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08-01-2010, 09:03 AM
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This heat!
Guys, this may sound really rhetorical but, be very careful out there in this weather, be it work or play.
Yesterday morning by 8:10, I nearly stroked out. Coming off of a scaffold, my arms turned to jello and things quit making sense. After an hour or so, I finally got my bearings back, somewhat. Shortly after lunch, I got caught again. I wound up spending part of the day getting checked out by medical and feeling TERRIBLE! This heat will hit you fast and can get you in real trouble! If you think you're drinking plenty of water already, drink a little more. This nearly landed me on a trip to the hospital to get IV's! I never felt it coming on, it just hits...FAST! Whether work or fun, take plenty of breaks and drink a lot of fluids! Be careful fellas! I know that I will be a lot more cautious now for I've learned what real heat exhaustion feels like. Tight lines! 
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08-01-2010, 09:34 AM
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I got some guys doing some carpentry work at my house this week. They are building me a patio and fence. One of the guys staring vomiting and they had to leave.
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#4
08-01-2010, 09:35 AM
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He said he thinks he drank too much water but I think it was heat stress.
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08-02-2010, 09:34 AM
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08-01-2010, 09:50 AM
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I was doing a job Friday afternoon at Burger king and it hit me. Got real dizzy, cold sweats.....I got a big water and sat in their freezer for about 20 minutes. ......it helped me finish that job, but went home after.......I hadn't drank anything all day but coffee........stupid eh?
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#8
08-01-2010, 10:27 AM
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If I get out then the heat and not go inside and cool off, I am good.
But if I take a break and stop sweating, cool off, drink and eat too much, I ain't going back out there. Learnt that a long time ago. And NEVER get drunk then go build fence the next morning. Worst thing ever happened to me. I kept blacking out, but not falling. Just hanging on the barbed wire.
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08-01-2010, 02:34 PM
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I was looking at the weather yesterday and saw 100 and 101 degrees for the high. WOW. Been use to this 81-84 highs....Make sure and get plenty of water, potassium, elctrolytes, etc. & keep your head FULLY covered. Glad u r ok
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#12
08-01-2010, 03:38 PM
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The building i'm working in right now at BRCC fraizer is around 105 -110 by 3 pm.
I told one of my co workers that here we are ,busting gonads every day in this heat. but if we would be in angola they would have us sitting under a tree or in the cell because the courts have ruled that to make them work in that heat is cruel punisment. Imagine that???
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#15
08-01-2010, 04:54 PM
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it was brutal yesterday on the water.
We fished until three and around one I put up my top........it was like turning on the A/C that top looks silly to most folks but to us it's heaven.
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#16
08-01-2010, 05:28 PM
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I agree....sure makes a long ride back to the launch nice also. I love my top too...
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08-01-2010, 10:12 PM
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The job I'm on now we have 177 people and every day we have at least 3 people come to the office to cool off for a little while. I fished P Train Saturday and by noon I was headed back to the launch! IT WAS HOTT!
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#20
08-02-2010, 09:54 AM
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august work schedule
work 10 min. take break 20 min. repeat, repeat,repeat, go home.
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