"So the altitude of 7,300 feet made some people woozy. So water boiled at 198 degrees Fahrenheit, foods took forever to cook, and a simple meal of meat and potatoes might take three hours to prepare. It wasn't the end of the world." -from 109 East Palace, the story of Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos. Some things haven't changed.
Might as well mention this one, too: "Los Alamositis, the result of so many people from different parts of the world coming together on the mesa and pooling their germs."
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