This heat is crazy

Does anyone else have trouble working in the sun/heat? I last about 5-10 minutes and I am cooked. It doesn’t help that I got heat stroke a bunch of times when I was younger. It looks so nice from the window, but when you get out there it’s a freakin oven.

 

Has been bad here as well, but I can still function OK in heat and humidity, not that I like it, but it does not shut me down completely.
My grandsons both work in and own HVAC bushiness's and they claim people panic much more when their AC does not work in the summer compared to when units in winter don't heat.

 

I did pretty good last year with some heat that came through. Last week's heat had 60% humidity riding shotgun, which was not present much at all last summer. I've been avoiding the woods because it's dark and damp in there and the bugs are having their Lollapalooza right now. Had to put deet on skin yesterday to make some bags for the woodstand as my normal routine of hosing down my hat/clothing is not enough to dissuede them.

 

Heat/humidity sucks the life outta me.

 

Why I still live in the north next 10 days; 6 days 80-82 is highs the lows in 60s, rest are cooler

 

I heard once you've gotten heat stroke it's hard to fully recover from it (sun/heat affects you differently)and easier to get heat stroke again.

 

The older I get the worse the heat, and particularly the humidity, impacts me. We've had a couple weeks of unusually hot weather, with temps pushing mid-to-high 90s last week. It's killing me to not work outside all day like I'm used to doing - I've got so many things I'm anxious to get done. I try to start real early in the morning, but the humidity is so high then that it's still miserable. Later in the day the humidity drops but of course the temperature starts to get rough. I hate working in sweat-soaked clothes, too, but that's just summer life in the Appalachians, I guess. I've resigned myself to only working until about noon or a little after on the worst days, after pushing myself until sickness a couple of times even though I was trying to stay hydrated.

 

I caught heat stroke a couple times as a teenager and don't do well working outside in the heat. I don't mind lounging around outdoors if it's hot, for a while anyway. I can hike and do moderate exercise so long as I'm in the shade, but I do my best to avoid hard labor until after a heat wave passes. If I don't have a choice I make sure to wear a large brimmed hat to keep the sun off my face, sunscreen if needed, take breaks and drink plenty of water.

 

Light duty work I'm okay. I'll sweat like crazy and drink plenty of water. Any strenuous work I fade quick. I never did well in the heat and am no better today.

The heat ended Saturday night. Cloudy and cooler yesterday with normal humidity. I actually got a chill last night while sleeping and shut the ceiling fan off.

Take it slow or wait for better conditions. Not worth it.

 

I like to sweat out the toxins, but I do work in the shade. The sun hits around 12 and I’m done. Summer lets me know the neighbors are inside and will only be mildly bothered by the hum of my wood splitter and saws. Summer is baking the moisture out of the inventory. Summer is the time to prepare for winter. Summer is slow and easy progress. 3 days of 100+ is bonkers but I took the week off to split and stack like my life depends on it. AC feels 10x as good when you have been outside working. The 90’s felt exhilarating yesterday, but it was also followed by oak busting straight line winds. My path forces me to suck it up and keep working. #drinklotsofwater

 

Yesterday, I went swimming for the first time this year.

Technically, I didn't swim but I was still in the lake.............and took a bar of soap along with me!

 

I must say that a dozen times every summer...I hate it.
It was cloudy but humid yesterday, and I had to repair the garage door opener last evening...it was probably 75* or so in the garage, but there was no air movement, and the humidity was HIGH (I don't recall the exact number) and I was totally soaked after an hour or so...to the point of having to "peel" my clothes off afterward. Humidity makes even simple jobs miserable

 

Can't really do it anymore. During my career, I was stationed and operated around the world in some extremely hot climates, but with the steadily declining health I have a serious time working in the heat. And if the humidity is high, forget it. Always preferred cool to downright cold weather anyway.