighter28 on Jun 18, 2007 12:15:32 GMT -5
Was anyone at El-P's set, when he told everyone to jump, and then an enormous cloud of dust filled the This Tent? That was awesome. But yeah, the last two days of walking back to my tent ended with me collapsing on my sleeping bag and breathing heavily for about 15 minutes, and then waking up like 5 hours later wondering what happened. It was terrible, I thought I was goin to die.
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Since I wasn't there this year don't mind this question. Did they have the water trucks out watering down the walk-way paths so it would lessen the dust alittle bit? I know it doesn't do much when its 90 degree's out and it just all evaporates in less then 5 mins but it seemed to help alittle in the tent area's last year.
Post by Jazzmaster on Jun 18, 2007 13:57:58 GMT -5
oh my god, it was terrible. My sinuses were draining like crazy by the time Sunday rolled around. I couldn't escape the dust either. I tried to hide out in the cinema tent, but with everyone coming and going it was impossible. I am still coughing.
I'm still coughing like crazy, and had to cancel 2 interviews (Dubconscious and The Whigs) because I could barely speak after Saturday night! The dirt/dust clouds totally f'd my voice up.
Got the cough on Friday. Bought bandana on Sat morn and wore it almost any time I wasnt in my tent and kept it wet most of the time. Still coughing at work today.
Two showers today, still have dust in my hair.
I can feel my eyeballs rolling around like two wadded up bits of sandpaper rumbling around shoved into their sockets.
BUT, I have to say that all this is quite tolerable and I can totally recover and still had a blast. The folks I am most concerned about are those who have asthma or anything similar. For me its an annoyance (and honestly the visibility problems at W.Stripes were worse than the breathing) but for some folks that stuff is downright dangerous. =(
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I was fine until Sunday.....then it hit my eyes....once it got into my eyes it was bad for about 4 hours till it finally got washed out right before White Stripes....my allergies were bad but not unbearable. But my eyes would not stop watering and I couldn't see for hours!
maybe this only bothers people with allergies...i never was bothered by the dust..maybe when a atv vehicle passed thru quickly but i just held my breath till it passed.
Post by layingblames on Jun 18, 2007 21:29:19 GMT -5
oh my gosh. the heat didn't have to wake me up this year - people hacking up a lung from the dust did just as great of a job. myself included. my eyes are still runny and angry!!