# Fuck you, Mother Nature, for the nosebleeds **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731 "2012-03-25T02:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/1 "2012-03-25T02:40:18Z")
Denver is about to have its driest March ever in recorded history. No snow, no rain, no humidity. Seriously, we had trace snow on three days of the first five of the month. The rest of March been like 5% humidity. It’s so dry that I can’t even blow the dust out of my nose without ripping open an artery. This sucks. If this is a harbringer of the summer, I’ll need to get a douche for my nasal cavities. This is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/2 "2012-03-25T02:45:29Z")
It was 25 in Toronto a couple of days ago. 25 Celsius, in March. ETA- I grew up in Calgary so I know your literal and figurative pain. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/3 "2012-03-25T03:16:37Z")
Geez, I know what you mean. For me, it’s the bounce - changing humidity. I’ve had on-and-off nosebleeds all winter. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/4 "2012-03-25T03:25:23Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > It’s so dry that I can’t even blow the dust out of my nose without ripping open an artery. This sucks. I’m sure it does, but in the southeast we are having record pollen counts. 9,400. That’s off the damn scale. _achoo!_ ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/5 "2012-03-25T03:36:08Z")
Neti that bad boy. That is, unless you can’t lower your nose. (You’ll swallow if you try.) ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/6 "2012-03-25T04:00:42Z")
The most fun about alergies and nosebleeds is suddenly dripping blood all over while talking to the boss. “yes, bosslady, I’ve got things scheduled and all of the computer…errp, do you have a tissue? no, I don’t want you to follow me into the restroom, no, please don’t hold paper towels to my face, I know what to do and HOLY COW, DO NOT BRING A CHAIR INTO THE RESTROOM SO YOU CAN SIT AND WATCH ME BLEED!!!” Pants, gasps and runs off to get more tissue. ---
**Author:** ![mister\_nyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mister\_nyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mister_nyx)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/7 "2012-03-25T05:44:29Z")
> [@living\_in\_hell](#): > > Neti that bad boy. > That is, unless you can’t lower your nose. > (You’ll swallow if you try.) It’s supposed to be five syllables, then seven, then five. You got it totally wrong on the second and third lines. ---
**Author:** ![Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@Inbred\_Mm\_domesticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inbred_Mm_domesticus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/8 "2012-03-25T05:50:07Z")
My nose has bled everyday since I moved to Denver. It’s just a little. I thought everyone’s did all the time. I did notice a good chunk of snot-blood after my shower the other morning; now I have an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/9 "2012-03-25T15:12:43Z")
> [@mister\_nyx](#): > > It’s supposed to be five syllables, then seven, then five. You got it totally wrong on the second and third lines. I wasn’t writing a haiku here. I was just writing in a way I could see what I wrote in my stuck non-rotating screen. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/10 "2012-03-26T01:07:43Z")
Seriously–Neti. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/11 "2012-03-26T01:29:50Z")
Our bedroom humidifier has been running overtime for the last month, otherwise we’ll both wake up in the middle of the night with our throats sealed shut from dessication. Luckily, no nosebleeds yet, but my allergies have kicked in earlier than ever. Yay. Still wouldn’t live anywhere else, though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/12 "2012-03-26T15:15:40Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Fuck you, Mother Nature, for the nosebleeds Don’t blame Mother Nature for the effects of climate change. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/13 "2012-03-26T15:35:55Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Don’t blame Mother Nature for the effects of climate change. Come on now. I’m not denying climate change, but it shouldn’t be invoked for every goddamn weather condition. It doesn’t rain in Vegas either, but we don’t need to bring up global warming to explain why the air in the desert is dry. Denver has the [third lowest humidity](http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/low-humidity-cities.php) of the cities in the US. It’s always been an arid region with or without climate change. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/14 "2012-03-26T15:41:17Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Don’t blame Mother Nature for the effects of climate change. I don’t mistake weather for climate change. Just because it’s warm and dry now doesn’t mean we didn’t get two feet of snow in October. I didn’t blame that on a lack of climate change. Denver is usually quite low humidity. This month has been lower than usual. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/15 "2012-03-26T16:14:46Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I don’t mistake weather for climate change. Just because it’s warm and dry now doesn’t mean we didn’t get two feet of snow in October. I didn’t blame that on a lack of climate change. > > Denver is usually quite low humidity. This month has been lower than usual. You didn’t say, “lower than usual.” You said, “Denver is about to have its driest March _ever in recorded history_.” There’s a lot of that going around right now. We’ve had a record-breaking warm, dry March almost nationwide - places in the U.S. have had previous temperature records broken by over 20 degrees. The average temperature for the entire winter in D.C. was 45.6°, which is normally the average temperature for March 15-16. But if you say that’s weather and not climate change, then who am I to blow against the wind? ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/16 "2012-03-26T18:43:27Z")
Have you seen a doctor? A few years ago I was having persistent nosebleeds (I don’t remember if it was dry air related, but I often had them while taking a shower). My doctor sent me to an ear, nose, throat guy who cauterized my nose. It wasn’t too bad pain-wise. They use a chemical. Since then, no problems. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/17 "2012-03-26T20:42:11Z")
I wonder if NaSal might help. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/18 "2012-03-26T21:10:43Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Have you seen a doctor? A few years ago I was having persistent nosebleeds (I don’t remember if it was dry air related, but I often had them while taking a shower). My doctor sent me to an ear, nose, throat guy who cauterized my nose. It wasn’t too bad pain-wise. They use a chemical. Since then, no problems. Agreed. speaking as a man who used to have plenty of nose bleeds and hasn’t had one for years. It actually took 3 tries before it finally stuck. Each time stopped the nose bleeds for about a year before they started again but definitely worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/19 "2012-03-26T23:38:38Z")
> [@DeptfordX](#): > > Agreed. speaking as a man who used to have plenty of nose bleeds and hasn’t had one for years. I used to have them a lot as a kid. They’re exceedingly rare in the past few decades, and can always be tied to extremely dry air patterns here in Denver. I didn’t have them in Ottawa, Dayton, or St. Louis, or here (since I returned in October) until this month. I’ll deal, but thanks for the advice. (Not sarcastic.) **RTFirefly** , if this turns out to be a pattern, maybe it’ll have something to do with climate change. If say, five or six out of the next nine or ten March’s have historically low humidity (and no rain and no snow), then OK. But this is one March out of all the March’s I’ve been here, and for now I’m just going to assume that it is extreme weather. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731/20 "2012-03-27T01:06:14Z")
Stop snorting so much coke and it won’t be a problem. Seriously though, I hear you, I get nosebleeds too. It’s not so bad now, but I also used to get them all the time as a kid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-mother-nature-for-the-nosebleeds/616731.md?page=2)