Heat wave. Please keep cool and keep an eye on loved ones.

[BigAlofPa.]

Please take care of yourselves and keep an eye on loved ones and friends with the excessive heat coming this weekend. Keep hydrated if you work outside. Stay safe please. Al.

[truckjohn]

Not just at home. Stay safe at work!

Be aware of yourself. Be aware of your body.

If you feel your vision starting to close down.

If you feel yourself light headed...

Get out of the heat. Get off heavy equipment and get yourself into the shade. Get some water to drink. Cool your body off.

We had a young guy - he was with a contractor coming out to do a job - fall out today at work. Luckily he wasn't hurt but it could have been bad.

[RED BEAR]

Believe me i will be hiding in the ac.

[dangitgriff]

I’m nekkid and lovin’ it!
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[762 shooter]

I work out in it every day. 106 heat index yesterday, 90% humidity. Coastal South Carolina.

Tips:

1. Start hydrating when you wake up.
2. Become one with wet underwear.
3. Good Hat.
4. Long sleeve quick drying shirt.
5. Take your time.

If you ain't peeing, you're dying.

We only have 2 or three more months of this before it cools down to 80 degrees.

762

[lightman]

Thats a good reminder. If you work outside, drink lots of water. Don't wait until you get hot, start drinking early. Try to plan your work, if possible, to avoid the hottest parts of the day. Pay attention to what your body is telling you. If you work with others, keep an eye on them too! Also, take care of your pets.

[lightman]

I work out in it every day. 106 heat index yesterday, 90% humidity. Coastal South Carolina.

Tips:

1. Start hydrating when you wake up.
2. Become one with wet underwear.
3. Good Hat.
4. Long sleeve quick drying shirt.
5. Take your time.

If you ain't peeing, you're dying.

We only have 2 or three more months of this before it cools down to 80 degrees.

762

Yeah, all good suggestions. I also worked out in it, before I retired. When you do work out in it all of the time you get acclimated to it. It starts in the spring and your tolerance increases as the weather warms up. Those that don't work out in it are at more risk. If you come home from an air conditioned job be careful mowing the yard or playing sports. Heat stress or exhaustion in nothing to fool with!

[Hickory]

I was mulching my tomatoes yesterday and almost passed out. I drank plenty of water and was only in the sun for a short time. I still don't feel well, I guess I'm not as tough as I used to be.

[Kraschenbirn]

108 heat index here yesterday. Spent all afternoon (re)organizing my (air-conditioned) reloading room...76 F./55% humidity. Didn't realize I had that much empty brass on hand; supposed to be the same (or hotter) 'til Monday so I guess I'll have to switch the Dillon 450 over to .45 ACP for a couple days.

Bill

[OldBearHair]

At eighteen years old, not much fat at 180 lbs, I enjoyed much strength until the day that I got so hot that perspiration ceased and then staggered about 300 yards to the house. I am thinking heat stroke, but undiagnosed. Never felt the inner strength as before after that. Lost weight down to 165 and stayed around there a couple years. Didn't lose all strength though. I suppose
I am doing fairly well these days able to do a couple hours of hard work, hunt and shoot the bow. A lot of my friends at 84 year don't seem to be very active. I just give God the Praise.. Finallly , a heat stroke can really do you in, healthwise so listen to all the above advice to avoid having one.

[bob208]

yes I take these warnings with a grin. why I was a welder. we would go to work every day put on the leathers and weld. would soak up the clothes in about 2 hours. just got used to the heat in fact I did not have an air conditioner until I was 50. was so use to the heat would go to a shooting match on a 90 deg. day and not even break a sweat.

[OldBearHair]

Hey Bob How much water did you drink every day? Did you guys eat salt tablets? The day that I got too hot was at Wichita Falls Texas where temps upwards of 117 degrees F pretty regularly. One paving company where I worked in and around the hot asphalt would shut down and send us home when temp reached 106 degrees and a lot of the time that was around 9:30 am. I admire you welder guys and A/C guys up on the roofs day in and out.

[bbs70]

Worked most of my life in a copper foundry.
Got use to the heat.
Its the humidity I have a problem with.
If its hot, ok, I'll take that, but if the humidity is high, I give up

[blackthorn]

If you decide to dump water over your head, DO NOT use ice cold water!! Use cool to luke-warm only.

