Posted on 07/12/2018 6:42:31 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
A few years ago, I attended a conference in Las Vegas in early August. Being Las Vegas, the conference center, hotel (Venetian), casino, and all the other amenities are all indoors; you never have to leave the place if you choose not to do so.
A colleague and I decided to step out and check out another casino after our conference one day. We walked through the doors, out onto Las Vegas Boulevard, and were met with a blast of 115-degree heat. Even though a "dry" heat, you could feel the physical force of the temperature change. I would not want to deal with that on a regular basis.
I loved Tucson. I went there for an 8 week assignment once, that turned into 6 months.
I plan to move there eventually. I was outside every single day doing something. Mountain climbing, biking, swimming.
The odd thing was that I was usually the only one. I often remarked to my girlfriend that we never saw any other people outside. Not washing their car, not barbecuing, not swimming... nothing. The only time we ran into a group of people was at the top of Mt Lemon (above the snow line)
We used to go visit all the up-scale gated communities and go swimming in their pools. They were always empty.
Today was supposed to be a range day but it was 77 at 6 AM with 88% humidity. By 6:30 the clouds had cleared and it was up to 82, with 80% humidity and I blew off the trip. I figure by about 10 AM, when I would probably be wrapping up it will be over 100. I just don't need to be schlepping steel targets around an outdoor range in 100 degree heat.
Keep cool. Stay hydrated.
Maybe the bots will be more literate and competent than the yo-yos in my area.
Sorting is already automated and why it's so screwed up.
I sense that important details have been omitted from this report.
Here in North Texas, attics, if not adequately ventilated, can get up to 140 and I see cable guys, AC guys, insulation guys and wonder how they do it. I finally got two attic fans after my AC installer told me our attic was one of the hottest they’d ever worked in. It’s made a world of difference.
I play tennis daily and at 60 years old, I can play for 2 hours in this heat, we have played in 107 degrees and average around 100. No problema......stay in shape.
Heat stress rules have been in place for about 10 years now. The employer is responsible to provide protection to the workers by providing cold water, air conditioning, reduced work zone time to provide cooling periods.
In Eastern Washington its gets hotter than blazes and regardless of these rules I always made it a point to make sure my staff was staying hydrated and cool.
I remember buying new vehicles when I replaced my fleet that all had air conditioning and my hardcore anti-government self professed Reagan Republican city council members complaining that guys would just drive around in the trucks all day and never get out and work. This was in 2005. They wanted to treat these men as worthless slaves and it was enough that they even had a job with the City.
From the period that I was there in Tucson...you could readily predict from April to late September...outdoor activities were limited. If you had to do something really physical...you got done by noon. If you bar-b-q’ed...in the summer period, you did it usually after 7pm.
Now, from Oct to Mar? Just fantastic weather. From mid-Sep to late Oct...that monsoon rain period, and you’d pay attention to low-lying areas.
The plus-side of Tucson was the various restaurants in the local area.
Exactly. According to the article, she was 63. Was she in general poor health? Was she obese? Diabetic?
Her sister will no doubt assume the responsibilty of voting for her in the upcoming mid term election.
The post office has ordered new trucks. I’ve heard the ones they’re sending north don’t have air conditioning the ones sent south have no heat. These are self inflicted wounds when they get sued.
Morning only routes are disappearing. My local USPS carriers deliver mail in the AM, then deliver for Amazon in the afternoons and weekends.
Granted, the temperature is usually no more than 100 degrees, as opposed to 117. Supervisors pay close attention to us worker bees. Been there five months, dropped 20 pounds, and my HbA1c is at 5.5.
Condolences to the woman’s family.
After rereading the article, I noticed she was treated last year for heat stroke...the effects can accumulate with each incidence.
Tucson is always 10 degrees cooler than the Phoenix metro area because it is higher in elevation.
As a kid, we would play outside all day and never think anything about it. In high school, our outdoor sports practices and games were held in the evening when the sun had gone down.
In college at Arizona State University, we would lay around the pool working on our tans between 7:00 and 10:00 AM when it was not so hot and then schedule our classes in the afternoons so we could be in the air-conditioned classrooms.
We used to say that only tourists and idiots went outside in the midday sun.
I live in Florida now and I have a new understanding for what "hot" really means.
From my experience, Arizona's dry heat is tolerable to live comfortably in.
But Florida's wet and humid heat is unbearable. Not even close. Florida's summers are insufferable.
how does one swim in an empty pool? levitate?
This morning in minnesnowta it was 79/80 degrees at 5:30 a.m. Not sure exactly what the humidity / dew point was, but it was sticky out already then. Low 90s this afternoon with a dew point of 70 + makes for a 100 or so degree heat index.
It’s been a rough 7 days here.
“What the story does not tell use is what her over all health and physical condition was.”
>>> DEAD <<< is her overall health and condition.
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