Posted on 08/23/2012 1:26:55 PM PDT by servo1969
The new tar paved was melting on our foot soles- air temperature measured 118 degrees- then put into play the ground radiation, the flacks and equipment we wear, etc... and you have yourself an oven.
http://www.wimp.com/hotiraq/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cewZG53Rqtg
May God bless our soldiers for the sacrifice and discomfort they are enduring on our behalf. May we be worthy of their gift.
I know it wasn’t near as hot, but it reminds me of racing across the asphalt parking lots barefoot, from the car to the stores in the summer. I never did wear shoes in the summer.
Me too. I remember finally getting across the parking lot onto the cool, green grass, and letting my on-fire feet cool-off. Hoo-wee!
Are you sure you’re not talking about Phoenix? Heck, it’s like that 100 days a year out here.
I spent a ten years working on lake powell,grand canyon, and death valley.
If it is 130 degrees in the street, that is really hot. We landed in Incirlik, Turkey on a similar hot day on a military flight, a C-141. It was so cold in the plane that my nose was blue. When they opened the aircraft and the heat poured in, it sent me into shock. I was sick for a couple days. But we did love living in Turkey!
Good point, I was just going to say,
And 29 Palms???
Good preperation.
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