Record heat here Thurs and I have....

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mcc

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Well, if you guys don't hear from me after Thursday, tell some authorities to look for my body in a parking lot here in the Louisville, KY area. We are having the hottest spell in many years, and Thursday the temperature is currently forecast to tie the record from 1930 of 101 degrees, with a real feel of 104 counting humidity. Of course, that just happens to be the day my first car wash for a large local marketing company is scheduled to start. Uugghhhh..................................I'm not looking forward to Thursday. I may be cut down just as I'm getting started posting on this site.



:angry < I'm not angry, just burning up, thus the emoticon.
 
It was 106 when I went through town today with the heat index over 110. It is awful. The people across the road got a new ac and wanted me to put it in for them. I got the unit setup in the window and had to go outside and secure it. Well...they went ahead and plugged it in so I was dealing with the 100+ weather and then on top of that I had even hotter air blowing out of the back of the ac. After about 2 minutes I was pouring with sweat. This woman is probably in her 80's and hasn't had an ac in the house for 3 years. I don't know how she could stand it.
 
I'll be wishing I was detailing thursday.. Have 6000 sq ft of concrete to pour. And of course it hits on the hottest day in 24 years. I'm about 2 hrs from you in Owensboro
 
I've been detailing on concrete parking lots in the full sun the last two days and summer is finally here in Dallas. After working all day, I've riden my road bike about 24 miles each day as well. Suck it up. ;)



I grew up in Phoenix, I get acclimated to the heat real quick. :)
 
Thanks for making me feel a little better. At least I don't have to do concrete work or suck in the AC exhaust.



My biggest problem is that I'm a sweater (no, not the article of clothing). Working in the heat the past several years seems to have messed up my internal thermostat, and I get hot really easy. I drink Gatorade after Gatorade but it just doesn't seem like I can keep up. I usually end up with a huge headache after one of these types of days. It would be nice if there was some shade, which there isn't, or if I had working AC in my truck, whick I don't.



I was already planning on sucking it up, hopefully the dehydration doesn't get me.
 
U guys not clue what heat is!!! thelast 2 weeks every day has been over 102deg!!

this week is finally starting to cool off and its still 98deg!! The desert SUCKS!!:wall
 
ADHD said:
U guys not clue what heat is!!! thelast 2 weeks every day has been over 102deg!!

this week is finally starting to cool off and its still 98deg!! The desert SUCKS!!:wall
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Yeah yeah yeah, but its probably a dry heat.;)
 
mcc said:
Yeah yeah yeah, but its probably a dry heat.;)
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118 in Phoenix, dry or not, definitely feels hot. No clouds all day long and pretty much all the streets and parking lots are blacktop.



BTW, sweating is GOOD! That is how your body sheds heat. You want to sweat. When you stop sweating, that is the first sign of heat exhaustion.
 
Remember guys, stay hydrated. Bring a few gallons (ya, gallons, not liter's, and not those tiny lil bottle) of water with you, and drink them all. Our thirst mechanism is broken here in NA, so drink, drink, drink. Like Scott said, sweat, and pee clear. :)
 
mcc said:
Yeah yeah yeah, but its probably a dry heat.;)
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Well dry heat sucks too just not as much. :grinno:



I have lived on the east coast(Virginia) and in the desert(Las Vegas) and I can say I prefer the desert heat. It isn't the heat that sucks the worst it is the humidity we have to deal with in the SE. Right now at 11:20pm it is 88 degrees outside but it feels like it is 99 degrees...that sucks. I much rather walk outside and be hot then to walk outside and be hot and sticky. I can't wait for sept.
 
Scottwax said:
118 in Phoenix, dry or not, definitely feels hot. No clouds all day long and pretty much all the streets and parking lots are blacktop.



BTW, sweating is GOOD! That is how your body sheds heat. You want to sweat. When you stop sweating, that is the first sign of heat exhaustion.
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We hit 118 too. Actual temp 101 with heat index 118. Tomorrow looks better 99 with heat index of 110 :wall
 
Just watched the weather for my big day tomorrow and now they're saying that it will be 102 degrees with a heat index of 112 with humidity. I don't think I've ever seen it that high. Oh well. We have 7 vehicles to wash and do some general interior cleaning in tomorrow, and hopefully we'll get them done before it gets too hot. Of course, it is almost midnight here and still 90-95 degrees outside, so it probably won't be too cool regardless of when we start.