[bob208]

we would drink 1-2 gal a day. no little 8oz bottle more like a 10-12 oz. in each hand. no salt tabs they used to give them out but they said they were not good for some raised blood pressure too much they gave us gator aid. some would lose a pound or more a shift .

[RED BEAR]

Hey Bob How much water did you drink every day? Did you guys eat salt tablets? The day that I got too hot was at Wichita Falls Texas where temps upwards of 117 degrees F pretty regularly. One paving company where I worked in and around the hot asphalt would shut down and send us home when temp reached 106 degrees and a lot of the time that was around 9:30 am. I admire you welder guys and A/C guys up on the roofs day in and out.

Had a job on a tugboat or a while when young in the summer with those steel decks it would get to 130 or so degrees in the engine room it was brutal and you couldn't stay long.

[Texas by God]

If you feel like it's getting you- it is. Run water over your wrists, elbow pits, knee pits first. No job is more important than your health. 60 years in the Texas sun speaking here.

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[MrWolf]

My excavating friend called me this morning about some screened top soil I am looking for. Says they are working from 6 am to 2 pm because of the heat. Problem was he called me at 6:45 am. My dog hadn't woken me up yet as I had another rough nite of not sleeping.

[BigAlofPa.]

I helped my neighbor out in is body shop today before the heat got to bad. His shop has A/C but it don't keep up when it's this hot.

[1911sw45]

I use not sweat a lot. Use to work out in the heat on the farm hoeing tobacco or working the hay fields. Then when I was 16 we went camping in July. I got so hot I quit sweating and got sick to my stomach. I went and laid down in the tent didn’t wake up until the next afternoon. From then on I get hot doing anything when the temp gets over 65. I start pouring sweat soaking all my clothes top to bottom dripping sweat everywhere. I will even pour sweat if I eat something temperature hot.

[Hardcast]

This afternoon weatherforyou.com showed the local heat index was 116 degrees. Just a few minutes ago I checked again and it had dropped to 111. It is forecast to be hotter tomorrow (actual temp 98). Not looking forward to it. Very glad we replaced the A/C a couple years ago with a bigger and more efficient unit.

[bmortell]

never be afraid to just dump water on your noggin, last summer I was running a few miles daily and when it was 90s I would go shirtless and wet my hair and upper body before running, the evaporative air conditioning effect works so good i felt cold when running in the shade.

[bangerjim]

Here is the SW deserts of USA we are used to the heat! 109°F is nothing. DP's are still amazing low for this time of year. Not a drop of rain in site on the 10 day.

Hope you eastern/southern folks can survive the summer! After 40+ years here, we just take it with a grain (or two) salt, knowing the other 8-9 months will be GREAT weather!!!!!!!

banger

[kayala]

Ughh, 96F + 90% humidity today riding even w/o a jacket was like going through a bowl of soup :)

[ShooterAZ]

Ughh, 96F + 90% humidity today riding even w/o a jacket was like going through a bowl of soup :)

Yeah, that is a completely different kind of miserable than the AZ desert heat. Stay cool out there, and stay hydrated.

[Tom W.]

Today it was 97° until about 1500 when it started raining pretty hard. It cooled it down considerably, it's 76° now and tolerable.....

[BigAlofPa.]

I hope to get on the mountain before it gets to hot. And get some trigger time in tomorrow.

[dangitgriff]

It’s hot enough to make telemarketers out of Jehova’s Witnesses.
It’s so hot, the Betty Ford Clinic opened up a wet bar.
So hot, I had to put ice cubes in my water bed.
So dang hot, I saw a funeral procession in the drive-through of a Dairy Queen.
It’s so hot, I saw polar bears wearing sunscreen.
So hot, Congress installed fans on the debt ceiling.
It’s Hot!
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[762 shooter]

When I leave the house every morning there is a gremlin on my roof that throws a hot wet blanket on me. Feels like that.

762

[Hickory]

I use to work in an iron foundry and the heat in the summer was obsessive. Several times, in the melting area, workers would bring in a wall thermometer and within minutes the bulb on the bottom would blow out.
Old age robs a person of a lot of things, but not memories or friends.

