This Heat is UNbelievable!

[lookout123]

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.

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by lookout123

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.

at least someone knows what i'm talking about

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.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by plthijinx

at least someone knows what i'm talking about

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.

[Clodfobble]

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

Temp: 102
Wind Chill: 97

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

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

Temp: 102
Wind Chill: 97

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

[footfootfoot]

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

[Brett's Honey]

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

[zippyt]

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 !!!

[xoxoxoBruce]

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.

[farfromhome]

"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.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by farfromhome

Hmmm..
I don't want to get into an I can outdo you war, ~~snip~~

Not a war, just commiserating and informing so when you see people doing the jobs described, you can appreciate they're earning their money.
I've always maintained that people that work outside or even semi-outside like you do are only to be envied about 5 days a year.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Not a war, just commiserating and informing so when you see people doing the jobs described, you can appreciate they're earning their money.
I've always maintained that people that work outside or even semi-outside like you do are only to be envied about 5 days a year.

I saw my cousin baling hay for his dairy the day before we left for Costa Rica (I kept a safe distance). Our last night in CR we stayed at a dairy farm outside San Jose at 6,000 ft. The cattle graze year round at temperatures that are mid-Spring here in PA. That's right, dairy farming without making hay. What will those crazy Ticos think of next?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Better milk year round too.

[Trilby]

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?

[plthijinx]

yeah, all of these conditions suck. hands down.