I hope this isnt considered off topic.

For those of yall that use the clear "spray" type block....

DO NOT LET IT GET HOT! IT DOES SOMETHING UGLY TO IT!

My wife and I are typical Germanic breed. Fair complected and the works...
She had some spray screen that had been left in the sun for too long and at the end of the day we went to the emergency room.

Chemical burn!

We found out from the doc that the stuff changes when it gets hot. He said its fine IF you keep it in your cooler.

For pain relief, we have found that the "blue stuff" with lidocane (when kept in the fridge) does wonders. We have tried a few different brands and they all seem pretty good.

Its a @#$%@ when it goes on cold-brace yourself!

It does its job well. Wish I had that stuff when I was a kid!

I hope it helps someone out there!

I agree 100%! I have noticed it, well starting last year and now this year, yes the sun is very different...

I grew up in SoCal and Hawaii, have been in the sun my whole life, tanned as brown as a berry, no wrinkles at 45, either. I moved to Northern California three years ago. Now I assumed being so much farther north, i'd have to sit out there a bit longer to get a warm glow. Well, this year in particular, I've noticed that I've been turning red, and quickly, too. Not something that usually happens to me. I got red blotches on my legs, and my face and chest turn red after only like 20 minutes.

I have taken to staying out of the sun if I can help it, because I take this as a warning.... our whole solar system is changing/evolving. As hard as it is to change, I'd say just stay out of the sun, and if you like a golden glow, get a spray on tan. I just decided to go au natural, pale is better than fried chicken.

In southeastern Arizona, weather has been strange this year ( though no one is complaining ).
Every summer, if we're lucky, a rainy season will come- depositing most of our yearly rainfall.
This has been very sketchy for years now, with below average rainfall and drought conditions. The rainy season ( mistakenly called ' monsoon ' by locals ) has been late and short in recent years...

Anyway, this year the rain started at the first part of June ( instead of mid-July ), and the weather outside this very moment reminds me more of Oregon than Arizona. Again- nobody's complaining.

So, the opposite is happening here, as far as the OP is concerned. No danger of sunburn in southern Arizona !

The best protection is loose fitting light colored clothing, a wide brimmed hat (think rice hats) and common sense. Stay out of the sun when it you feel it is especially strong, which occurs around midday.

Originally posted by blujay
I agree 100%! I have noticed it, well starting last year and now this year, yes the sun is very different...

I grew up in SoCal and Hawaii, have been in the sun my whole life, tanned as brown as a berry, no wrinkles at 45, either.

I have taken to staying out of the sun if I can help it, because I take this as a warning.... our whole solar system is changing/evolving. As hard as it is to change, I'd say just stay out of the sun, and if you like a golden glow, get a spray on tan. I just decided to go au natural, pale is better than fried chicken.

Tanned with no wrinkles at 45? Are you available for some shadey activity?


Seriously though, your personal experinece and observations adds to the mystery. If the emergency rooms start getting overwhelmed i'm sure it will become mainstream news.

Originally posted by truth/seeker
Witch hazel helps tame the pain down.

Ouch, isn't that like throwing gasoline on a fire?

I remember when a college friend was told that the same stuff was good for hemroids.... It ended quite badly.

Living in Nevada, the desert is always kind with the sun rays, but tanning outside under the sun is just asking for disaster. It may have been the thing to do back in the 70's while people were still ignorant of skin cancer, but intentionally destroying your body's largest organ will lead to disaster. As the sun goes through it's peaks in activity during these upcoming years, i think it would be safe to say don't go out with the intention of frying your skin cells.

I noticed something too, I was out tanning in my backyard the other day and was only out for about 5 minutes when I felt my skin actually start crackling/tingling it kind of freaked me out lol

Originally posted by Greenize
I have fought with myself for two days about posting this. I don't really know why....anyway I decided to put it out there anyway and see if any one else has experienced this.
I have sunbathed all of my life. My skin tans in the summer and I don't have to "lay out", but I do. I have had a pool for most of my life too. I get "brown as a biscuit" as the saying goes in my neck of the woods.
Over the years of swimming, sunbathing, fishing...whatever it is, I have never ever had a sunburn...I have sat in a boat in the sun from sun up to sun down before, many times...no sunburn, just a nice dark tan...but this past week...I got in the pool on my raft and just basked and floated for about an hour and a half... my legs and abdomen later that night were nearly purple and so sore that I couldn't stand it...that was four days ago and they are still tender, although they have turned from purple to red to a slighly tan color... I did the same thing all last summer and never had this problem... I truly don't understand what is different this summer!

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Maybe the magnetosphere isn't protecting us as much as it used to and the sun at the same temp is doing more damage than it used to..


That is my best guess though..

Me too!
I have never gotten sunburned until last summer, and this summer i also get burned. There is definitely something different, maybe the magnetosphere. (it may not stop light, but it could be letting something through?

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