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by Canoe » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:50 am
On the right day (or time within a day), people get away with umbrellas.
Be they used functionally, or as an accessory to an outfit.
But unless it's a walk-in-the-park year with light winds, understand the Black Rock Desert Playa gets winds that are commonly up to 35 mph, often up to 70 mph, and occasionally to 100 mph and above. Google eplaya Condition Alpha. Then there's the dust devils, which have lifted and make air borne various playa structures. And if there's a microburst, all bets are off.
The concern in a wind isn't just something getting damaged in the wind, but what damage it can do to things and people as pieces fly off or entire objects or even structures take off across the playa. Many a person have come back to their tent/structure to find that it is destroyed, or simply isn't even there anymore.
So taken down and hanging on your arm, that umbrella design seems less likely than the usual design to get surprised off of your arm. In a wind, even closed you'd be hanging onto it with both hands, but that design wouldn't/shouldn't? rip apart by scooping wind?
Those watching you could be amused, but those downwind would be rather concerned, if they could see it coming.
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Video games are giving kids unrealistic expectations on how many swords they can carry.
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, but don't harm the red dragon that frequents the area from time to time. He and I have an agreement.