HOT weather coming up...

[Bearcarver]

I was just refreshing my memory, and I can say the hottest Temp I was ever in on US land was in July @ Ft Bragg, NC. All I know is it was at least 105°, because at that time they would fly Choppers overhead, while we were training, and fly different color flags, depending on what the Temp was. We were under an orange flag (105°) a couple times, which meant "STOP TRAINING, remove your shirts, un-blouse your boots, and sit in the shade". It almost made the water in the "Lister Bag" taste good!!!

Now in the Mekong Delta, RVN, the temp was knocking on 110° now & then, but the Humidity was the worst I ever saw. It took about 3 days in the Delta to realize you can't wear "Drawers" in the Delta, or you'll get the worst case of "Jock-Itch" known to Man. Jungle Fatigues without Drawers was the only way to survive!!

Bear

 

[GaryHibbert]

Man You guys are getting Hammered with heat !! It's only 92° here right now. Expecting 97° by 3 PM.
I can't even imagine what 115° feels like.
I keep my hot water at 118°, and I can only hold my hand under the spigot for a few seconds. 118° Air can't be much better!!!
Bear

106 is the highest temp I've been in, John, (I can't imagine 115 either). When I went hauling produce out of California and /Arizona in 1985, my last load up here was to the Oil Sands and it was -52F. A week later, I was loading oranges in California at 106F. That's 158 degree temp increase. Thought I was gonna die.
Gary

 

[bill ace 350]

I was just refreshing my memory, and I can say the hottest Temp I was ever in on US land was in July @ Ft Bragg, NC. All I know is it was at least 105°, because at that time they would fly Choppers overhead, while we were training, and fly different color flags, depending on what the Temp was. We were under an orange flag (105°) a couple times, which meant "STOP TRAINING, remove your shirts, un-blouse your boots, and sit in the shade". It almost made the water in the "Lister Bag" taste good!!!

Now in the Mekong Delta, RVN, the temp was knocking on 110° now & then, but the Humidity was the worst I ever saw. It took about 3 days in the Delta to realize you can't wear "Drawers" in the Delta, or you'll get the worst case of "Jock-Itch" known to Man. Jungle Fatigues without Drawers was the only way to survive!!

Bear

I remember something called the wet bulb. Was a combination of temp and humidity if i remember.
High temp, low humidity didn't have the same effect as hot temp high humidity.
We did have "black conditions", certain uniform items not required, rest periods etc....
But at least MOPP I.

Those charcoal suits got pretty warm.

Wore them stateside in Fort Hood tx San Angelo Tx, Fort Irwin ca, Fort Huachuca az and overseas.

Hydration is key.

 

[daveomak]

My AC worked very well... Going outside for a 5 minute puff on my pipe, I'd break out in a sweat... Tobacco pipe folks... I don't do any of that wacky tobacky...
This is at the airport... about 1 mile away.....

 

[forktender]

I was in the 115 in Bellevue today.....the heat was bad enough but most places don’t have AC and people were melting......fast food places closed up shop at about 3pm and as a traveler I couldn’t find a place to eat cause those that were open were out of food or already booked.....ie my co worker waited 3 hours for take out, he ordered at 5:00 and at 8 was still waiting....I got turned away at 6:30......oh and the hotel food place is still closed for COVID crap....

here were some shelf’s in the local grocery store........I thought I might get a premade salad or yogurt or something like that......View attachment 501797View attachment 501798View attachment 501799View attachment 501800View attachment 501801

after 3.5 hours of trying to find a place to eat for dinner I settled for a snickers, jerky and a Dr PepperZero.....oh and I felt lucky to get that....

We hit those times from time to time, and it royally stinks. We do have AC and swimming pools but when it's that hot our power often goes out, so no AC. It's best to keep all the window coverings closed until it cools off enough to open up the house, that and a small generator to keep your refer, freezers and house fans running.

I'm not understanding why your store shelves were bare, though?
Maybe their refrigeration couldn't keep up with demand??? I'm at a loss with these pictures.
They look like the Covid scare all over again....crazy Americans!!!
Why did the fast food joints shut down? Maybe its like Californian's trying to commute in the snow, they just didn't/don't know how to deal with those types of temps up your way?

Anyhow, drink way more water than you think you need to. When temps peak out here, we used to take 15 minute breaks every hour and require everyone to drink 2 at least two bottles of water or one large bottle of Pedialyte . Job sites would set up cool zones with shade misters and fans that were there for anyone willing to work in the heat, I always worked with a straw hat that had a wet towel inside and a wet cloth around my neck. The no shade road working jobs were brutal, I'd drink 3 gallons of water a day and only piss a few times more than normal and by the end of the day you'd have a crust of dry salt on your skin it was nasty...I hate anything over 85* these days.

