[ hey it's not like ground-level huts would fare better!! they just would've been less work to put together :|a ]

Sure. Priority one, get the sun off us so we don't all get heatstroke. Heatstroked? Whatever.

[ adding, more thoughtfully ] How "long-term" is "long-term", do you think? Are we actually staying here?

This is the problem with communicating by text message. No tone, no context. [ gesturing ] People get confused.