Hope everyone is beating the heat

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13echo4

This Aug. Is turning into a scourger. I've been cutting dead limbs from my pecans but the heat has slowed me way down. Its unusual to have these kinds of heat indexes with low humidity. but these conditions will aid the corn to dry and get ready for harvest. Which I'm racing against with cutting my pecans.
Be safe guys and be mindful of your fluids. These conditions are not tolerate of heros. Watch each others backs and pay attention to each others condition.
 
Where are you located at? New Jersey has been real nice this year. I don't remember the last day we climbed into the upper 90's or 100° mark. Fluids are key for sure. That and listening to your body when it starts to get too hot, take a quick breather in shade then get back to work after you cool.
 
Mark I'm in N. Alabama. On the edge of the Bankhead.
Treezy, I thought the Carolinas was in the heat band as well. It's good yall are not in wave.
We've had the mildest summers the past two years I could remember until this past week I thought we where going to escape August's wrath once again, but it bared down on us.
 
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boreality said:
We never broke 30c plus working near water. We be chchchchillin'.
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Being 30c that's outs ya somewhere in Canada right? That's about 85-87F correct. Man that's some nice weather. If it wasn't for the winters that's where I'd be for sure. Yall get a little (ok WAY) to cold for me. Although yall have the nicest forest I've seen. I bet it's a blast climbing in your area.
 
I must be in the wrong Carolina--heat last week was killer. But now a cool spell; nice to work at a good pace in the afternoon without getting dizzy.
 
guymayor said:
I must be in the wrong Carolina--heat last week was killer. But now a cool spell; nice to work at a good pace in the afternoon without getting dizzy.
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I just thought that the weather map I saw stretched that far. Although it seems our weather is right behind yours. Up to yesterday it was killer but today it is very nice. My thermometer shows 85 degrees. I would have guessed more like 80.
 
Proper fluids are important. Minerals (salts) are the key. I once drank 2.5 gallons of straight water one day and was delirious...water intoxication. Dollar store has Gatorade cheapest around. We also use sea salt supplement made for water consumption. If I get ahead of the dehydration curve I feel awesome through out the day after 2-3 gallons of water. We call it swimming, the synthetic clothes are also the other key. Double front Car harts and cotton tees are insane, I see it and makes no sense to me. They are the guys that think my $300 pants are insane.
 
frashdog said:
Proper fluids are important. Minerals (salts) are the key. I once drank 2.5 gallons of straight water one day and was delirious...water intoxication. Dollar store has Gatorade cheapest around. We also use sea salt supplement made for water consumption. If I get ahead of the dehydration curve I feel awesome through out the day after 2-3 gallons of water. We call it swimming, the synthetic clothes are also the other key. Double front Car harts and cotton tees are insane, I see it and makes no sense to me. They are the guys that think my $300 pants are insane.
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I agree with everything but cotton. I have to wear my cotton. Cotton wicks moisture away.
Water will keep you hydrated but your body looses minerals while sweating and working. You have to keep your potassium in check.
 
I like to wear cotton during the summer and Under Armor during the winter. If you are ever caught in a fire with most synthetics, it will stick to your skin and make the burn worse.
 
Treezybreez said:
I like to wear cotton during the summer and Under Armor during the winter. If you are ever caught in a fire with most synthetics, it will stick to your skin and make the burn worse.
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So very true. Synthetics just get wet. They don't wick for the most part. You have that same hot sweat cooking you and if the humidity is high your just poring more hot oil into your frying pan.
If it's cool enough I like to wear wool or fleece. Under armor is nice I just don't like something to hang on to me that tight. I left the wife at home for a reason. Lol its time to come up for air. Ha
 
frashdog said:
Where are you getting your info about synthetics?
This was just the first site I found.

http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/underwear.html

Cotton yes wicks moisture, but holds onto moisture. It will keep you cooler, till you start to sweat like a pig.
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Wow I didn't go to a site for my info. I got my info from wearing cloths for 42 years. I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just setting my mind set.
My experience with synthetics like polyester is that moisture wasn't wicked from my body. I'll try to explain
I went to your website right off I noticed that the only mention of cotton was a statement that synthetics can wick better than cotton. But in the comparisons it only compared to wool and silk. I also noticed the mention that synthesis dry faster especially in high humid conditions. I live in some of the most highest humid conditions and can say this isn't the cut and "DRY" case. See humidity is moisture in the air. So high humidity is a condition when the air is so saturated that it can't continue to take moisture. So the sweat stays on (in) the fabric your wearing. If the air isn't taking moisture nothing is drying . So synthesis nor natural fibers are drying.
For something to wick it has to be able to absorb, so it makes since that if the moisture can't go into the air it will stay info the wicking media. You said cotton will hold more of the moisture. So that has to imply that cotton wicked more moisture but the moisture didn't evaporate.
I'm not saying your wrong or anything. I'm just trying to answer your question as it applies to me. I've found that cotton is a better media for me. I've tried all that I can get my hands on, and cotton has served me better.
 
Cotton wicks moisture just fine. The problem is that it doesn't get rid of it, at least not in our humidity. Maybe in Arizona. I think your locale's gonna play a big part there.

When my cotton shirts get soaked, it feels like I have a big heavy wet towel on me that doesn't breathe; and tucked in my saddle no less. If it was a cool towel, well that'd be great, but it feels more like a steam tent. The second I take it off and change into a dry shirt I'm happy again. Feels like the damn thing weighs about 5 lbs too.

Straight poly or nylon is basically wearing plastic like treezybreez said. But I have to agree, a wet cotton shirt would cause you just as much pain near a fire because steam burns suck. I used a damp towel once to grab a hot piece of metal. Mistake! Grabbed it with a dry towel, no problem. But you might have bigger problems than your shirt in a fire :)

I can see treezy's point though. I was loading wood into a fire recently with my skidsteer, dead pine - with a bunch of brown needles, just after the recent ice storms. Well I got on the wrong side of the fire. A big breeze lit those needles up hot and blew towards me. Glad I had my hardhat on. Singed all the hairs on my arms and melted some holes in my shirt. Scary as hell! I backed out of there fast. I wont make that mistake again. But the spots where the shirt melted stuck to my skin like napalm. You wouldn't want that to happen with the whole shirt, I promise.

My favorite shirts so far have been triblends - cotton, poly, rayon. Feels more like cotton, has a little stretch, and dries more like the synthetics.

I've heard some good things about those fishing shirts with the vents near the shoulder blades but I haven't tried them.
 
As for T-shirts, my favorites so far are the Coolmax cotton Longtail T's from Duluth trading. They don't feel like plastic, and they don't do that soggy towel thing.
 
Those are actually pretty close to triblends. They're a cotton/poly blend. Only thing they're missing is the stretch which comes from the rayon (spandex)
 
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