I've felt like that a few times. ^^^^^
Worked in manufacturing facilities with no AC, summer time temps reaching 115-120 depending on outside temps since way back when.
Graduated to a power plant and that's where you really experience temps to the extreme to work in.
The O2 probes that our team had to calibrate in the back pass of the boiler would reach 135-140 degrees in the summer, a cool 120 in the winter.
The 61/2 floor of the 12 story boiler would run in the 140-146 area because that was right above the area the fireball of powdered coal and air was mixed. Brutal working conditions.
Btw, a med rare steak is 129 degrees and a medium is 138, for a comparison. Work was done in shifts of 20 minutes.
3* years of early retirement has me hating the heat now. AC all the way. [emoji106]
Worked in manufacturing facilities with no AC, summer time temps reaching 115-120 depending on outside temps since way back when.
Graduated to a power plant and that's where you really experience temps to the extreme to work in.
The O2 probes that our team had to calibrate in the back pass of the boiler would reach 135-140 degrees in the summer, a cool 120 in the winter.
The 61/2 floor of the 12 story boiler would run in the 140-146 area because that was right above the area the fireball of powdered coal and air was mixed. Brutal working conditions.
Btw, a med rare steak is 129 degrees and a medium is 138, for a comparison. Work was done in shifts of 20 minutes.
3* years of early retirement has me hating the heat now. AC all the way. [emoji106]
I had a serious issue with heat prostration a few years back. Was in the attic running new electrical for the bathroom I was remodeling.
Long story longer, it was the hottest part of the summer and all I remember is the paramedics working on me in the hospital.
Anyway, I've got to be careful when I'm dogging it in hot weather. Apparently you are more susceptible after you've had one. This was my second one.
If you know the signs it helps, but the truth is by the time you feel the symptoms, it's just about too late.
Long story longer, it was the hottest part of the summer and all I remember is the paramedics working on me in the hospital.
Anyway, I've got to be careful when I'm dogging it in hot weather. Apparently you are more susceptible after you've had one. This was my second one.
If you know the signs it helps, but the truth is by the time you feel the symptoms, it's just about too late.
True, you can't hydrate minutes before going into high heat areas. If I remember right, it's 24 hours in advance.
So far we have been really lucky. Still got July, August and September. Here's a look back at some long strings of high temps.
http://newsok.com/southwest-oklahoma-communities-break-heat-records/article/3597703
Southwest Oklahoma communities break heat records
Oklahoman Published: August 25, 2011 12:00 AM CDT Updated: August 25, 2011 12:00 AM CDT
The number of triple-digit temperature days in a calendar year in the state
Grandfield: 89 days in 2011.
Altus: 87 days in 2011.
Hollis: 86 days in 1956.
Hollis: 84 days in 2011.
• Healdton: 83 days in 1980.
Walters: 83 days in 1998.
Chattanooga: 82 days in 1998.
Woodward: 81 days in 1896.
Hollis: 81 days in 1952.
Hollis: 81 days in 1939.
Frederick: 81 days in 1954.
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http://www.weather.gov/oun/climate-records
Climatological Averages and Records
Back in August of 1936, there were five straight days(9th through the 14th) of 107 to 113 degrees of heat. Gee, that was a long time before global warming, Algore and the .gov grant "consensus" tried to take over.
http://newsok.com/southwest-oklahoma-communities-break-heat-records/article/3597703
Southwest Oklahoma communities break heat records
Oklahoman Published: August 25, 2011 12:00 AM CDT Updated: August 25, 2011 12:00 AM CDT
The number of triple-digit temperature days in a calendar year in the state
Grandfield: 89 days in 2011.
Altus: 87 days in 2011.
Hollis: 86 days in 1956.
Hollis: 84 days in 2011.
• Healdton: 83 days in 1980.
Walters: 83 days in 1998.
Chattanooga: 82 days in 1998.
Woodward: 81 days in 1896.
Hollis: 81 days in 1952.
Hollis: 81 days in 1939.
Frederick: 81 days in 1954.
&
http://www.weather.gov/oun/climate-records
Climatological Averages and Records
Back in August of 1936, there were five straight days(9th through the 14th) of 107 to 113 degrees of heat. Gee, that was a long time before global warming, Algore and the .gov grant "consensus" tried to take over.
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i use Pedialite to re-hydrate. orange tasting powder mixed with water, within seconds i can feel the results of drinking it. after mowing in the heat (2 yards - mine and the neighbors) i get cramped up bad, the Pedialite stops that from happeining