[richhodg66]

I've always been a lot better at dealing with heat than with cold, but it's kind of evened out over the years and now I don't care for heat so much. Too many years in too many deserts in the Army.

I will say, you really don't know what hot is til you've been to Kuwait. Summer months, it's 135 degrees by late morning. My first time in the middle east in 1990, I came there from Fort Bliss, so we were probably better acclimated than most, but first full day in Dharan was 129 degrees (early October) and was a pretty significant emotional event.

[Hickory]

Hot is when after an 8 hour shift you go to the locker room and everything about you is wringing wet and you can pour water out of your work boots.

One time the foundry hired in some new people and the boss assigned two guys to me and I was to show them how to do their jobs.
At the end of the day I asked them what they thought. Without hesitation one of them said, "I think I found the back door to Hell."

[dangitgriff]

How can OSHA allow anyone to work in such hazardous conditions?
A foundry operation seems like a prime candidate for automation.

[Hickory]

How can OSHA allow anyone to work in such hazardous conditions?
A foundry operation seems like a prime candidate for automation.

The melting department was where the real heat was.

Some jobs had some nice perks, half hour on half hour off.
Most did not.
There was always air blowing on the workers, but it wasn't much different than standing in front of a giant hand drier.
The people who worked there were the toughest of the tough.
Even the women were as tough as the men, heck, I think one or two of the women who worked there were men!

[redhawk0]

I know when I would start to "feel" the heat...the first thing I would do is grab a couple bottles of cold water and press them against my neck. this cools the blood going to your brain. In a few minutes you'll start to feel better, then drink the water.

BTW...when I've had a high fever (I had pneumonia 4 years ago)...I did the same thing. Fever of 104+ and the cold water bottle next to the carotid artery helped keep me coherent.

redhawk

[sundog]

I came in just a little while ago after working outside since 8:30am. I'd had enough. I got a cool shower and Mrs Sundog had a light brunch prepared. Not too many years ago this would be a 'no hill for a stepper' kind of day - stay out and work, suck down cool water during breaks in the shade. Like Harry Callahan said, " a man's gotta know his limitations."

Besides, I got 'stuff' on the bench that needs attention...

[MrWolf]

I usually feel really good in the heat as it loosens me up and not so much pain. I putted around in the pole barn near the ceiling - not framed in yet. I gave up when I was drenched and couldn't really move after only about two hours. That was Thursday. I am still feeling the effects but not as bad. I had a large pedestal fan blowing but the garage door had to be down. Bit hot.

[Walks]

Here is the SW deserts of USA we are used to the heat! 109°F is nothing. DP's are still amazing low for this time of year. Not a drop of rain in site on the 10 day.

Hope you eastern/southern folks can survive the summer! After 40+ years here, we just take it with a grain (or two) salt, knowing the other 8-9 months will be GREAT weather!!!!!!!

banger

You may be used to the Heat. But I've lost my ability to with stand it.

Grew up in the San Fernando Valley back in the 1960's. Never bothered by the heat back then. Air Conditioning, Swimming pools is was Great. Ride our bikes up into the foothills, old army qt canteen. Would leave them half-full in the freezer overnight, fill with cold water, strap 'em into the little Army Surplus backpack. Keep out bologna sandwiches cold. Our .22 Rifles strapped to our Bikes too. Rabbits, squirrels, coyotes and assorted tin cans. Great way to grow up.
Remember Recruit Training, San Diego Naval Base. You could really tell the difference between the Boys from the Southwest desert states from the Northerners. Every time We'd run, they'd be dragging alot at the rear. Different overseas, I understood the 30days to acclimate idea. I think I'd rather be dead then live in a state with 100 degree Humidity.

These days I live near the Beach, but it still gets a bit Warm.

But I don't do as well in the Heat as I used too. An icepack on the back of the neck and one under your "Jewels" really does the trick.

[Walks]

Hope you eastern/southern folks can survive the summer! After 66+ years here, we just take it knowing the other 8-9 months will be GREAT weather!!!!!!!

I'm used to the Heat. But I've lost my ability to withstand it as well as I once did.

