Randy Hambright, post: 377932, member: 171 wrote: There are several items that actually help in this miserable heat , here are 2 I use everyday.
1. Togg Frog towels which stay cool for a few hours around your neck or head.
2. Camel Back backpacks, put in ice water and take a drink whenever necessary.Stay safe and smart
Randy
Good advice Randy.
Haven't seen you around lately. Hope everything is well down your way. Has the heat settled in down there yet?
Start drinking as soon as you get up in the morning. Water or gatorade or something good for you. Keep it up throughout the day at regular intervals whether you think you must or not.
If all else fails, invite the client to come along to play waterboy.
Holy Cow, post: 377938, member: 50 wrote: Start drinking as soon as you get up in the morning. Water or gatorade or something good for you.
Something good for you, huh? Maybe something tomato based
Now, why did I know you would make such a comment? Have you been hanging out with too many of our gubmit oafishels in DC?
Holy Cow, post: 377947, member: 50 wrote: Have you been hanging out with too many of our gubmit oafishels in DC?
Not outside of work hours. I spend waaaay to much time commuting M-F so that I can live in a much nicer Washington.
James Fleming, post: 377944, member: 136 wrote: Something good for you, huh? Maybe something tomato based
Like the picked okra in a nice bloody mary..I must say. : )
Makes it super healthy.
paden cash, post: 377830, member: 20 wrote: I don't care for Gatorade, but that's just a personal preference. I remember the days of salt tablets. Although they are not very popular, they are still available. But generally speaking they only provide two nutrient salts sodium & chloride. Electrolyte balance in the human body is fairly complex but potassium, sodium and chlorides are some of the major components. Gatorade has a lot of the trace nutrients you need to keep a proper balance, I just don't care for the taste.
This time of year I keep a couple of quarts of Pedialyte in the fridge. It does not have a particularly pleasant taste, and some say Gatorade is more palatable, but it's got all the stuff I need. A mixture of two to one Pedialyte and sparkling water is good recharge for me. And staying hydrated is something that needs to start way before you get out there and sweat your ass off...keep your fluids up constantly particularly at night.
I didn't like the taste of Gatorade too. But I would mix some with water.
BUT.. you may want to revisit. They have improved the flavor a lot though the years.. Plus now there are about a dozen flavors or so.
Popular wit the boys at this time are Arctic ice (Blujuice), Orange, strawberry/lemonade, strawberry/watermelon and a few others.
If you use your imagination.. the taste is not hat bad..
Pediatrician here recommend gatorade now over pedialyte for kids dehydration.
Robert Hill, post: 377984, member: 378 wrote: I didn't like the taste of Gatorade too. But I would mix some with water.
BUT.. you may want to revisit. They have improved the flavor a lot though the years.. Plus now there are about a dozen flavors or so.
Popular wit the boys at this time are Arctic ice (Blujuice), Orange, strawberry/lemonade, strawberry/watermelon and a few others.
If you use your imagination.. the taste is not hat bad..Pediatrician here recommend gatorade now over pedialyte for kids dehydration.
One (or more) of my hands is a Gatorade fan. It's evident from the trash can at work where they all dump the trash from the trucks. And I have seen all the different flavors; they look interesting.
I just got stuck on Pedialyte back in '06 when I endured 9 months of chemotherapy. Thought I was gonna die (literally!). It was one of the few things I could keep down on the day after my treatment. I started mixing it with sparkling water and took a shine to it.
And I can't get your idea of pickled okry in a bloody mary out of my head...somethin' tells me there's a trip to Wynn Dixie in my future...
John, post: 377765, member: 791 wrote: You know it's a bit warm when....
Many decades ago I experienced that in person, and it was more than a little disturbing. (I admit that some lysergic acid was involved, but hey, it was the 60s...)
Jim Frame, post: 378027, member: 10 wrote: Many decades ago I experienced that in person, and it was more than a little disturbing. (I admit that some lysergic acid was involved, but hey, it was the 60s...)
I've heard stories of houses "melting" before people's eyes, spiders, "good" trips, and bad (no elaboration on "good" or "bad). I never tried anything like that.....
Jim Frame, post: 378027, member: 10 wrote: Many decades ago I experienced that in person, and it was more than a little disturbing. (I admit that some lysergic acid was involved, but hey, it was the 60s...)
