How hot is too hot?

[BNA/LION]

Here's What Oppressive Heat Does to You

Dehydration and electrolyte imbalance can be the byproducts of overheating, according to Dr. Jaiva Larsen of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson.

https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/her...-heat-does-you

[Alexwwjd]

Scarlett Johansson? Margot Robbie?


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[GerardoG]

Originally Posted by Alexwwjd

Scarlett Johansson? Margot Robbie?


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[returntorolex]

Originally Posted by Alexwwjd

Scarlett Johansson? Margot Robbie?


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Please add Jennifer Connelly

[GerardoG]

106f here now....

[Abdullah71601]

When I was in Iraq in 2005 it was 148 F in the shade one day. I worked outside and drank 15 liters of water in six hours without needing to pee... that's just about warm enough.

[FTX I]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

When I was in Iraq in 2005 it was 148 F in the shade one day. I worked outside and drank 15 liters of water in six hours without needing to pee... that's just about warm enough.

That's a lot indeed. According to American Chemistry Society 6 liters can kill a 165-pound person, so you must had faced an extreme situation to demand that much fluid.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/water-in...-person-312958

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by FTX I

That's a lot indeed. According to American Chemistry Society 6 liters can kill a 165-pound person, so you must had faced an extreme situation to demand that much fluid.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/water-in...-person-312958

I was sweating it out about as fast as I could drink it. It was a very dry heat. Sweat would evaporate so quickly that it didn't really feel like I was sweating much.

The greater risk was flushing too much salt.

[FTX I]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

I was sweating it out about as fast as I could drink it. It was a very dry heat. Sweat would evaporate so quickly that it didn't really feel like I was sweating much.

The greater risk was flushing too much salt.

Impressive Abdullah. I don't think I could handlle something like that


ps 'must have' not had.

[Fleetlord]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

I was sweating it out about as fast as I could drink it. It was a very dry heat. Sweat would evaporate so quickly that it didn't really feel like I was sweating much.

The greater risk was flushing too much salt.

That's why you didn't get heatstroke....evaporative cooling and fluid replacement...

A more humid (hot) climate and heatstroke is much harder to fend off as the sweat won't evaporate at the rate needed to cool.

[Ruud Van Driver]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

That's why you didn't get heatstroke....evaporative cooling and fluid replacement...

A more humid (hot) climate and heatstroke is much harder to fend off as the sweat won't evaporate at the rate needed to cool.

Very true. I copped heatstroke out here last year working offshore in the holds of a bulk carrier. The temperature was 98 degrees F and humidity was over 90%. I drank six litres of fluid in six hours and that wasn't enough. I got home and felt dreadful; was talking to Mrs Van D over FaceTime and she said I needed to cool myself off immediately (she recognised it, I didn't). She said to get an ice pack under each arm pit and one on the back of my neck. Because of the amount of times I injure myself in the gym, I happened to have three in the freezer ready to go. I laid down on the bed, put them in place and passed out. Not nice.

As a point of interest, heatstroke in a baby is one of the few reasons that a major British airline will divert a plane for (there are obvious caveats, such as if there's a doctor on board they might not necessarily need to divert. If the plane happens to be over a ropey area, they won't divert and so on).

[BLACKHORSE 6]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

When I was in Iraq in 2005 it was 148 F in the shade one day. I worked outside and drank 15 liters of water in six hours without needing to pee... that's just about warm enough.

I was in Iraq in 2006, and the heat was just oppressive. Baghdad was so humid it was depressing.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by BLACKHORSE 6

I was in Iraq in 2006, and the heat was just oppressive. Baghdad was so humid it was depressing.

I was in a convoy that was stopped in a vineyard near the Tigris due to an IED in the road ahead. The humidity was oppressive. It was so uncomfortable that I mused that no proper insurgent would be waiting in ambush there.

[BLACKHORSE 6]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

I was in a convoy that was stopped in a vineyard near the Tigris due to an IED in the road ahead. The humidity was oppressive. It was so uncomfortable that I mused that no proper insurgent would be waiting in ambush there.

Snipers got to be a big problem in Baghdad that summer. Went out on a mission in my tank near Sadre City where we set a cordon at night and remained in place most of the following day. Even before the sun came up, it was so hot in the tank that I got out and pulled security from the top of the turret with my rifle. I could put my hand over the open hatch and fell how hot it was inside. When the sun started to come up, for a moment I had to decide if I wanted to climb back inside the heat of the metal box or risk the certainty of the snipers. Honestly, it was hard to climb back in the tank and only did it after my gunner threatened to drag me back inside.

