#tourists

OP: I don't know how to pose so he guide me how to pose for pictures. (cr 錵開や落幕) Cnetizens: He even took photos with the plushies we carry around with us.

My buddy goes on a run and when hes done there is a bar near a creek. So he wades into the creek because the day is hot and the water is cold.

Tourists ask what hes up to, with his running stuff he didn't want wet piled on the shore and him very obviously cooling off in the water. He says he's fishing.

But now here is why I am telling you this story. The universe occasionally aligns in such a way that we get to really really fuck with people and their perception of said universe. The opportunities do not come often and when they come you must seize the day. This is what my buddy did.

So this Creek runs through town and as a result of the highway and neighborhoods and culverts and roads it does not have a great salmon run. It's a short Creek the headwaters are only a few miles from the ocean it never had a great salmon run to begin with. But there are salmon.

One such fish brushes past my buddy's leg. Immediately he knees the fish like he is juggling a soccer ball and pops it out of the water, then slaps it out of the air on to the shore.

This is dumb luck. He could not do this again if he spent years training. Noodling (catching fish with your hands) is a thing that is legal to do with salmon but it is so much harder than literally every other way to catch salmon, including grabbing them with a garbage can. What he just managed is the kind of thing that should make you want to grab the fish and swing it around your head like a stripper with her panties off.

But,

He has an audience.

This is the opportunity offered by the universe.

He plays it cool.

Then lets talk about what you actually should do.

For the sake of this post, I'm going to assume that most people saying they plan to walk from Manhattan or Rutherford are just rage-baiting.

But! Here's the thing you need to worry about anyway:

Heat stroke. Heat exhaustion. Hyperthermia in general.

European tourists are famous for getting it in the United States. I do not want you to get that because you were waiting in the MetLife parking lot. If you're thinking "I can deal with it," then please. Don't. Unless you are also from a place that gets both hot and humid, don't.

If you are from a tropical or sub-tropical climate, then you can ignore me!

If you are from England or Germany in particular, this post is for you.

It is going to be at least 90ºF/32.2ºC for at least one game, probably more than one. There is a non-zero chance of it going above 100ºF/37.8ºC.

Humidity might also as high as 70%. This will make the temperatures harder to combat, because your sweat is not going to dry as fast. If you are not used to these temps and humidity combined, then do not underestimate them.

To compound the factors above, MetLife is surrounded by a sea of asphalt. It's something like 15.5km squared. The heat island effect caused by this is intense.

While not being able to park in the MetLife lot, there will be parking at American Dream. Drivers there are liable to be as reckless as those on the highway.

Surrounding the two of these is a marsh/swamp, which, you guessed it, increases the humidity, by a lot.

So what are we doing about it?

Bring water. Tourists often do not bring enough water. Plan for at least two bottles, or about a liter. If you aren't sure if that's too much/not enough, ask a local (hotel staff are reliable sources of information). You can get more drinks once you arrive at the stadium, but for the trip there and the way in, plan to bring at least a liter just in case. It is cheaper to buy at CVS/Walgreens/a bodega than to buy from whatever vendors might be in the parking lot.

(If you're hanging around the mall first, just one is fine. I don't know why you'd go to the mall, but maybe you're bored.)

If no locals are available, see if there are any Australians around. They will know.

Do not drink alcohol before the game if you don't have plans on how to get out of the heat as fast as possible. Probably don't drink towards the end of it, either. Alcohol speeds up the rate of dehydration, and thus the risk of heat-related illness.

Get a handheld fan. Could be motorized, could be just a regular one you wave in your face, but get one. If you're in Manhattan... listen, Penn Station and the train to MetLife may be air-conditioned, but the subway stations are not. Plan to be in muggy, stifling heat while you wait for a train to take you to Penn.

Do not walk more than you have to. If you plan on walking more than it takes to get from Point A to Point B, for whatever reason, bring an extra bottle of water.

Electrolytes. If you can get some sugar or salt in you with the water, that is helpful.

"I walk an hour on Sundays for fun! Americans are just not used to--" if you do not make that walk in these conditions regularly, you are not prepared. If there are heat advisory warnings going out for the metro area, heed them.

I'm not an expert in How To Survive A Heat Wave. I'm just a New Yorker who knows how I have to plan out my time if I'm doing something in the summer. I know how much tourists can struggle.

If someone is more experienced in this for NYC/NJ--outdoor staff, medical professionals, tour guides, whatever--feel free to add on.

Do not fuck with the cars once you leave Manhattan. I also hate them, trust me, but holy shit, do not risk your life like that. Do not try to walk on I-95, do not play chicken with the pavement princesses, do not assume that the semis can see you.

Watching beautiful Bridalveil Falls do its thing.

California

Oh. I really like the question and so I did something quite on the fly.

"A truck driver, a rally driver and a sort of manager of a rock star walks around in Tokyo. Japanese was confused to see the giant blonde woman towering almost the entire town."

"Biggu... Biiiiiiigggu"

I'm afraid this designs would disappoint some XD But don't think too much on it: holoforms are anyway something that (as much as their frames) could change a lot for a cybertronian.

Anyway, I concentrate more on what I think Optimus, Skyfire and Starscream are in "The Deal" rather in other canon\ headcanon. I almost used the same basic forms i use to draw them as mechs (Starscream specially). Skyfire is anyway a good bot and don't "humiliate both" doing a too much higher holoform than the other two XD