On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:10:44 -0800, David Weinshenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 105 F isn't hot for Mojave. 125 F is hot for Mojave. :-0 > >105 F ambient is bearable. Any enclosed space with a delta-T from >solar radiation _above_ such an ambient tends to exceed my personal >limits for effective functional behavior. (I was wondering why trying >to repack my sleeping bag in my tent seemed so strenuous at DairyAire 2001 - >then I saw the outside air temp display in Dave M's car (about 104 F or so) >and the matter was clarified!) ERPS' first Safety Officer, John Lewis, set an upper ambient temperature limit of 100 F for field operations. Some of that was enlightened self-interest, since John wore turnouts, but some of it was John's experience living on the Gulf Coast. It's still a good number: above 100 F, even in a dry heat, you have to really pay attention to hydration, rest periods, etc. Heat exhaustion is not your friend - bleah - and heat stroke can actually kill you. I've worked in much higher temperatures than 100 F myself - my personal record is several minutes at 165 F, trying not to touch anything metal with bare skin - but I was much younger and more athletic then. Since our average age is about 40, and most of us aren't athletes, I think a 100 F temperature ceiling is still prudent. We can exceed it with the on site Safety Officer's permission, but we should do this only for non-safety critical operations like Ranch water system repair, as we have done in the past. -R -- Every complex, difficult problem has a simple, easy solution - which is wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
