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Post by ncrobb on Jun 8, 2021 19:07:57 GMT -5
Grew up with +/- 120 degree temps. More than 100 days of 100+ temps every year. Hottest day I recall was 127. I worked on a coal fired Boiler. Some work areas 140 to 160, but it was the desert & dry. My only experience with humidity were my years in the PNW. I don't think I could tolerate what I think the South's humidity must be like. Ugh! I can tell you this: I’ve lived in the South my entire life. You don’t get used to it. But there’s no place I’d rather be.
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Post by rangersedge on Jun 8, 2021 19:35:36 GMT -5
"Crow Valley?" Manila and northern Philippines (around Batac). Up high (Camp John Hay?) was nice. Was in Batac for the worst storm and Manila for another. For the Manila storm, driver was taking us to the airport - driving through fairly deep water on the roads and raining so hard i'm not sure how he saw the road. We gave him a big tip. There is no way i would have wanted to make that drive in those conditions.
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Post by JM on Jun 8, 2021 19:42:24 GMT -5
I can tell you this: I’ve lived in the South my entire life. You don’t get used to it. But there’s no place I’d rather be. It looks lovely in pictures & movies.
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Post by nolongcolt on Jun 8, 2021 20:59:49 GMT -5
We have barely made 60F that last 3 days straight! Might be 70 next week though,, LOL. Western Washington where summer usually doesnt start until after July 4th, and is gone by mid September. The weather is one of the reasons I stay here.
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Post by Squatch on Jun 9, 2021 0:48:34 GMT -5
Nolongcolt, I hear you, we always joke summer doesn't start until July 5th. I live over in Kitsap county.
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Post by Yetiman on Jun 9, 2021 6:05:20 GMT -5
I know, it’s a “dry” heat but triple digits is still triple digits. It's a dry heat. Like your oven ! Working outside at night year round in Wisconsin, I don't complain about heat. I save it all up for winter when it's double digits below zero outside.
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Post by buttebob on Jun 9, 2021 8:28:38 GMT -5
I've lived where it was hot and dry (El Paso), freezing (Montana), and hot and muggy (the south east). I left El Paso after the 2nd grade so don't remember a lot, but I only wore shorts, no shirt, no shoes. I would walk on the outside edge of my feet on sidewalks. They were hot. In Bozeman, I spent 6 hours taking down a tent at the county fair. It was 23 below. The sand bags holding down the edges of the tent were frozen to the ground. Your nose would not stop running and the snot would freeze. In the summer it would hit 90 or more, but step into the shade of a tree and it would feel 20 degrees cooler. In Charleston, SC I could take a shower step outside under the shade of trees and before walking 20 ft I would be soaked. At one time I was the warehouse manager of a lighting fixture store the storage was upstairs. In less than 5 minutes it would be like you took a shower with your clothes on, and you would be close to passing out. It was about 130 degrees. In Nashville one summer I had the job of cutting steel out of sheets of stainless steel. It was on a concrete pad with no shade and using a torch to cut out the steel. Eight hours a day. That was hot. Now the heat doesn't seem to bother me as much. I think it's because I'm older and my body just doesn't work as well as it use too.
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Post by bula on Jun 12, 2021 10:01:27 GMT -5
The facility where I work, processing silica powder to be made into quartz glass is HOT. Every stage requires HEAT. The making of the glass, the re-shaping and resizing of the glass, even more. Think steel mill hot. I've ruined a few shirts over the years. Ink in pens thins out enough to run past the ball, hot. Have wondered, at what temp do foam ear plugs melt ? Plant also LOUD. So this weekend the camping trip to the hills, and the Sinnemehoning rattlesnake party, nope nope nope. Will try again next weekend. So for today, off to Middlefield Ohio, Amish country. To shop for work clothes and more Crocs !
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Post by Markbo on Jun 14, 2021 10:39:43 GMT -5
I have lived near Houston all of my adult life. 6 months of Summer 95° & 90%+ humidity every day. I was out doing yard work last Friday in the afternoon (I KNOW better!) And of course was soaking wet the whole time. Then suddenly After only 4 hours outside I had to vomit. I know the symptoms. Sat down in front of a big fan for 20 minutes and got up to finish the work. After 2 or 3 minutes I got so dizzy I thought I was gonna pass out. Dropped everything, went inside to AC and told the wife go get all the tools.
I felt dizzy until I went to bed that night and actually vomited 3 more times long after I had a cold shower and cooled off. Definitely did NOT pay close enough attention. Heat exhaustion for sure and not far from heat stroke. Big Dummy!!
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Post by bigbore5 on Jun 14, 2021 16:11:18 GMT -5
Grew up in North Florida, then Ft. Lauderdale. Next moved to Biloxi,ms to work in shipbuilding. Compared to those, NC is nothing at it's worst!
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Post by bearskinner on Jun 14, 2021 18:11:33 GMT -5
After hearing about all this heat, I’ll stay in N. Idaho. 25 in the winter, 75 in spring and fall, a couple weeks hot (dry) 80’s-90’s days in summer. That hot humid is just brutal!
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Post by JM on Jun 14, 2021 22:21:02 GMT -5
Hit 105 today. (But it's a Dry Heat)
The neighborhood Roadrunner came through my yard on his usual route with his beak open panting like a dog.
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Post by bagdadjoe on Jun 19, 2021 17:40:01 GMT -5
#2 Fireroom, DLG30, South China Sea, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club.
The summer I got out I worked built-up roofing. What a pleasant relief.
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Post by dougader on Jun 19, 2021 21:50:01 GMT -5
I grew up in Renton and Kent, Washington. Mostly cool weather there. First job out of high school was working for the Bon Marche stores... and the first 2 weeks was painting the metal roof/covering over the sidewalk that went around the entire downtown Seattle store. As I recall that covers a full city block.
The second week, it was in the 90s all week long, some days as high as 97°... that's pretty hot when you're sealing with tar, then painting a metal roof with oil base, metallic paint.
We tried to work on the shady side of the building as much as possible, but that wasn't always possible. Ugh.
Supposed to be 92° tomorrow, 95° - 99° by Monday here in western Oregon. That's pretty hot for this area.
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Post by bula on Jun 20, 2021 8:21:10 GMT -5
Stay hydrated folks. Recently got a Dickies T-shirt to try at work. Advanced wicking, moisture transmission, etc.. I barely made it thru the shift last Friday. It may have passed sweat well, but it stuck to me and didn't breath well. It will be cut into gun cleaning patches when it comes back outta the laundry.
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