By the way, Gatorade sucks it isn't much better than water and a salt pill.
Although I like it, you should still be drinking plenty of cold H2o along with it.

Be careful of heatstroke, it's no joke and once you get it bad enough you're screwed for life. Now I get heatstroke at the drop of a hat from all the years of working in the heat.

Did I mention that I hate the summer time unless I'm in the river, lake or pool with plenty of beer and ice water, sweet tea and bikinis to keep your mind off the heat???

Stay out of the sun if you can and watch your animals, bring them in if you can and make sure they have plenty of cool H2o on hand.

Stay cool.
Dan

 

[forktender]

Those temps are nothing to play with . I got overheated working on the damn football stadium years ago . You only get one shot . After that you feel the effect of it at lower temps .



I have a water nozzle that has a mist setting on it . When it gets in the 90's and the unit won't cycle I hang it on a piece of pipe next to the condensing unit . Just low pressure . Acts like a commercial cooling tower .

This big time, once you get heat stroke you get heat stroke for life.
The only way I can do things in the heat these days is to hydrate like hell for a day or two before the event and plenty of H2o and electrolytes and breaks. Last summer we got stranded on the river by the tides with very little water in the boat.....plenty of beer but that doesn't do the trick once you start feeling sick.
I never leave the ramp without at least six bottles of water per person now, more in extreme heat, it was a bad scene for sure.

Stay safe.
Dan

 

[forktender]

I remember something called the wet bulb. Was a combination of temp and humidity if i remember.
High temp, low humidity didn't have the same effect as hot temp high humidity.
We did have "black conditions", certain uniform items not required, rest periods etc....
But at least MOPP I.

Those charcoal suits got pretty warm.

Wore them stateside in Fort Hood tx San Angelo Tx, Fort Irwin ca, Fort Huachuca az and overseas.

Hydration is key.

Working in the refineries in the heat absolutely SUCKS, full coveralls, 8'' or taller steel toe boots and hardhats with gloves and eye protection at all times and a lot of the time in respirators except for breaks.

The Wet Bulb was taught to use at safety meetings when I worked with PG&E/ our electric and power company. Everybody should read this.

Dangerous humid heat extremes occurring decades before expected - Welcome to NOAA Research

 

[chopsaw]

This big time, once you get heat stroke you get heat stroke for life.

85 is about my max these days . Vision gets cloudy and feels like you're looking thru a tube . Time to call it .

Working in the refineries in the heat absolutely SUCKS,

Brutal . I haven't done a lot of it , but have had to put 2 hour ceilings above the equipment in boiler rooms . Everything piped and running . It's so freakin hot in there .
Working on a commercial roof is another one . We always went over how we were going to get down if something happened , before we started work .
Hot day in the sun , on a tar roof . You can't drink enough water .

 

[daveomak]

 

[idahopz]

"only" 111 degrees in my town yesterday - okay, just stay inside with the A/C. Problem for folks is that the power company instituted rolling blackouts to prevent overwhelming the power grid. Making it even worse, even if you sign up for notifications people are often not getting them, and the blackouts can last much longer than the one hour at a time practice they advertised.

Seattle has it really bad - triple digit temps, and I saw a stat that only about 30% of homes have A/C.

 

[civilsmoker]

Dave, glad to hear things held together, things in Bellevue Wa, seemed to go back to normal with the temp back to reasonable for sure! I was actually able to get my Thai meal for dinner.....halibut cheek curry and black sticky rice for desert.....it was worth the wait!

forktender the shelves I took pics of are of the prepared meal sections.....IE Bellevue is a collection of the prepared food eater.....without the restaurants to eat at the prepared food isles got overrun. Take that with the business traveler like me and 100% restaurant eater....well that makes for some desperate hungry peps when the restaurants are closed. Many of the locals live on take out and prepared foods.

 

[Bearcarver]

Too hot for me!!
It's not even that hot here yet, and I'm still inside, except for my Doctor's visit today @ 1 PM.
The last time I worked outside in Bad Heat, I was building a Deck, and My Sweat was starting to smell like Piss. I called it quits for the day then!!!

