U.S. Scouts Visiting Jamboree in South Korea Moved to U.S. Military Base Due to Extreme Heat
This reminds me about the complaints about the heat during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Why schedule a major event like this during the hottest and most humid part of the year? It is no secret that August is one of the worst months to visit Korea:
Members of the United States contingent at the World Scout Jamboree under way in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, wait in line to board a bus headed to the American military base in Pyeongtaek on Aug. 6, 2023. (Yonhap)
The United States contingent at the World Scout Jamboree under way in South Korea on Sunday departed for an American military base in Pyeongtaek, cutting short their stay amid an extreme heat wave.
Following criticism over insufficient preparations against record-high temperatures, the U.S. Scouts, comprising some 1,500 members, announced a plan to move its members from the site in the southwestern coastal area of Saemangeum to Camp Humphreys, an American military garrison 60 kilometers south of Seoul, and stay there until Friday.
Yonhap
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We’ve had a string of 90-plus days (32-plus if you’re of the Celsius persuasion). Must be summer.
More positively, I had no idea that Korea was involved in hosting Scout jamborees. Learn something new every day.
Everyone, stay cool and stay indoors.
“I had no idea that Korea was involved in hosting Scout jamborees.”
We still have no idea.
I think it depends on the definition of host.
Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
If they had just listened to the experts to postpone the event, then this would not have happened. But they insisted they were all ready to go.
Now the government has decided to cut the event short before the hurricane coming, and have decided to move all 37,000 kids to Seoul, and are now asking the citizens to open up their homes for homestays – basically asking the tax paying people to clean up the mess the government created.