[Constantine]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

When I was in Iraq in 2005 it was 148 F in the shade one day. I worked outside and drank 15 liters of water in six hours without needing to pee... that's just about warm enough.

Did you notify Guiness World Records?
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...ed-temperature

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Constantine

Did you notify Guiness World Records?
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...ed-temperature

Combat zone weather stations don't make it into the record books.

[rickyslam]

This was Tuesday out here in Vegas, NV.

[bdex75]

Originally Posted by rickyslam

This was Tuesday out here in Vegas, NV.

I hate heat and love the cold. I would not leave the AC in that w at her.


Off the topic question, do you use the projection feature on your (GM car/truck) radio? I was looking at a new truck and it did not have navigation. I didn't much care as it sucks anyhow. Is it just google maps you can project and does it work as advertised?


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[rickyslam]

Originally Posted by bdex75

I hate heat and love the cold. I would not leave the AC in that w at her.


Off the topic question, do you use the projection feature on your (GM car/truck) radio? I was looking at a new truck and it did not have navigation. I didn't much care as it sucks anyhow. Is it just google maps you can project and does it work as advertised?


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Great observation on the vehicle! I do use the projection whenever I get in the truck. That's not to say I would miss it if it wasn't there. It's really convenient and I love how it reads my text messages to me and I can respond to it via voice. With this interface and technology there's almost no reason to pick up your phone while you're in the car.

It plays my music, podcasts, Spotify, and pandora. It has Bluetooth music also if you choose not to plug it in. The only thing I do not like about it is that you have to use apple maps if you want a navigation to be displayed. Waze and google maps do no work on it but if you do still use it, the directions will still come through the speakers.

Message me if you have any questions. So that we don't hijack this discussion. I've had the truck since February and it is a 2017. I hope that helps. Apologies to everyone else in this thread.

[G8RDPM]

Larry, come visit!
Pool and cold drinks here. And a few degrees colder here in the south!

[BristolCavendish]

For me, anything over 80 degrees F (which is why I enjoy visiting the northern SD area or Monterey County). Those areas always seem to have a natural outdoor thermostat preset to the mid-70s max.

[Runnin' Rebel]

Outside on the ramp. In the Shade

[Ruud Van Driver]

It's pretty much between 80 and 110 here all year round, so I don't understand people getting their Alan's in a twist over a bit of warm weather. It's the humidity that I really don't like.

Talking of Alan Whicker's, the first time I went back home after moving out here I left all my original 95% cotton Alan's at home and switched them up for 100% cotton. It's amazing how much more comfort comes from the extra 5% cotton

[mailman]

Originally Posted by Runnin' Rebel

Outside on the ramp. In the Shade

I have friends out there now. Staying at the Aria. They told me yesterday the hotel lost power. The employees said it was due to the heat.

[Rock]

It also depends on how you have to 'endure' those high temps.
Having to work out in it is so different from being able to duck in and out of shade all day.
Good head-gear becomes essential to cope with the heat as well as frequent 'rest' periods.
I sometimes see roofers and construction workers on the job in 100+ degree heat and wonder how they are hacking it.

[Runnin' Rebel]

Planes don't fly at 118 degrees especially the comuters

I know in the mid 1980 those 707's and DC 8's were not aloud to take off even with 12k feet runway

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by Runnin' Rebel

Planes don't fly at 118 degrees especially the comuters

I know in the mid 1980 those 707's and DC 8's were not aloud to take off even with 12k feet runway

Why is that?

In the middle east they run full planes non-stop throughout the day at temperatures over 120. Most of their airports are near sea level though.

[Runnin' Rebel]

And speaking of air planes Quatar airways is trying to buy a large block of AA and the board is a bit nervous. I think 5%, , but according to US law I think 25% is the maximum for foreign companies

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[Andad]

Originally Posted by Runnin' Rebel

And speaking of air planes Quatar airways is trying to buy a large block of AA and the board is a bit nervous. I think 5%, , but according to US law I think 25% is the maximum for foreign companies

EDITED

Not speaking about air planes Mark but.

How hot is too hot?

[Runnin' Rebel]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Not speaking about air planes Mark but.

How hot is too hot?

Anything over 41c is a joke. It's ridiculous above that. My pool water is 33c I literally burnt my hand on the pool deck on Father's Day ( 1st degree burns ) I should've video the egg fry we had on the flagstone