Weren't you glad when everything got back to norbal? :woot:
paden cash, post: 378061, member: 20 wrote: Weren't you glad when everything got back to norbal? :woot:
Very much so!
Definitely another real danger of working solo. Today the heat index was 97. I was only a few hundred feet from the truck. I could see it across the nicely mowed 2 acres lawn. All of a sudden I thought I was going to collapse and felt like I was gonna throw up my pb&j. I really slowed down my pace and dragged my old sorry ass and gear back to the truck. I made it, barely. Not a good feeling. Drove straight to a store and drank a cold 32oz orange Gatorade on the drive home. Some days you are the windshield. Today I am the bug. I feel like such a pussy.
I was a medic in the Texas Army national Guard from 1989 until 1995, and I gave many an IV and flew out many soldier during annual training at Ft Hood each summer. Heat is hard, especially on the guys who are not ever in it, until they get thrown into it for 2 weeks straight. I found that having them mix gatorade 1/2 with water seemed to help. I don't have any studies to back me up, but it took the sweetness out of the gatorade, gave them salts and electrolytes, and put fluids into their systems. I grew up in the Texas heat, I am almost 45 years old, and I am on my second personal truck ever to have an air conditioner. I still have days that the heat wears me out, or gives me headaches. I may have grown up in it, but I won't say I overcame it by any means! Come mid afternoon, I try to find a shade tree, or have my work done enough to be headed to the truck! I'm looking forward to the end of August when its supposed to cool down into the low 90's for a few weeks.
Brad Ott, post: 384403, member: 197 wrote: Definitely another real danger of working solo. Today the heat index was 97. I was only a few hundred feet from the truck. I could see it across the nicely mowed 2 acres lawn. All of a sudden I thought I was going to collapse and felt like I was gonna throw up my pb&j. I really slowed down my pace and dragged my old sorry ass and gear back to the truck. I made it, barely. Not a good feeling. Drove straight to a store and drank a cold 32oz orange Gatorade on the drive home. Some days you are the windshield. Today I am the bug. I feel like such a pussy.
Kristi just brought me some salted peanuts and a banana while I was drinking my second 32 oz orange Gatorade. That combo really perked me right up. Must have been a blood sugar / heat index combination problem. She said that I looked pitiful. My wife loves me.
You should also be knowledgeable as how to treat heat exhaustion because it happens, especially on paving jobs.
After getting them to a safe place and sitting down, cool them off ASAP and as quickly as possible. That means dumping cool water all over them. Soak their clothes. Put ice packs under their arm pits and between their thighs. If you fail to do this, it can lead to heat stroke, which is very dangerous.
A person truly suffering from heat exhaustion, will many times act irrational and refuse help. You have to convince them that they need help.
Imagine how hot it was on this job!!
Don't overdo the Gatorade. Probably shouldn't have more than 1 for every 3 of plain water. Two GA and the banana to boot are boosting your potassium level beyond normal, and that isn't good.
imaudigger, post: 384418, member: 7286 wrote: You should also be knowledgeable as how to treat heat exhaustion because it happens, especially on paving jobs.
After getting them to a safe place and sitting down, cool them off ASAP and as quickly as possible. That means dumping cool water all over them. Soak their clothes. Put ice packs under their arm pits and between their thighs. If you fail to do this, it can lead to heat stroke, which is very dangerous.A person truly suffering from heat exhaustion, will many times act irrational and refuse help. You have to convince them that they need help.
Imagine how hot it was on this job!!
Anyone that has been in the asphalt business can tell you the real feat in this project was the plant(s), materials and trucks. It takes a monster plant and materials pile to keep trucks running for approximately 500 10-wheeler loads.
ps - I bet they had a couple of spare lay-down screeds just sitting there. I've never been on a big job that at least one lay-down machine didn't just...well...lay down.
Bill93, post: 384420, member: 87 wrote: Don't overdo the Gatorade. Probably shouldn't have more than 1 for every 3 of plain water. Two GA and the banana to boot are boosting your potassium level beyond normal, and that isn't good.
Had a nice shower. Hitting the water now. Thank you very much.
Brad Ott, post: 384430, member: 197 wrote: Had a nice shower. Hitting the water now. Thank you very much.
Had a doctor tell me once: to overcome dehydration with standard intake (drinking); continue fluid intake to an amount that will keep you urinating a minimum of once an hour. Continue for 4 to 6 hours. I've tried it, and it's difficult. Almost too much water it seems.
