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I envy you all that are going to New Orleans, it is, even under current
conditions, the most wonderful of cities.  The historical air and spirit
that hang over everything brings into focus life in another time.  Yes
indeed it is hot and humid but until very recently that was life for all
southerners.  Thank God that as much of it that is left is open and ready to
receive you.
Cheryl Quinn
St. Viator High School
Arlington Heights, IL
cquinn@saintviator.com

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From: Geralyn HAAN [mailto:GHAAN@MAINE207WEST.K12.IL.US] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:10 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: ALA in hot and humid New Orleans

Hello all,

Please have a heart and put this whole heat and humidity issue in
perspective:

As a native of New Orleans and still having my family there, I agree that
New Orleans is indeed very hot and humid in the summer.  However, I do find
such strident comments about my city very insensitive and hurtful in light
of the devastation from Katrina.  So, don't go if the weather is too much
for you.  I do understand the consideration for comfort and health ...but
remember, there are displaced New Orleanians and others from the Gulf Coast
who are eager to return  home, whatever  the climate.  





  

Geralyn B. Haan, Lead Librarian
Maine West High School LRC
1755 South Wolf Road
Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S. 60018 
ghaan@maine207west.k12.il.us
(847) 827-6176, or (847) 803-5782
FAX (847) 296-4916

>>> Bill McLoughlin <WMcLoughlin@WORTHINGTON.K12.OH.US> 4/20/06 1:55 PM >>>
After seeing several posts regarding ALA in New Orleans, I thought I'd add a
cautionary word.

I've attended ALA's summer conferences for years, and in 1999 I went to my
first one held in New Orleans.  Friends of mine who are veteran librarians
and support all ALA endeavors warned me not to go.  "You will die from the
heat and humidity," they said.   "We have stopped attending anything in New
Orleans in the summer." 

I thought that it was a bit of hyperbole... after all, I've been in some
very HOT summer places around the world like Athens and Cairo, and I could
not imagine that any city could be hotter than those.  Well, I should have
listened to my friends.  I did indeed go to New Orleans for the '99 ALA
conference, and the heat and humidity were so punishing that I spent
virtually all my time in the convention center or in the hotel.  Even trying
to ride the historic streetcars was an exercise in sweaty futility...
there was no air moving inside or around them, and I often felt I'd just
pass out from the oppressive heat and humidity.  It's a lovely city but not
very easily navigated when you feel as if you are melting.  There's no point
in visiting a great city when the simple act of walking around outside is
unpleasant.  Evenings brought no relief... it was still deathly hot then,
too.

I know that New Orleans needs everyone's help and money to bounce back, but
even with all the Katrina issues aside, I cannot figure out why ALA insists
on putting a summer conference there when the heat and humidity are akin to
an intense sauna bath.  So for those of you who are going... pack your
lightest clothes, carry lots of water, duck into air-conditioned places once
and a while for some relief, and remember that "I told you so."  I consider
myself a hardy traveler, but, like my veteran library friends, I will never
again go to New Orleans in the summer, for ALA or anything else.

Bill McLoughlin
Library Media Specialist
Brookside School
Worthington, Ohio

wmcloughlin@worthington.k12.oh.us 

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