Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
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Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Here's a top tip, don't put them on top of the car while wrangling a kid out and drive away the next morning ... I am sunnyless at the moment and cricket is torture ...
I suspect if we hadn't got roofbars I would have noticed them, there should be a warning on them things:
"Important (Idiots Only) - Don't leave anything up here and drive away"
I suspect if we hadn't got roofbars I would have noticed them, there should be a warning on them things:
"Important (Idiots Only) - Don't leave anything up here and drive away"
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Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Great website for the daily UV reading. www.arpansa.gov.au
In Bris for eg, the UV rating is often much higher than you would think very early morning. Right now its going out of safe levels around 7.30 am, in summer that can be 6.30 am. Its amazing how early the UV becomes dangerous.
Edit. Just looking at the BOM website and its prediction for UV today (bris ) was a top of 16 !!!!!. Thats higher than the arpansa one, so maybe BOM as well.
In Bris for eg, the UV rating is often much higher than you would think very early morning. Right now its going out of safe levels around 7.30 am, in summer that can be 6.30 am. Its amazing how early the UV becomes dangerous.
Edit. Just looking at the BOM website and its prediction for UV today (bris ) was a top of 16 !!!!!. Thats higher than the arpansa one, so maybe BOM as well.
Last edited by jad n rich; Nov 10th 2010 at 4:36 am.
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Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Great website for the daily UV reading. www.arpansa.gov.au
In Bris for eg, the UV rating is often much higher than you would think very early morning. Right now its going out of safe levels around 7.30 am, in summer that can be 6.30 am. Its amazing how early the UV becomes dangerous.
In Bris for eg, the UV rating is often much higher than you would think very early morning. Right now its going out of safe levels around 7.30 am, in summer that can be 6.30 am. Its amazing how early the UV becomes dangerous.
#24
Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Read this article and understand benefits of UV rays (sunlight)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/opinions/4060/
Don't be overly scared of UV rays.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/opinions/4060/
Don't be overly scared of UV rays.
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Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
They can, and many schools do, but obviously some don't.
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Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Looking at the BOM site, the UV is dangerously extreme/high all day really.
So I always assume it is dangerous.
I don't see it as not being dangerous and perhaps it's almost silly to report it on the news. People know the sun is a big thing here....they just have to remember to do something about it.
I confess that a few summers went by without me wearing sunnies. (I find myself nipping out to mow the yard, forget to put them on).
I do work in an office though.
So I always assume it is dangerous.
I don't see it as not being dangerous and perhaps it's almost silly to report it on the news. People know the sun is a big thing here....they just have to remember to do something about it.
I confess that a few summers went by without me wearing sunnies. (I find myself nipping out to mow the yard, forget to put them on).
I do work in an office though.
#29
Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
Looking at the BOM site, the UV is dangerously extreme/high all day really.
So I always assume it is dangerous.
I don't see it as not being dangerous and perhaps it's almost silly to report it on the news. People know the sun is a big thing here....they just have to remember to do something about it.
I confess that a few summers went by without me wearing sunnies. (I find myself nipping out to mow the yard, forget to put them on).
I do work in an office though.
So I always assume it is dangerous.
I don't see it as not being dangerous and perhaps it's almost silly to report it on the news. People know the sun is a big thing here....they just have to remember to do something about it.
I confess that a few summers went by without me wearing sunnies. (I find myself nipping out to mow the yard, forget to put them on).
I do work in an office though.
#30
Re: Aussies blinded to summer sun are unaware of eye protection says expert
There can be a link between temperature and UV, but temperature is not a direct causal factor as some seem to think. Due to complex weather patterns over Antarctica the UV can often be very high in the Australian spring well before the temperature warms up, and I would hazard a guess that this period in the year is one of the most dangerous for this reason.