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I remember many summer days in southern Indiana, working construction, that were like that. We all had to watch each other, and when somebody STOPPED sweating, lead them over to the water cooler and make them take a long break.

I've not been in Indiana. But, I've seen workers like that.

I was out working in the hot Florida sun one day. In an hour I drank three two liter bottles of ice water, and still stopped sweating. It took another bottle of water, and two bottle of soda before I cooled down. Damn, that was scary!

I'd have probably poured one of the bottles of ice water onto my head, at least until my scalp was cooled to 98F. :-)

Thanks! Rich

I was working out in The Marshall Islands when I had the first kidney stone to put me in the hospital. I had been working inside a hot building that we were remodeling for the missile range when I got nauseated and felt like I had a bad gas pain. It wouldn't stop so I hopped on my bike and peddled to the island hospital where a dye injection and X-ray confirmed a kidney stone. I've had several more, two I passed on my own and another in a hospital. I drink lots and lots of water now and haven't had another in a dozen years. I only wish kidney stones on really mean and nasty people, not your typical mild asshole, it's too cruel. 8-)

TDD

I'm glad you had the water available. Is it possible you were dehydrated before you began the day?

Prolly not... Its not unusual to be soaked down to your socks with sweat in an hour or less. When the ODT is 95+ and the RH is 80+, you had better be teking frequent breaks, and have a big cooler with lots of iced down water, and gatorade. Go real easy on the sodas tho... they will dehydrate you faster.

In Louisiana, in summer, the framing and roofing crews start around dawn, and knock off around solar noon. If they have a deadline or the young immortal guys want some extra cash, they come back late afternoon for a few hours. Even the notorious southern prison farms put the field hands under cover during the hot part of the day. The Mexicans invented the siesta concept for damn good reasons.

Back in 89, I was working in a plant under construction in The City of Industry (some of you know where that is) and the temperature was 105° and the humidity was nonexistent. I was bone dry, even my underarms were dry. The breeze blowing in from the desert felt like a hair dryer. At 105°F here in Alabamastan, every square inch of you is wet, your socks will be squishing no matter how thick they are, a leather belt will be ruined as will any watch or electronics you are carrying unless they're designed for skin divers. I've had countless pagers and two way radios die after exposure to my toxic sweat and I can wear only a diver's watch, unless it's a good one, it will expire too. I tell folks that I sweat like a thunderstorm and it's easy to tell where I've been standing still on any job site, there's a puddle.

TDD

Thank you for sharing.

And here people have been wondering why Ive been doing work around my homestead from dark till dawn.....

Gunner, 85 miles west of the Mojave Desert

I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

That job I was on then gave me one of the kidney stones I passed on my own.

TDD

Been there, done that, several times.

I had an ER nurse once tell me it was like giving birth...

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I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

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Had to go to the ER once after kidney stone removal due to complications. A couple of ER nurses and I were talking. One said she'd rather give birth than have kidney stones, and she'd done both. The other said she had kidney stones at the time of one of her deliveries.

I've been through some shit, but I can't even imagine that. I bet she'd be hell in a bar fight.

Steve

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Thank you for even MORE sharing.

No. I started early in the day, when it wasn't too bad out. I had the cooler I carried when I spent the day at a flea market, which included the refilled two liter bottles that were kept in my freezer. There was also a 10 pound bag of ice and a two liter bottle of Diet Mt. Dew. I drank all ow them, and used my tee shirt in the ice water to lower my body temperature. By the time I had finished and driven home, i was still hot, but not sweating.

I was doing that, in Florida except I was repairing and building computers.

The worst I've had was about three hours in an Army dental chair having oral surgery, without pain killers. Captain Hurt (his real name) told me couldn't understand how I could sit there without passing out from the pain. I did damaged the dental chair, though. I bent both armrests in by several inches. :(