Mad dogs and Englishmen, then.

how about working on the flightline with engines screaming, wearing full BDU dress out, and 118 in the shade? been there done that. when it gets that hot, standard procedure is that when the third person passes out, everyone calls it quits.

You know what's really funny? On the local weather report yesterday, they displayed the temperature as such:

Temp: 102
Wind Chill: 97

at least someone knows what i'm talking about :cool:

edit: last weekend i damn near had a heat stroke putting the interior back in a piper aerostar. that was brutal. i didn't even see it coming. i went in the office to get the dvd screen (mounted behind the pilots, flip down screen) for the passangers and when i got the the office i went light headed and things started to get very dark. i had to rest in the office for about an hour before i could complete the installation.

wind chill? in austin? in july? now THAT'S funny!!

Try stacking bales of hay in a 140 deg F hay loft and the dirt and dust that was plastered to you starts dropping off because you've stopped sweating.
Grab a drink and every pore bursts open like a dam dumping out the amount equivalent of what you're drinking. :sweat:

I know exactly what you're talking about.

Oh, I forgot.... after the hayloft, the next time you blow your nose, don't use anything you're not going to bury or burn. :lol:

Then there is crossing the continental divide seven times in one day on your bicycle, not peeing once the whole day because you never had to, and when you finally do, it's almost as dark as coffee. 107º

Yesterday we were 106 with a heat index of 115........

Jag i see your construction in 107 , with tearing down a burned out lumber yard at 114-8 standing temp , I don't rember but it set a record in Memphis , coated in black dust ,I have NO idea what the heat index was , but it was BRUTAL !!!!!!!

Bruce , never stacked hay but try working on a man lift 40+ feet up next to the roof of a whear house , you can actualy tell the temp by watching cigerette smoke ,
if its floating up , hell its cool
if its hanging around your head , it starting to get hot
if it is flowing DOWN , well it is HOT !!!!!!!

Most of the work i do now days is out side , i had to paint my hard hat silver to help shed some heat ( and yes it DOES make a slight difference ) , and my boss wounders why i carry a fan !!!

Oh yeah...it's easy to see why those roofers would lie, cheat, steal and even kill to get a job in the union hall. Those roofs are hell on earth.

Somewhere around here I have a white, broad brimmed, linemans hard hat. It's a lot better than a bump cap in the sun. :)

"about 105. i seriously worked my ass off today running around this tiny, overcrowded ramp."

Hmmm..
I don't want to get into an I can outdo you war, but heres my job: I work in a hardware warehouse. I'm in the shipping dept. We load trailers every day. More than half are floor loaded (not palletized). Several each day are calculated to be at 100 to 120%. What does that mean? It means you are stuck inside a metal can where the temps will routinely be 20-30 degrees (or more) higher than the air temperature. There's no air flow. And you are loading cases of paint and nails to the ceiling of the trailer. Not to mention pipe, concrete, fence post, barbed wire and the other 65,000 items in this warehouse. We had many days over 90 last summer and uncountable days in the eighties. And lest I forget...you better hustle. Big brother is watching your line count.

All of the above working conditions totally suck and you've my sympathy. I used to be a nurse in a steel mill. I'll bet they're falling out today. Gonna be 110 degrees and it already feels like it at 11:00 in the a.m.

What Greenhouse effect?

yeah, all of these conditions suck. hands down.