The Coffee House

[Fujidave]

Strange really as growing up in Australia it did not bother me, and many times it would hit 100f or over, but like I have said in the past it is a different heat.

 

[smoke665]

Strange really as growing up in Australia it did not bother me, and many times it would hit 100f or over, but like I have said in the past it is a different heat.

And it could be humidity. Midpoint of a 15 Month tour in Iraq youngest came home on leave in July. He claimed dealing with heat in the desert was easy compared to AL and the humidity .

 

[Fujidave]

Strange really as growing up in Australia it did not bother me, and many times it would hit 100f or over, but like I have said in the past it is a different heat.

And it could be humidity. Midpoint of a 15 Month tour in Iraq youngest came home on leave in July. He claimed dealing with heat in the desert was easy compared to AL and the humidity .

My late father was the same, he would work from three to six months in a lot of the Middle East countries, and would say the same.

 

[Gary A.]

Yep, humidity sucks. Having covered US forces in deserts and in tropics ... Gary would take desert to tropic any day as far as comfort goes.

But dry heat is deceptive. Working in real low humidity, the sweat evaporates before it has a chance to bead up on the skin. As such it leaves you nice and dry and comfy ... until you keel over with cramps and/or heat stroke. Heat stroke comes rapidly in a dry environment, sometimes people will drop while standing or in mid stride ... just bam and a face plant. In a hot and wet environment, you not only feel much hotter, but you have sweat pouring into your eyes, your wet clothing rubs you raw, you stink like a sewer. In the high humidity, heat stroke typically comes sooner than in dry.

It takes about five days to a week to acclimatize to dry/wet heat. Gary remembers Marines, new to the desert, having to drink liquids until they urinate every 20 minutes when on patrol/training.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary just came in from outside ... man, it is like a sauna outside. We are in another heat wave, in the 90’s and 29% humidity. This is all out of the norm here. Gary may move in with Fujidave.

 

[smoke665]

In a hot and wet environment, you not only feel much hotter, but you have sweat pouring into your eyes, your wet clothing rubs you raw, you stink like a sewer. In the high humidity, heat stroke typically comes sooner than in dry.

I've had two serious ones both on fire calls. I was lucky that on the first one, the safety officer caught me mid fall as I rotated out of the sructure. The second I knew what was happening and got to safety before I collapsed and the medics were on me in seconds. They are not fun, I learned the signs after that.

 

[Fujidave]

I saw on the News here that you have got some serious wild fires in California.

 

[Fujidave]

Europe and Japan are also getting this horrible and worse heatwave too.

 

[davidharmier60]

It's just a trifle warm and humid outside. That's why I'm inside.

 

[smoke665]

Do I see a niche for the pros here. A photo would be a lot cheaper then plastic surgery! Plastic surgeons say more patients coming in with 'Snapchat dysmorphia'

 

[Jeff1569 69]

Nothing that a nice cold beer can't cure...............

 

[pixmedic17]

bringing 'em back for the new school year! @limr be careful hanging out in those downtown ice cream parlors, its a tough crowd in there.

 

[terri54]

bringing 'em back for the new school year! @limr be careful hanging out in those downtown ice cream parlors, its a tough crowd in there.


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I think you still got to slap the kids with a ruler when they mouthed off back then, though. I mean, they had to offer something for all that nonsense. Plus, oppressive rules kinda bring out the hostility, eh?

 

[limr47 1]

bringing 'em back for the new school year! @limr be careful hanging out in those downtown ice cream parlors, its a tough crowd in there.


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I am so fired.

 

[Gary A.]

I saw on the News here that you have got some serious wild fires in California.

Yes, they are horrific. Last year was considered one of the worse fire year ever ... but this year looks to be worse. California used to have a “Fire Season” ... but with climate change Fire Season is now all year long. Gary believes that there are about 14,000 Fire Fighters combating the infernos. (They are infernos. The fires are so large and intense that they are generating their own weather pattern.) So far 273,664 acres have burned and the fires are only 30% contained. Fire Fighters have arrived from all across the United States and even other countries. Recently, New Zealand and Australia have sent crews. God Bless all the Fire Fighters, especially those that are far from home.