Randall Clague wrote:
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. :-0105 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
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