2020 FLIBS instructional vid

So they're going to do it. Glad at least that they're requiring masks, but walking around in that heat with a mask all day sounds way less than enjoyable. Good luck.

I love how Fort Lauderdale temperatures get exaggerated. There has only been one 100 degree day ever recorded and that was August 4, 1944. The average highs at the time the show is being held are 84 degrees so unless someone has a steel forehead, the temperature check will not be a problem.

Time will tell. I know they want to hold it and apparently they haven't had too much pushback from builders and brokers.

I wonder what percentage of their attendees come from other countries and will be unable to come and also how many employees from builders will not be able to come even if the boats are there.

Actually the average October Temp is 86* plus the heat index. That can bring it well into the 90's in the sun. When you live there it feels normal and nice after coming off summer. but it feels very different for people from elsewhere. For instance right now the temps here are in the 80's and it feels fine after coming off the 90's of the past few weeks (with a heat index over 100*), but earlier in the summer I sweated my buns off when temps first hit the high 70's. Add to that wearing a mask the whole time. Hopefully they'll add some cooling stations. Still I wonder how many will get on planes to go to So. Florida (so much in the news right now) and potentially pack themselves into a crowd. Will be interesting to see. As for foreigners, I just had a friend visit from Germany. Flying home will take her nearly 20 hours with layovers and then she'll have to quarantine for 2 weeks. I wish them luck.

To be fair that's August although you'd still find it toasty there in October. I'd find it scorching and would swear the forecaster was lying when he said the temp cause of what I'll be used to. A few years ago was the last time my old boss (who used to go annually) went. He spent all day in the air conditioned hotel room and only went to the show in the evenings. It was just too hot.

I love how guys who didn’t grow up in Ft. Lauderdale have a better reference point for temps than those of us who lived here our entire lives.

Same thing in other places. People talk about temperatures and they grow like fish stories. I hear about the year we had 50" of snow and look it up and it was 12".

Ambient temps don’t reflect specific environments that radiate heat. A grass field is much cooler than an adjacent parking lot. FLIBS may be on the water, but everywhere people walk is either on asphalt, cement or barges made of steel, surrounded by large floating structures that block the breeze.

That still doesn't mean it's 100 degrees in October and November. Now, to some, it may be an unbearable 84 degrees. We have good friends who have lived here their entire life and whine more about how hot it is than anyone I know when it's in the upper 80's here. Now one in particular has a job with heavy activity but is also overweight and not in good shape. I laugh though when at the same time it's 105 in Houston and Dallas. You're right about conditions. To me, the worst is downtown Atlanta. Take the train from the airport and come up from below and you think you just hit a sauna as you're surrounded by concrete and tall buildings.

If someone finds Fort Lauderdale too hot to attend FLIBS then that's their choice, but lets not be publishing and leading people to believe it's going to be 100 degrees. I only would do such as that to discourage people from coming, like telling someone you don't like who is considering moving here how horrible the weather is. Now, to us, personally, the weather at the time of FLIBS is great. We grew use to the humidity in July 2012. But then at that time I'd made several business trips to Puerto Rico and the South Florida humidity was mild by comparison.

Growing up in the snow belt in Ohio, we had many feet of snow which was tough walking to school uphill both ways.

Still I think it would serve the promoters well to install (and publicize) cool rooms and misters.

A wet mask is a no-no.

Is it? I've never heard that one way or another. I know that in a fire it's recommended to soak a T-shirt, etc. to breath through. I doubt a mister would have any effect though as it would evaporate quickly. I actually thought that soaking your mask might help to keep you cool, but of course not if it would affect the effectiveness. I wore my KN-95 for 40 minutes in the air conditioned supermarket today, and it was hot. My wife wears a 3 layer cloth mask all day at work so that may be cooler. Paper masks may also be cooler and are very effective. The neck wrap "gaiters" are said to be useless.

Supposedly, a wet mask reduces the ability to filter the respiratory droplets containing the coronavirus of the wearer, and more droplets are vented around the edges of the mask. The rule of thumb is to treat your mask as you should your underwear: Keep it clean and keep it dry.

Took some digging but right you are. Thanks.