Ever since a run-in with heat stroke in 1977 -- when I was too young and stupid to wear a hat or drink lots of water (mad dogs, Englishmen and chainmen, it would seem) -- I've had to be very careful on hot days. And the older I get, the lower the definition of "hot" becomes. Anything over 100° warrants extra caution these days.
> funny choice of a hammer, 12oz wouldn't cut it around here.
Hey, that's a 16 oz. Estwing, I'll have you know.
> funny choice of a hammer, 12oz wouldn't cut it around here.
Looks more like 16-oz to me, but then I was never one for claw hammers in the field. I use a 2 lb. hand sledge for almost everything except burping manholes now.
OK Estwing is good stuff.
I think the same thing happened to me in the 90s sometime; pushing too hard to get something done but I don't remember the exact event. I have had to drink a lot of water ever since then.
> Looks more like 16-oz to me, but then I was never one for claw hammers in the field. I use a 2 lb. hand sledge for almost everything except burping manholes now.
That's definitely overkill for stamping aluminum caps and driving 3/8 in. spikes. For driving 5/8 in. rebars in stiff or rocky gound, you'll want something more serious.
Howdy,
Here are two colleagues from the Chilean government and I in 1994. We are atop a small summit in the background is Santiago and the mountains barely visible in the smog. I am the one without the tie.
At the time we were a little worried about the reliability of that fancy GPS gizmo.
Cheers,
DMM
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> At the time we were a little worried about the reliability of that fancy GPS gizmo.
Great pic, but I don't think I've ever seen a Trimble 4000-series receiver in that faceplate-down orientation. This is a first!
> We promise not to serve you Vegemite when you come to pick up your crystalized water vapo(u)r order.
Derek, Spring is in the process of springing here in Austin at the moment. The various varieties of Salvia are growing up from the rootstocks, ready for another season, and the lantanas are starting to leaf out. Summer cannot be too far behind (at this latitude), I'm afraid.
Yup. It was a 4000SST. Those units actually had displays showing all sorts of parameters as well as SV conditions including DOPs. It gave you something to do during those +8-hour sessions. The biggest problem on this project was the erratic electrical power. We burned out two OSMs. Luckily we had four. The whole project was tied to the SANT site.
Had a similar setup in Argentina (Tostado) back in 1989 and also in Ecuador (Riobamba). While in Ecuador we were at about 11,000 feet ... took a long, long time to get sufficient observations, so while the two Ecuadorian Topographic Engineers stayed in the Jeep SUV, I went for a hike. Several hours later when I got back, one Engineer was happy to see me; one was less than thrilled. Seems they made a bet that I'd die from lack of oxygen before I could return.
Down in the city I wore suit & tie, but not in the field.
>The whole project was tied to the SANT site.
Okay, I give up. After cheating and looking at the list of North/South American CORS sites, I didn't find any SANT listed. Was this a site at Santiago, Chile?
> shirt (long sleeves and collar for sun protection)
People laugh at me for always wearing long sleeves in summer. I tell them I won't laugh at them when the dermatologist starts cutting bits off their arms. At least, not out loud.
Until Mike has a chance to respond:
>GPS Data Available from NASA/GNN Station SANT for Earthquake
>UNAVCO operates the NASA/GGN GPS station near Santiago (SANT), which is a high rate station set to log at 1 Hz (Fig. 12). SANT is located on the grounds of NASA's Santiago Tracking Station, 38 Km North of Santiago, Chile. SANT logs GPS data at 1 Hz, which is useful for measuring displacements during transient events in addition to co-seismic offsets induced by earthquakes.
> >UNAVCO operates the NASA/GGN GPS station near Santiago (SANT), which is a high rate station set to log at 1 Hz (Fig. 12). SANT is located on the grounds of NASA's Santiago Tracking Station, 38 Km North of Santiago, Chile.
Thank you, Jim. So SANT may well have been somewhere in the background of that photo that was posted.
Yes that's right. Should have provided more information. See: http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/network/site/sant.html for site details.
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> People laugh at me for always wearing long sleeves in summer.
Yes, I would think that would be uppermost in the minds of most surveyors in the Pacific NW. I mean, if by chance the sun should appear some day between mists and drizzles, how is one to protect himself if not with sleeves of wrist length? Can't be done, right? Right.
Jeans in 108 heat? ouch, no wonder you couldn't keep up with the water. I got away from jeans in the field and it really increased my ability to work and recover from long days in the heat and humidity. I get my lightweight pants and long sleeve shirts from Ex Officio. they can be pricey, but it's so worth the money.
Jeans winter and summer, every day unless something official is going on. Shorts only result in ripped up legs. Sawbriars are too prevalant at property corners to try working without good cover. All winter long I wear coveralls also so I can bull my way through any briar patch with few adverse effects. I do wear nice shirts to give the professional appearance.