Some of the hands are on vacation and another is leaving tomorrow for a funeral in Virginnie. We had a 2 mile mess of twisty-turny easement adjacent to the airport that had to be staked immediately. The only good way to get it done today was to grab a hand and get out and do it myself.
I lived...for now. It was 95° (that's what we call "chickin-killin' heat" down here) and the Johnson grass, sunflowers and pigweed was 5' tall. I had little bits of stickers all down my Levis and up my t-shirt. And then I got home and realized I had brought home three or four hitchhiking ticks with me. Not a stellar day by any means...
A cool shower felt good.
It may be silly, but ain't it fun. It beats picture shows and carnivals all rolled up into one.
(please forgive me, Little Jimmy Dickens)
paden cash, post: 325235, member: 20 wrote: Some of the hands are on vacation and another is leaving tomorrow for a funeral in Virginnie. We had a 2 mile mess of twisty-turny easement adjacent to the airport that had to be staked immediately. The only good way to get it done today was to grab a hand and get out and do it myself.
I lived...for now. It was 95° (that's what we call "chickin-killin' heat" down here) and the Johnson grass, sunflowers and pigweed was 5' tall. I had little bits of stickers all down my Levis and up my t-shirt. And then I got home and realized I had brought home three or four hitchhiking ticks with me. Not a stellar day by any means...
A cool shower felt good.
Same thing here- only different
haven't showered yet- need to do some cypherin' before the crew gets down here in the morning....
I feel your pain. Last week we were in the upper 90's, and our humidity has high enough to have heat advisory warnings almost all last week. Our heat index values were between 105 and 110 most of last week.
Pretty much describes every day for me, minus ticks and heat stroke of course. [emoji3]
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Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Wow, its like working in desert...
For true variety in weather one must experience life near the center of large land masses. That is where things can change the most rapidly and the most frequently. I had never realized how true that was until living within a mile of a gigantic heat sink known as Lake Michigan. Things would warm up slowly and cool down slowly there. Extreme changes were very rare. Nothing like the 50-60 degree swings that are common around here in a matter of hours. On July 4, 1973 we started the early morning out somewhere around 90 degrees and ended around 50 degrees by early evening. Never saw so many jackets and blankets being put to use while watching the big fireworks display as I did that year.
no ticks, chiggers, poison ivy, or rain or even clouds here ... just cobras, deadly scorpions, dust storms and 115 in the afternoon
You stay safe there. I'll take the heat, chiggers and ticks any day over what y'all have to go through. A nephew leaves in about two weeks for his eighth middle east deployment. It sure is tough on the families too.
You have my respect and support.
Andy
Andy Bruner, post: 325317, member: 1123 wrote: A nephew leaves in about two weeks for his eighth middle east deployment. It sure is tough on the families too.
Andy
regards to your nephew and his family, it's who we're here for
Holy Cow, post: 325311, member: 50 wrote: ..... I had never realized how true that was until living within a mile of a gigantic heat sink known as Lake Michigan. Things would warm up slowly and cool down slowly there. Extreme changes were very rare. Nothing like the 50-60 degree swings that are common around here in a matter of hours. On July 4, 1973 we started the early morning out somewhere around 90 degrees and ended around 50 degrees by early evening....
In the spring and fall; you can watch the temperature in Puyallup and the temperature Omaha. Sometimes the high and low in Omaha will be higher and lower than the record high and low in Puyallup.
It is fricking hot here; hasn't rained for weeks. Getting a late start on some fieldwork; stay safe my friends.....
Hot, dry and dusty here. But it still beats shoveling the white stuff.
Daniel Ralph, post: 325363, member: 8817 wrote: Hot, dry and dusty here. But it still beats shoveling the white stuff.
I'm glad we keep that white stuff, up in the mountains here. There wasn't much of that this year though; looks like a long; hot; dry summer.....:excruciating:
I'll take rain and 40°F any day.....
Holy Cow, post: 325311, member: 50 wrote: For true variety in weather one must experience life near the center of large land masses. That is where things can change the most rapidly and the most frequently. I had never realized how true that was until living within a mile of a gigantic heat sink known as Lake Michigan. Things would warm up slowly and cool down slowly there. Extreme changes were very rare. Nothing like the 50-60 degree swings that are common around here in a matter of hours. On July 4, 1973 we started the early morning out somewhere around 90 degrees and ended around 50 degrees by early evening. Never saw so many jackets and blankets being put to use while watching the big fireworks display as I did that year.
I wasn't around, but the greatest temp swing on record for down here in Okieland was 11-11-11...a 66 degree drop in less than 8 hours, The Great Blue Norther:
"...As dramatic as these weather changes were, we must go back further in time to look at one such cold front (also known then as The Great Blue Norther) that established a set of weather records that arguably are unique in modern weather history. On November 11, 1911 (remembered easily for now as "11/11/11"), the afternoon temperature in Oklahoma City reached a record high for the date of 83, before plunging 66 degrees to a record low of 17 at midnight that evening. Both daily temperature records remain unbroken and untied since 1911."
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-19111111
It is Hot and Humid here. I had to round up a crew to send out to do about 30 minutes worth of work. One of the guys is taking vacation, another one had 2 doctor's appointments this week and my Party Chief is just getting old and cranky. My Party Chief, one of my Professional Surveyors, and the summer help went out to get elevations on 10 critical points. We had a minor incident where a very large vehicle hit one of our structures. It's one of those things that won't buff out but the damage may not require imediate repairs. We are going to have to do a survey to see how much damage they did. Scapes and dents are one thing, leaks and cracks are another.
Here is my picture of the day.
bevel, post: 325298, member: 9832 wrote: Wow, its like working in desert...
The desert out here was about 112 yesterday... Fortunately my crew was up in the high country where it was only 103.
It's hot and steamy in Northeast Mississippi. The sun sucks up all the moisture in the morning and dumps it back out on us in the afternoon. The temps are in the high eighties and low nineties now. In August, it's ten degrees hotter!
*whew!*. If I ain't wringing wet with sweat, I am getting rained on. And the mosquitos, chiggers, ticks, horseflies and deer flies are hungry!
Harold,
It's just like that up here just north of Memphis. Working in the agricultural fields this time of year is even more humid for some reason.
Be careful out there.
Jimmy