Blizzard #2, 2009

[thomasortega]

Here in Iguassu it's mostly dry, but sometimes it becomes wet like any other Brazilian region.

here we have the Iguassu Falls National Park and the falls (they are huge and the size is impossible to explain by pictures or video) help muisturizing some air and the whole city have millions of trees graciously mixed with the houses and buildings. You can see green everywhere (my state is considered the most "ecologic" because of that.)

At the same time, Iguassu is considered the hottest city in Brazil. Most of the house don't have hot water pipes (well, hot water pipes are rare all over Brazil), and in Iguassu and other cities in the region it's very "normal" to see buildings that have industrial chillers to cool down the "cold" water.

If the chiller fails, one could easily have severe burns on the skin and also the pipes would break with the hot water.

 

[rapunzel]

If the chiller fails, one could easily have severe burns on

Then your water must come from an artesian aquifer? Much of inland Australia's ground water comes from such an aquifer and, if you travel to the outback, it is close to 100C in many places. Towns that draw their water from this aquifer cool it down via a central installation, but there is no such thing as truly cold tap water to be had anywhere. This water is so soft that one hardly needs to add detergent and everything comes out very clean. Though, many places still have hot water systems. Up in the tropics towns are supplied with rain water from dams. During the hottest months tap cold water is probably about 25C.

There are many parts of Australia that enjoy 40C plus temperatures during summer. I find that dry heat of this magnitude is not that uncomfortable if it stays in the low forties. The only rule that I try to obey is to stay out of the sun between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm during the hottest months. In comparison to the northern hemisphere, the sun here is so much more intense and, if you have sensitive skin, you can get burnt in fewer than 15 minutes.

Your place sounds interesting. I've got relatives who have been to Iguassu and travelled around Brazil. They absolutely loved it. My goal is to visit Brazil. Naturally I want to do the Carnival and have heard that it is more fun in Sao Paulo than Rio - is that true?

Cheers

rapunzel

 

[mrb627]

Manual Labor

You didn't have to dig that out by hand, did you?

Malcolm