I've actually never experienced the so-called "dry heat", but I am curious as to how it compares. I know here the humidity just sucks the breath out of you, which is part of the reason we have air quality alerts daily.
 
Just a quick tip if you HAVE to work in the heat...



Carry a spare cooler or thermos or basically anything that can hold ice and water and is insulated. Put a small face towel inside the ice water and leave it in. Whenever you take a break for water, bring out the towel, wring it out, and wipe down your head, neck, arms, and legs.



It really does wonders for your morale in the heat because it's just so damn invigorating. I picked up the trick in college when I lived in a unairconditioned dorm room and summer rolled around (except then I just kept the towel in a bowl of water in the mini fridge).
 
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Scottwax said:
I grew up in Phoenix, I get acclimated to the heat real quick. :)
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That is the problem that mcc and I have living in Louisville, during the harshest part of winter it is not unheard of for the lows to reach near zero (or go below zero sometimes) so once we are used to the cold weather, August rolls around and the heat index soars past 110.



I love living in Louisville, KY, but I hate the weather or more specifically, I hate the high summer humidity which causes your perspiration to evaporate much more slowly (thereby limiting your body's ability to cool itself) due to the moisture in the air compared to the dry desert environment where your sweat evaporates almost as fast as your body releases perspiration effectively cooling you down. Atleast when I am in Vegas in the summer the sweat evaporates just as fast as my body omits perspiration.
 
I'm not a detailer, but I feel for you guys up north. You guys don't have AC's unless it's installed in a window.



Just drink plenty of water and try to work in the shade if there's any. At least you guys don't have to detail in September, October, November, when it's still 80* here in Florida.



We hit 98* yesterday in Jax, and that's a record. Heat index was over 110*.
 
Yes, the humidity does make it worse. You sweat like crazy, but the sweat does not evaporate off your skin. BTW, the evaporation of the sweat is what cools you. If you do this for a living, as I do, you really have not choice but to deal with it the best you can. I drink lots of Gatorade and where clothing such as Under Armour.
 
truzoom said:
Just a quick tip if you HAVE to work in the heat...



Carry a spare cooler or thermos or basically anything that can hold ice and water and is insulated. Put a small face towel inside the ice water and leave it in. Whenever you take a break for water, bring out the towel, wring it out, and wipe down your head, neck, arms, and legs.



It really does wonders for your morale in the heat because it's just so damn invigorating. I picked up the trick in college when I lived in a unairconditioned dorm room and summer rolled around (except then I just kept the towel in a bowl of water in the mini fridge).
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Also place the cooler soaked towel over your head and let it sit on the back of your neck. Then put a hat on over top. If you start feeling like you are going to fall out, place the fresh water cooled towel right over the back of your neck and take a break.



Like Thomas said drink all the water you can. Once heard a sports nutritionist say to drink 1oz of water for every pound you weigh per day. If you are not pee'ng clear you are not drinking enough water. You should also water up the day before and no beer or booze the day/night before.



Also a fan is good to bring.
 
Well, you'll be happy to know that I survived. I don't feel really well right now but I'm not dead.............yet. Drank lots and lots of Gatorade, used wet towels around my neck and head at times. I thought about filling up my water tanks with Gatorade, but then what would I have to wash cars with? :think2



Along with what some others have said, yes, sweating in theory is good if it evaporates. However, here I just end up soaking wet. It really sucked today. Man, I don't know that I've ever really felt that much heat before, not to be a wuss, but just because it doesn't normally get this extreme. The air was so heavy I could hardly breathe, and having a touch of asthma doesn't help either.



To go along with what Bert said, the weather here gets pretty crazy. We can have near

80s in January, and it can snow in May. One day it can be really cold, the next really hot, etc. If you don't like the weather here today, check it out tomorrow and it may be completely different. Humidity is generally a constant in the summer though, and everything just kind of sits here in the Ohio Valley. Don't have allergies? Come here and you'll have them within a week or two. We'll find something to drive you crazy. :xyxthumbs



Hey Bert! (get the really bad bert & ernie reference from sesame street?)

Anyway, what part of Louisville are you from? I'm originally from the Ville, but now I've moved over to the bustling metropolis of Clarks Vegas across the river.
 
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