How do you cope with the HEAT?
Hudson Valley Carpenter
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It was reported on the evening news that Phoenix, AZ has just set a new record for consecutive days with high temperatures in excess of 110 degrees. 28 DAYS in a row!
It made me wonder how anyone was working outside in that extreme heat.
I used to start very early and quit early, to keep the hours in that heat to a minimum.
What kind of summer are you having at work? What are you doing or not doing, to minimize the effects of the heat?
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move / work up in the mountains...
just not the one I'm on...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
But there's no humidity!
we've had 20 100plus days in the last 25 ... the days that weren't still had a heat index over 100...
I cut/took down 500ft of wrought Iron fence out in the sun for a few of those days... wet towels around the neck wet rags under your hat... and alot of water... those days were in the sun... but except for lunch I'm in the heat everyday all day ... (7days a week)... I make it a point of eating lunch somewhere that has AC and free refills on drinks... but then i eat lunch everyday (5 days a week) with the guy that takes care of all my paperwork and leases, bills and keeps up with what I have to do and when... so it's a break where i get to think about different things...cool off and drink alot.. I'm way more productive by take'n that 45-60min break everyday...
I guess you just do what you have to do... I'm not a fan of being cold and much less productive in the cold... I like the long days...
I do have a vest that has ice packs in it... i keep the packs in the freezer... just in case it ever does get THAT hot...
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This has been a tough summer for Memphis.
I do the same as you, Take lunch in the ac, plenty of refills and reset myself for the second half of the day.I buy the boys lunch everyday and make sure they get some cool down time too.
I freeze a 1/2 dozen 2 liters every night and rotate them in the cooler.Big blocks of Ice last a lot longer and provide a cool down effect on your core temp.
Somedays I add some pink lemonade mix before freezing,have found its better to put a small amount of lemonade mix in the 2 liter and just keep adding water as I go.
I have a small swirl cage fan and a pump up spray bottle if I get really bothered I will clamp the sprayer on and mist in front of the fan and stand there and cool off.
I carry three or four shirts and change everytime I feel wipped, there's nothing like a fresh shirt for a lift.
My son and his friend have been helping me this summer and I will catch them drifting or dazed and I'll make them take a 10 minute plus break in front of the fan.
I much prefer the heat to the cold and as long as I am not in an attic or on a roof I do just fine.
ANDYSZ2
WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT BEING A SOLE PROPRIETOR IS A REAL JOB?
REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST
It made me wonder how anyone was working outside in that extreme heat.
Ever heard the old song from the 1920s or 1930s with a chorus that goes: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"?
Ever heard the old song from the 1920s or 1930s with a chorus that goes: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"?
Yup, I remember that one well. It was about living in India, as I recall. That's another kind of heat, pre-monsoon days in May and particularly June. There's a lot of fine dust in the air there, from the extremely dry air over many months and the dirt roads. Those dust particles are heated by the sun and then radiate intensely.
I lived there during those months, without AC, only ceiling fans. Staying inside during midday, mostly lying down under a fan.
we have humity, we work at night, I usually leave the house at 1 am.Haga su trabajo de fricken
That's the one!
At twelve noon, the natives swoon
and no further work is done,
But mad dogs and Englismen go out in the midday sun.
But there's no humidity!
Ya betcha! one of my fondest memeories, it atually was an experience.
DW and I happened to be 'fortunate' enough to spend 2 weeks on a job in 1994 in Tempe (a ACME electric, no less, if you beleive there is such a place) , temperature was over 120 F for 10 straight days, over 125 F a few days, the airport even shut down as airplanes are not rated for takeoff over 125F.
Staying at an Embassy Suites (they got free booze every night, my favorite hotel still (PI).)
DW keeps pretty good track of me and imbibing, but she stayed in the room as the bar was outside. Only 3 or 4 people there.
SO, About the dryness: Had 8 double screwdrivers (remember, DW was in the A/C room) and 8 Coronas in 2 hours. Never even sweat outside, RH reportedly < 10%.
I would have gotten into a car and driven with no problem, could not drink enough to get high. Had to drink a quart of water also.
Figured the alcohol at 120F and 10% just went right out the skin.
A Breakfest should be so lucky!!!!
BTW, in 125 F, one needs to keep the rental car in 1st gear even at 55 mph to keep it under 80F.
BTW2: Saw an average of 3 car fires a day just on the 15 minute commute each day.
BTW3: Did not know what a Microburst was before then. One Sat Morning, when it was still under 110, we went to the Pheonix flea market. An area just south looked like a small tornado had hit. Apparently, when it gets that hot, the cold air above can drop thru the heat layer at 150 mphs and above winds - a 4 block area looked just like an Illinois tornado.
Wet painters rags on the head, etc.
I did get in trouble myself the other day, however, I drank a 32oz soda at lunch rather than a sport drink and by about 2:30 I was feeling real rough.
We have been having lots of rain here in the Milwaukee area and it was completely dry this day, so I pushed it a little bit as I was not sure if we were going to get another dry day this week.
Well anyway, I drank plenty of water on top of the soda so I thought i was ok, but about 6:00 PM I was cleaning up and feeling very sick, achy, headache, stomach ache, dizzy. 30 min drive home, Called the wife, said check web for info on Heat exhaustion.
Sure enough, barfed later that night, drank more water, stayed up till 2am make sure i could keep that down, took half day wed. Still have a headache on Friday.
Well, except for yesterday grubbing in a muddy crawl space on a HWH redo, I've been in my nice air-conditioned camper/office drawing pictures and talking on the phone.
Forrest
If you all came to Northfest you would have gotten away from the heat!!!!
LOL