We landed in Kuwait at 2236 hours local time on 13 August 2007. Though it was night, temperature on the ground was 105° F.
Here are some things you might not know about the heat in Kuwait:
- The wind blows, but it's feels as good as having a full-body blow-dryer on you when you're already standing inside an oven.
- The heat is dry, so that I just wither. Most of the time, I don't even feel like I'm sweating--the air just sucks the moisture right out of me. It's only when I step inside an air-conditioned area that I become covered in sweat.
- I can't open my mouth or speak for more than a few sentences without coating the back of my throat with a layer of dust.
- There is sand everywhere, and it is very hottt sand.
- I sleep during the worst of the midday heat (120° F+!!) inside of a tent with A/C. I lie 5 feet from the vent and I'm still sleeping in my own sweat.
Other than the weather, things are fine here. We have the option of four meals a day here if we want (midnight chow!).
I got very depressed on the plane ride over here because I wanted a Vodka tonic very badly and it really hit me that I won't be able to drink for the next 15 months.
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