Bear

 

[forktender]

Dave, glad to hear things held together, things in Bellevue Wa, seemed to go back to normal with the temp back to reasonable for sure! I was actually able to get my Thai meal for dinner.....halibut cheek curry and black sticky rice for desert.....it was worth the wait!

forktender the shelves I took pics of are of the prepared meal sections.....IE Bellevue is a collection of the prepared food eater.....without the restaurants to eat at the prepared food isles got overrun. Take that with the business traveler like me and 100% restaurant eater....well that makes for some desperate hungry peps when the restaurants are closed. Many of the locals live on take out and prepared foods.

Weird, never seen anything even remotely close due to heat.
The restaurants aren't* opening after the sun goes down? Bunch of rookies.

 

[civilsmoker]

Weird, never seen anything even remotely close due to heat.
The restaurants aren't* opening after the sun goes down? Bunch of rookies.

Dude the Bellevue area is a very unique place.......many eat out every meal (I’m not joking)......

And I LIE NOT while sitting at lunch today I overheard a 24 year old (I know cause I could hear it from across the room) talk to someone talking about how there is NO WAY she could use her AC because it would hurt “earth” (used in the possessive personal sense) and that people just need to go outside to cool off.......she further went on saying the world needs to stop eating beef and focus on eating oats, oat milk, and goats because in her heart she knows that’s what earth wants “people kind” to do!!!!!!

and you know the funniest ironic thing there is......they constantly hire a meat eating carnivore to design their roads and coveted trails.....ie by proxy they heavily subsidize the beef industry...........

 

[bigfurmn]

Been about 90 and fairly humid the past week here in MN. Of course last Wednesday the AC motor went out. Parts showed up today, hopefully installed and all better tomorrow.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Dude the Bellevue area is a very unique place.......many eat out every meal (I’m not joking)......

And I LIE NOT while sitting at lunch today I overheard a 24 year old (I know cause I could hear it from across the room) talk to someone talking about how there is NO WAY she could use her AC because I would hurt “earth” (used in the possessive personal sense) and that people just need to go outside to cool off.......she further went on saying the world needs to stop eating beef and focus on eating oats, oat milk, and goats because in her heart she knows that’s what earth wants “people kind” to do!!!!!!

and you know the funniest ironic thing there is......they constantly hire a meat eating carnivore to design their roads and coveted trails.....ie by proxy they heavily subsidize the beef industry...........

Common sense is almost extinct these days.

 

[Norwester55]

85 is about my max these days . Vision gets cloudy and feels like you're looking thru a tube . Time to call it .


Brutal . I haven't done a lot of it , but have had to put 2 hour ceilings above the equipment in boiler rooms . Everything piped and running . It's so freakin hot in there .
Working on a commercial roof is another one . We always went over how we were going to get down if something happened , before we started work .
Hot day in the sun , on a tar roof . You can't drink enough water .

I retired as a boiler house operator. I remember going outside into 100+ degree heat to cool off and it actually felt pretty good. 3 story tall boiler. Bottom floor was hot, 2nd was holy crap hot and you prayed you didn't have to do anything on the 3rd floor during the week while the boiler was running. Especially during the summer. I always let the draft fans run for at least 24 hrs after shutting it down with the fire box doors open to suck in cooler air and that would get it somewhat tolerable.

 

[forktender]

Dude the Bellevue area is a very unique place.......many eat out every meal (I’m not joking)......

And I LIE NOT while sitting at lunch today I overheard a 24 year old (I know cause I could hear it from across the room) talk to someone talking about how there is NO WAY she could use her AC because it would hurt “earth” (used in the possessive personal sense) and that people just need to go outside to cool off.......she further went on saying the world needs to stop eating beef and focus on eating oats, oat milk, and goats because in her heart she knows that’s what earth wants “people kind” to do!!!!!!

and you know the funniest ironic thing there is......they constantly hire a meat eating carnivore to design their roads and coveted trails.....ie by proxy they heavily subsidize the beef industry...........

You're better off letting people like that get heat stroke.

 

[JLeonard]

Have mercy! We need to have a moment of silence in gratitude for the fella that invented AC. God knows I'd die w/o it.

Jim

 

[chopsaw]

I remember going outside into 100+ degree heat to cool off

That's what happened to me . Was 140 degrees inside the building we were working in . You can't hardly breath in those conditions .
You stop sweating and using the bathroom .
I got a drink , started sweating again . Walked outside to use the bathroom . 98 degrees outside . I started shivering and my teeth were chattering . Couldn't stop shaking .
Happened to me yesterday . Was only 80 degrees , but was 87 % humidity .
Walked across the blacktop parking lot at Lowe's , that was it . Half way home I started shivering .