Grew up in the San Fernando Valley back in the 1960's. Never bothered by the heat back then. Air Conditioning, Swimming pools is was Great. Ride our bikes up into the foothills, old army metal qt canteen. Would leave them half-full in the freezer overnight, fill with cold water, strap 'em into the little Army Surplus backpack. Keep out bologna sandwiches cold. Great to put on the back of our necks, after that bike ride.

Our .22 Rifles strapped to our Bikes too. Rabbits, squirrels, coyotes and assorted tin cans. Great way to grow up. And a Pool full of Cool water to dive into when We got home.
Remember Recruit Training, San Diego Naval Base. You could really tell the difference between the Boys from the Southwest desert states from the Northerners. Every time We'd run, they'd be dragging alot at the rear. Different overseas, I understood the 30days to acclimate idea. I think I'd rather be dead then live in a state with 100 degree Humidity.

These days I live near the Beach, but it still gets a bit Warm.

But I don't do as well in the Heat as I used too. An icepack on the back of the neck and one under your "Jewels" really does the trick.

[Geezer in NH]

Spent 4 hours this morning picking raspberries [10 gallons]. Got them freezing on the pans. Went to the dump then wally world. Got the stuff needed went home both of us showered and now rehydrating with G&T watching the boob tube in the AC!!!! Life's good :lol:

Will pick again in the morning.

[Hogtamer]

Wow, that's about $500 worth of fresh raspberries in the local grocery store here! Nice work.

[PS Paul]

Here in Puget Sound, it was cold enough at 6:30 AM i had to turn on the heater in the car on my way to work! Been a cold and wet July. Really wet. Sun finally came out and its right around 70 degrees. Feels good.

[Geezer in NH]

Being a retired Pro FF anything is better than a fire this time of year in the big city. You know it is hot when you come out of the fire building to change tank on the SCBA and want to go back right then as the SCBA air is cooler than breathing off the fire ground.

Much happier being retired and picking raspberries! God bless the men protecting us from the dragon.

[LIMPINGJ]

Happens every year. Actually here in E TX when it gets to the 100s it feels a little more comfortable as it is hot enough to drive the humidity down a little.

[Muskrat Mike]

never be afraid to just dump water on your noggin, last summer I was running a few miles daily and when it was 90s I would go shirtless and wet my hair and upper body before running, the evaporative air conditioning effect works so good i felt cold when running in the shade.

What are the bald people like me with no hair to hold the water supposed to do??:veryconfu

[Wis Tom]

Storms came through yesterday afternoon, and took the heat with them. Very comfortable here, in Wis. today.

[BigAlofPa.]

Today is the last of the heat here thank God.

[Elroy]

Today is the last of the heat here thank God.

Yea,Now we have about 4 months to go before we start complaining about how cold it is.LOL

[jsizemore]

Fired 100 rounds yesterday and 100 today at 2pm trying to get a new barrel broke in on a pistol that was being a problem. Lapped it some and shot 100 rounds at the backyard range. 5" group at 35 yards and cleaned easily. Now I can finish shooting it in with no further lapping. Temp was 96 both days with the heat index above 105. I was about to give up on HT.

[gbrown]

We were in Seguin/San Antonio, Tx past 3 days. Wife and I took our 16 yo grandson for a baseball tournament. Played at 5:45 on Fri, about 98 degrees. Saturday, 1 at San Antonio, UTSA, 11:00 AM and 1 at 3:30PM in Seguin, TxLU. Sunday, 2 at TxLU, 3:30PM and 5:45. (doubleheader). Young men won all 5, won the championship 6-4. For us, 1st game had a little shade, the rest were wide open. About 98 degrees for all games, heat index upwards close to 110. Everyone stayed hydrated, no problems for our young men or we spectators. Except for the 1st game, no concessions, so we all had coolers and drank a ton. We went thru about 25 Propel, 12 Gator Ades, 24 waters and 12 Diet Pepsi's (Me) in 3 days for 3 people. Plus what we drank before and after the games. Key is to be acclimatized and hydrate. We are used to 98 degrees and high humidity, so we know how to handle it. You have to be careful, and not let your guard down. Always be vigilant.

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[Texas by God]

Waiting on a Northern to cool things down to 90. I'm gonna need a light wrap.....brr.

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