Hot Enough For Ya?

[Sparky-Watts]

Ok....I know it's summer, and it's supposed to be hot, but come on...117 in northern Minnesota?!? We hit 111 yesterday, and have been hovering near 100 all week, a couple of days up to 105. It only got down to 80 overnight here, and is supposed to be back to 105 again today and the rest of the week. Now, if I worked in a nice air conditioned office, I wouldn't mind. But when I have to be outside for 12 hours a day, digging holes and such, I'm just too dang old for that kind of heat!!!

For the most part, I can turn on the irrigation systems I work on to get wet and keep cool, but when it's a system that's broken I'm trying to fix, there's no water and I die......really, really die!!!!!

I HATE summer!!!!!!!:x

 

[judge09]

Air conditioned house--> to air conditioned car--> to air conditioned office --> back to air conditioned car --> back to air conditioned house. This is my routine in the summer.

You will only catch me outside if its at the beach or in my pool.

 

[TwistedCU]

I've been working outside for around 15 years or so no. I have learned to always bring lots of water and gatorade, iced down in a big cooler. Too much gatorade isn't real good for ya, so mix the same amount plain old water in between. Relying on being able to buy it or have it available is not worth the risk.

Drink small amounts often and take breaks. It's all you can do. That heat is a downright killer and I have seen it put a hurtin' on many people over the years. WHen the humidity gets high, and the temps are over 90 degrees it is dangerous out there.

 

[90Xjay]

Ok...... I wouldn't mind. But when I have to be outside for 12 hours a day, digging holes and such, I'm just too dang old for that kind of heat!!!

you should have gotten that degree after all.. JK

 

[redrooster]

Got the A/C set on 74. Man its nice in here. I may have to put a jacket on!

 

[Wrangl3r93]

My jeep has no air conditioning! I work at a fast food italian restaraunt and the fan over the kettles has been broken for 2 months! The back "pasta" room doesn't have air conditioning anyways and with the fan broken there is no escape for the heat. We have thermometers to temp the pasta and in between batches we like to set em out and see how hot it is. It's hit over 120before, and that really sucks when you are stuck back there for 3 hours cooking a hundred pounds of pasta a night. On the brightside we also have a walk in freezer that stays at -10 to cool off in.

 

[southtj]

Well after riding my bike 55 miles on Saturday in 98 degree weather and driving the jeep topless yesterday and today in near 100 temperatures, it sure is nice to have to do some work in the server room today. Current temperature is....68. It's kinda chilly, I may have to turn one of these things off.

 

[Saurian]

Michigan should not be 98 degrees! The Jeep has air, yes... My house does not, my outdoor landscaping gig does not, and the kitchen of the restaurant I work in, well, it could be working or broken and you can't tell the difference with all the grills, stoves, and fryers on full-blast...

Think I might go marinate in the cool shower again...

 

[OutOfStep]

Not too bad here really, it was like 111 today with just a hint of humidity. I'm a little moist after the drive home, but its not to the sopping wet phase of summer yet.

 

[lethaldose]

rode with the top down today on an hour half trip at 100+ out today dead noon and i look like the spokeslobster for the local seafood buffet LOL ... i swear this is the hottest summer i can remember

 

[dropseys]

its all my fault. I just told my wife a couple of weeks ago that we are very lucky so afr its nto gotten hot yet. SORRY! At least thats what she says.

 

[90Xjay]

its all my fault. I just told my wife a couple of weeks ago that we are very lucky so afr its nto gotten hot yet. SORRY! At least thats what she says.

Good..you've admitted it, now send me your address so I can forward my light bill to ya.:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Saurian]

Thank goodness... Looks to be some insane storms rolling in right now, and we sure do need it.

 

[JeepMonkey]

wow! I wish it was that cool over here! I don't think it drops below 100 degrees even at night. It usually gets up to about 130 by 2pm. It's not so bad, but the wind really blows the sand around. Feels like you're sitting in front of a hair dryer that someones dumping sand in front of. And they tell me that it's still goin to get hotter!

 

[mingez]

Well, I'm happy to say that I'm no longer in Las Cruces New Mexico anymore. No more 118 degree days.

But I'm in Denver it's been around 100. We've been having a drought, then it rained for 3 weeks around the 4th of July. Now it's hot AND muggy. YUK. I don't know how you midwesterners, and south Texans do it. It's like everyone's got permanent swamp-ass like all of the time.

I've gotta walk my poor dog at 10pm or later.

Record temps everywhere, but the Greenhouse effect's an urban legend, right? LOL.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Air conditioned house--> to air conditioned car--> to air conditioned office --> back to air conditioned car --> back to air conditioned house. This is my routine in the summer.

You will only catch me outside if its at the beach or in my pool.

Yeah, yer lucky you don't come home to catch me outside in yer pool someday!!:twisted: :lol:

 

[Sparky-Watts]

you should have gotten that degree after all.. JK

D'OH!!!!!!!!!! Sad thing is, I have a degree (well, 2 of them at least that could have been worth something) but it would have just put me in an outside job again anyway.....

Seriously, I'd rather be outside all day than stuffed into a cubicle in some dreary office somewhere shuffling papers.

 

[Sparky-Watts]

I've been working outside for around 15 years or so no. I have learned to always bring lots of water and gatorade, iced down in a big cooler. Too much gatorade isn't real good for ya, so mix the same amount plain old water in between. Relying on being able to buy it or have it available is not worth the risk.

Drink small amounts often and take breaks. It's all you can do. That heat is a downright killer and I have seen it put a hurtin' on many people over the years. WHen the humidity gets high, and the temps are over 90 degrees it is dangerous out there.

Gatorade is my friend. I drink two large bottles of it a day when it gets this hot. Our illustrious leader decided last year that our uniforms were to be khaki pants and dark navy blue shirts......yeah, that was a brilliant decision for a company that has 200+ employees out in the summer sun all day!!! Just last night on the news they ran a story about drinking too much water when it's hot and how it can be just as bad or worse for you. It's called "water toxicity". I've seen it happen before, back in my EMS days. It throws off your electrolytes by diluting your blood too much, and can cause swelling of the brain and internal organs. The doc on the news story said the old "8 glasses of water a day" adage has been thrown out....he said drink when your mouth is dry, whether it's two glasses or twenty, your body will tell you when you're thirsty.

I spent most of yesterday testing backflow preventers, and I'd just run the bleeder hose down the back of my shirt and let the water cool me off that way as I worked!

 

[Sparky-Watts]

Not too bad here really, it was like 111 today with just a hint of humidity. I'm a little moist after the drive home, but its not to the sopping wet phase of summer yet.

I was in Phoenix back in '90 or '91 when it hit 122....yeah, that was hot. "But it's a dry heat"....so is an oven!!! It was so hot, they closed the airport because the planes couldn't get enough lift to take off!

It hit 114 here yesterday.......

Jumppr......thanks again for serving....I'm sorry we had to pick a fight in the desert instead of someplace cool, like the alps or something.....hang in there, bud.....I'm still thinking of you!!!

 

[judge09]

Gatorade is my friend. I drink two large bottles of it a day when it gets this hot.

Be careful with the gatorade. One of the field guys that works in my office use to pound those regularly and got a nasty bunch of kidney stones. The Dr. told him to limit the gatorade and work in some good old water.