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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Jun 28, 2019 0:25:28 GMT -5
This Heat !!
I need to become nocturnal. Its almost 9:30 pm and its still 78°F outside.
Working in the sun during the day is quite possibly dangerous for me.
It's supposed to be like this for at least another week.
45 to 50 below is far easier to be out in.
And some of u guys live where these temps are like the overnight low.
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Post by bula on Jun 28, 2019 6:27:01 GMT -5
Yup, hate heat. Born and raised in the snow belt area of far N.E. Ohio and STAYED there. Fate put me in a hot environment job though. At work, the upper deck,cat walks or when on a lift vehicle thats whole "cab" goes up too, from now to next snow it is 100 degrees and beyond. We keep an eye on each other and have ice vests to fall back on. Seldom use mine, heavy and block air flow.
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Post by bula on Jun 28, 2019 6:56:48 GMT -5
Of the electrolyte replacement drinks, I'll say yes, and dilute.
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Post by rexster on Jun 28, 2019 7:08:50 GMT -5
It is easier, I think, to adapt to awakening extra-early, than to stay up late. I worked night shift (police patrol) until age 56, when being a night owl became so very difficult. Rather than move to day shift, and wear body armor in the daytime heat of Houston, I retired. Now, I tend to doze off soon after sundown, and the pup tends to awaken me well before dawn.
Edited to add: Not that I make en effort to keep count, but I just noticed this is my 100th post.
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Post by eskimo36 on Jun 28, 2019 7:48:40 GMT -5
I'm working in west Texas and the heat is the life. Drink a lot of water and keep fresh shirts and socks in the truck. A sweaty dirty shirt late in the day is terrible for the trip home. I'm too old for cold if I can help it. I've worked winters of Ohio, Alaska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. I like to stay south and just so you know, north of I-40 is tundra.
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Post by bushog on Jun 28, 2019 8:07:50 GMT -5
That's funny! I'm not that far North of I-40 but the elevation gain cools us off nicely! Currently low 80s during the day and mid 50s at night. Right now is the hottest part of the year as we wait on monsoons.... Don't get me wrong...you get out in the direct sun at 8000ft it will burn your tail and it feels hot |
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Jun 28, 2019 8:18:15 GMT -5
78*? Heat? HAHAHAHAHA! That's like air conditioning!
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Post by bula on Jun 28, 2019 8:23:08 GMT -5
Every 1000ft of elevation equals so many miles of latitude..can't remember the number..sigh.
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Post by JM on Jun 28, 2019 8:42:48 GMT -5
Grew up in the Heat. I remember entering my "shack" after making my last set of rounds just in time to hear the DJ on the radio announce "It's 4:30 in the morning & 102 degrees."
Start & end your work as early as possible.
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Jun 28, 2019 11:54:06 GMT -5
I'm working in west Texas and the heat is the life. Drink a lot of water and keep fresh shirts and socks in the truck. A sweaty dirty shirt late in the day is terrible for the trip home. I'm too old for cold if I can help it. I've worked winters of Ohio, Alaska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. I like to stay south and just so you know, north of I-40 is tundra. Where is I 40 ? I've always been a sweat hog. But in Southeast Alaska as its a rain forest it wasn't hard to deal with. Had a week of hot sun most summers . But if it got too dry the woods got shut down or we went on hoot owl.( start work at 3 or 4 and all saws off by 10 am. Here in the Interior it gets Hot and dry. Fire danger gets up there from high to red flag extremely high. Having spent the last 2 years driving truck I'm out of shape for workin in the woods and sawmilling. And I just past 59 yo. I do drink lots of water and keep up on my electric lites .  |
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Jun 28, 2019 12:27:29 GMT -5
It is easier, I think, to adapt to awakening extra-early, than to stay up late. I worked night shift (police patrol) until age 56, when being a night owl became so very difficult. Rather than move to day shift, and wear body armor in the daytime heat of Houston, I retired. Now, I tend to doze off soon after sundown, and the pup tends to awaken me well before dawn. Edited to add: Not that I make en effort to keep count, but I just noticed this is my 100th post. Rexter; that's great ! Right now our sundown is 11:36 pm and sunrise is 3:55 am. Here in Glennallen. And we have LONG twilight periods. Basically it doesn't get dark right now. But, it does cool off some overnight. I've always been a night owl and for most of the year that's not a problem. |
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Post by coldtriggerfinger on Jun 28, 2019 12:29:08 GMT -5
Grew up in the Heat. I remember entering my "shack" after making my last set of rounds just in time to hear the DJ on the radio announce "It's 4:30 in the morning & 102 degrees." Start & end your work as early as possible. If I was on that kind of heat I would die. |
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Post by bullseye on Jun 28, 2019 16:58:56 GMT -5
Me, I'll take hot weather over cold any day...PERIOD
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Post by boolitdesigner on Jun 28, 2019 18:02:57 GMT -5
Anything over 75 degrees is too darn hot, in the rain forest type climate I'm in. Down to 15 degrees is fine to.
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Post by Frank V on Jun 28, 2019 18:24:41 GMT -5
One of several reasons I escaped a state was 9 months of summer. Here it cools off at night in summer & rarely gets below -30 in winter. LOVE it!
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