Is it hot where you work ?

[Turbo6Smackdown]

Then again.... In Iraq, in the 10 minute walk from the barracks to the chow hall, our M4's (guns) would heat up soo bad, you had to handle them by the carrying straps, rather than the weapons themselves. That sucked.
Or, in the summer in Germany, in 1994, in Hohenfels, we would drive these armored vehicles, (113's or bradleys) where the engines were right next to the drivers seat, and it would get SOOO hot, you felt as if you were going to lose it any second. When you were a crewmember, you wore a nomex cvc coverall. It's exactly what fighter jet pilots wear. And let me tell you nomex doesn't exactly breathe the best. We had one guy lol, driving a 113 in Iraq, during a leaders recon, pass right the **** out, while driving lol. It had to have been a 140 degrees in the drivers hatch lol. Poor guy lost it. My team sergeant had to step up and drive for them. Any joe here (slang for soldier) can attest to how hot a vehicle can get after a few hours of driving... It sucks man.

 

["Turbo-T"]

Wow turbo6smackdown, that reminds me when I was deployed to Doha Qatar....it was so humid there that at night you actually had dew condensing on the wooden boardwalk around the morale tents you'd actually slip and slide....and sweating...yes you could be standing outside not doing anything and you'd still have sweat dripping off of you. No kidding. Day time it got up to around 110. Then I got sent to Kuwait and it wasn't as humid but it would get up to 130 in the day. Our portable a/c units deployed from North Carolina were R134a equipped and we actually had a 1LT that was bitching about "how comes these a/c's don't cool any better?" One of my co-workers that had rank on me tried to explain "they're only charged to cool in 95 degree weather, and at 130 degrees they aren't as efficient". I don't think he mentioned that R134a isn't the greatest refrigerant out there. But it was all we had. Good thing about Kuwait is every morning it was 93 degrees but it felt like 70 due to the lower humidity.

 

[Turbo6Smackdown]

OH yea. The humidity would KILL... There was condensation EVERYwhere. It blows. The middle east sucks lol.

 

[groumoutis]

Yep it is hot here where I work..

Maint.. in a steel mill

I am at work right now. Sweaty like donkey balls..

 

[usetaboost]

I work in a soybean processing plant. We actually make all the oil for wendy's salad dressing and ALL of the McDonalds fry oil for all of north america-don't blame me for the fries tasting like crap, I've already told them. Anyways, going inside the bean dryer to clean the floor is hot enough to literally feel your lips burning as soon as you step inside. Preperation has about 30 300hp electric motors along with the rest of the rotating equipment. On average the rest of the plant is 100+ degress where ever you go unless you get lucky enough to work outside during the summer. I sweat my ass off just running around checking stuff. We don't have to dress too heavy though. Work issued jeans (VERY thick) steel toe boots, hard hat, some form of gloves, and glasses. They let us wear t shirts:biggrin: It's over 110db in most places so we gotta wear ear plugs also

 

[NEARING]

They let us wear t shirts:biggrin: It's over 110db in most places so we gotta wear ear plugs also

T shirts. Lucky dog! We have to wear these flame retardant long sleeve shirts. Very much like the old school Navy dungarees Along with all the other crap.

 

[groumoutis]

As I posted above I work in a steel mill and we have to wear all cotton thermals (long johns) and then our flame retardant pants and long sleeved shirt.

Trust me it gets nice and toasty. You sweat like a gerbil in a gay bar.

Before the steel mill I spent my time in the engine rooms on Navy ships.

 

[usetaboost]

T shirts. Lucky dog! We have to wear these flame retardant long sleeve shirts. Very much like the old school Navy dungarees Along with all the other crap.

We have the shirts but they don't make us wear them all the time.