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Temperature fluctuation can be difficult to take. Calgary has one of the highest suicide rate in NA. They believe that is is due to the temperature variation extremes.
They get the Chinook winds that can provide a day in the 70's in the winter and then return to the -30 in a matter of hours.
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I have found that no matter where you live, you tend to acclimate to a 45 or 50-degree temperature window. When I was a kid in California I remember 95 or 100 was tolerable but I wore a sweater or a jacket to school on those 50-degree mornings. After I was in Anchorage for a few years I found I didn’t need a jacket if the temps were above freezing and we broke out the shorts and beach wear in the 60’s and complained of the heat on the rare days it hit 80. We used to laugh at people out sunbathing at 62 degrees, and then we started doing it.
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Been there, done that. Was welding some brackets onto the corall fencing last weekend. All of a sudden I noticed I was not sweating and feeling weak. Quit for about three hours, water and gatoraid, finally went in the pool - that helped a lot.
Live in the So Cal high desert. As I get older (60 now) I find I have to get up really early and have the heavy physical part of what is to be done finished by no later than noon. I drink lots of water, some times mixed half and half with Gatoraid, wear a hat, and pay attention to how I feel. When its really hot I wear a hat soaked with water. Welding, even with just cape sleeves and heavy gloves - I got really hot.
I've also checked the water in all the equipment cooling systems and batteries. Batteries can lose water at an alarming rate when it is hot and really dry.
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All good ideas Fitch. I use the headrag soaked in water for the same effect. I had forgone all of the safety precautions, planning instead to work just an hour or two so figured I would not need them. No water in the barn, no wet headrag, no swim or cool down time except the few minutes I took to eat a sandwhich. Like I said, I know better and just tried to push the issue. I worked with the Mennonite that built my barn in this kind of heat last year and watched them break every so often and sit it the shade, eat a bit from their lunch boxes and drink water. All were young and strong yet still followed the common sense guidelines. I guess as we get older we use "poetic liscense" to justify what we do sometimes, at least I find myself doing that.
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