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Post by oatmealschnappz on Aug 9, 2007 23:32:32 GMT -5
After the biblical downpour of '04 and the constant drizzle of '05, I thought that I would never say this but, the dust is so much worse than the mud EVER was. Mud doesn't get in your lungs and sinuses and make you sick for weeks.
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Post by cory's beard on Aug 10, 2007 1:20:19 GMT -5
Not only was I sick for the following week, but dust kept getting in my eye and irritating the hell out of it--making it harder for me to enjoy the acts.
During Lewis Black, half of the time I was like "FUCK, MY EYE HURTS! *rub rub rub rub rub rub*"
if you asked in 04 i would have said mud. but after 06 and 07 its definitely the dust that is worse. ill take knee high mud over the dust. the only real bad part about the mud is going through the mystery mud in front of the porta potties.
Post by soundtribe_junkie on Aug 10, 2007 12:16:46 GMT -5
Dust has got to be the worst...I didnt think it was too bad this year, but you cant run and dance around when youre trying to breathe. Mud could be fun for awhile if it rained...you'd probably eventually just have to accept and wallow in it tho if it went for days. That could get interesting too. At least they'd have the mushroom running.
Only experienced dust and I think it was dust combined with grass/pollen that did everyone in. I started sneezing in the 3-hour backup on the highway. But even with sneezing 24/7 I had a good time and wasn't hindered by the dust. Next time I'll prepare with an extra bandanna and a box of Claritin!
I accidently voted for dust, but I meant to put mud. The dust didn't bother me at all other than on Sunday morning when my eyes were killing me for about 10 minutes and then it went away. I would just hate dealing with mud as it just gets too overbearing when you get it all over yourself.
Post by roolacksreality on Aug 10, 2007 17:03:14 GMT -5
oatmealschnappz said:
After the biblical downpour of '04 and the constant drizzle of '05, I thought that I would never say this but, the dust is so much worse than the mud EVER was. Mud doesn't get in your lungs and sinuses and make you sick for weeks.
I knew which one you would vote for! Glad you're well once more.
my favorit weather phenomenon at roo is the twisters. one of those things singled us out this year. it only hit our camp. there were 4 of us sitting around camp sunday afternoon when suddenly the wind picked up. it flipped our shade tent onto another shade tent and they collapsed, then the dust devil sucked one of our tents up about 6o feet in the air and took it about 100 yards away. it was nowhere near what went down last year. but it was the only time i saw it this year and it was a direct hit on us. but we loved it. it was one of the highlights of the weekend ;D
i voted mud cause dust dont bother me. im curious do the people that got sick have allergies .... because im not understanding how regular old farm dust could make anyone sick unless they had some sort of allergic reaction, or maybe it was just a bug goin around and the dust and heat/dehydration made it worse. sorry you all got sick though, whatever the cause.
Post by msfelithatsme on Aug 10, 2007 23:09:38 GMT -5
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
my favorit weather phenomenon at roo is the twisters. one of those things singled us out this year. it only hit our camp. there were 4 of us sitting around camp sunday afternoon when suddenly the wind picked up. it flipped our shade tent onto another shade tent and they collapsed, then the dust devil sucked one of our tents up about 6o feet in the air and took it about 100 yards away. it was nowhere near what went down last year. but it was the only time i saw it this year and it was a direct hit on us. but we loved it. it was one of the highlights of the weekend ;D
this happened over near my camp. camp allison reynolds.
I haven't experienced mud at roo, but wouldn't it get all over your stuff? I would hate trying to get in and out of my tent...I don't think I would like mud where I sleep either.
Though, the idea of playing in the mud outside of my tent is appealing - as a kid my cousins and i would fill the dirt pit up with water under the swings and swing through it. Seeing pictures of people at other festivals slip and sliding in the mud looks fun!
Post by augustwest on Aug 13, 2007 21:48:58 GMT -5
I was only bothered by the dust on shakedown and a little in centeroo, I had a pretty good camping spot, but the mud makes it so freaking hard to get around very quickly if needed, and everything is all wet and gross in the tent, and most importantly, is is very hard to dance in knee deep mud, I learned that at Coventry.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
shit, i should have read question first. i voted for mud thinking it was what youd rather have. fuck the dust. although it would have helped if i remembered to bring dustmask of somekind as i said to bring as we were leaving in 2006.
Mud is managable... it gets on stuff, but if you sit on your poncho and tread carefully through the thick spots, you don't get it that bad. From the knee down you're dirty, but that's easy enough to clean before you get back in your tent. Dust gets on everything. There's a coating of dirt everywhere - including your lungs. And with three days of pushing your exhaustion limits in the TN sun, the last thing you need is trouble breathing.
- as a kid my cousins and i would fill the dirt pit up with water under the swings and swing through it. Seeing pictures of people at other festivals slip and sliding in the mud looks fun!
