102 here and miserable. Didn't help that me and my one of my crew chiefs got tore up by yellow jackets.
We are cooling off. Only 106 today.
Fortunately my project this week and the week after next is at 4000 feet. The temp was in the low 80s, probably mid 50s to start in the morning. We have been in the 90s here in the valley.
We hit 109 a couple of days ago.
Good thing youngest son is home for the summer, he takes it a little bit better
than I do and can keep things going if I need to cool down in the truck.
New rule for this summer, when the thermometer hits 100, we box it.
Wednesday, we boxed it a 11am.
Be careful
Randy
We have been doing asbuilts on some gas stations. Good money and glad for the work, but the heat has just about killed us. Going to try to get on summer schedule Monday. Out at 6 or so and try to be back at the office by noon.
Surf'n the heat wave on asphalt
Say what cornbread???
I have 8 asphalt plants to inventory.... They all have to be done this weekend. It was 109 on the truck yesterday when I got back in... Feels like money out there on the rock piles, though money does not always feel enjoyable in heat terms :-$
its hot here, but not ridiculous, rather dry too, which is weird for Connecticut.
108° F in western Kentucky yesterday, cooled off to 105 today. Heat stress and heat stroke
are very serious. Be careful out there fellow surveyors.
did a job in western KY a few years back, a big boundary. It is hot as hell here in GA (we usually do get some sort of breeze though), but that west KY down in the river bottoms and swamps!! HOT, HUMID AND NOT A STITCH OF WIND!! It was regularly in the 105 range and we would work all day. I found a few things out. Caffeine is a no go, Camelbak is heaven sent as well as a Sombrero type hat. I wore thin cotton long sleeve shirts (I was going to sweat anyway, didn't figure I should crispify my skin and get poison ivy for illusions sake of staying cool), and a good long water break in the truck's a/c is a must about every 1.5-2 hours. Good times! We have't had a good rain here for about a month, at least. I really don't remember it being so hot and so dry.....every. But at least the Atlanta area can legally drink the water out of Lake Lanier!
Snoop
I use an umbrella. Cuts temp about 10 degrees plus or minus. Protection from suns rays. Reduced glare for field controller. Shade from umbrella over insturment is offset most of time (Earths rotation). Great for light showers. Umbrella has a 6 foot diameter with two shafts. The lower shaft fits into a 5 foot iron pipe. The iron pipe has a 6 inch spike epoxyed at end for raming into ground. The lower shaft is duct taped to pipe so umbrella will not blow away. The top shaft of the umbrella has a friction lock and fits over the lower shaft in the iron pipe. Great for laser shots. Cost to umbrella $20 CVS.
yep... and I was in that heat all week, and the next couple days too!
My truck thermometer was showing 107 yesterday...
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
I've often thought about rigging up an umbrella to hook to a backpack frame......
Maybe I should take it to the Shark Tank...B-)
Except here, it would be used mainly to keep the rain off.
Supposed to maybe get up to 70 today; the 4th is supposed to be rain free too!!!
In my 22 years here, I've maybe seen that twice..o.O