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You got to be sensible about the heat. If you work inside a office then you best go slowly acclimating to heat till you build your tolerance. If all a sudden your not sweating any longer get water drink and also cool yourself with a damp dew rag. This is a warning of heat exhaustion along with babbling incoherently. The later you wont know only if your working along side someone. The next step is heat stroke thats cramps followed by seizures dont go there stay hydrated.
My doc says men think they are camels and dont drink enough water. You very rarely hear about women passing kidney stones men all the time. In 1980 during the heat wave where we went 17 days over 100 then cooled a day at 99 and went another 10 days I had heat exhaustion but was lucky my crew chief recognized it at time got me to the truck and water pulled under shade tree and let me set till I wasnt babling any more then took me back to office. At home I started stomach cramps and verious muscle cramps my body. I should have gone hospital but took next day off and just drowned myself with water.
Every since that when we are working heat miles from work truck I strap the 5 gallon Gott water keg on a backpack frame and consider it just a part of regular tools we need for the work. Its better than carrying a co-worker and hoofing it back to truck.
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