Riding in or through the desert southwest

[Jeriatric]

Forecast for the next 45 plus days.

* TEMPERATURES will range from
112 TO 118+ DEGREES ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE VERY WARM...IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S.

★PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER LEAVE KIDS OR PETS UNATTENDED IN CARS.

DRINK MORE WATER THAN USUAL AND AVOID ALCOHOL...SUGAR...AND CAFFEINE.

WHEN OUTDOORS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT TO

KEEP YOUR HEAD AND BODY COOLER.

TAKE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

PUBLIC PLACES WITH AIR CONDITIONING INCLUDE LIBRARIES...COMMUNITY CENTERS...GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS...MALLS...AND SPECIAL REFUGE STATIONS.


★RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS.

●EARLY SYMPTOMS INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS HEADACHE...THIRST...AND MUSCLE CRAMPS.

●SERIOUS SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WEAKNESS...SKIN THAT IS COOL TO THE TOUCH...FAST BUT WEAK PULSE...NAUSEA...AND FAINTING.

●SEVERE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE HOT AND RED DRY SKIN...FAST AND STRONG PULSE...

SWEATING THAT HAS STOPPED...AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS. UNTREATED HEAT

ILLNESS CAN LEAD TO FATAL HEAT STROKE.

STAY COOL...STAY HYDRATED...STAY INFORMED.

:doorag:

 

[Bob Denman]

"DRINK MORE WATER THAN USUAL AND AVOID ALCOHOL...SUGAR...AND CAFFEINE. "

No alcohol, OR cofffee?!? :shocked:
Screw that! :gaah:

 

[Chupaca]

Solution..!!

come to San Diego...:roflblack::roflblack: Seriously words to live by..:lecturef_smilie: Travel at night...head for the coast... :thumbup:

 

[Dan_Ashley]

Also, do not wear t shirts. Wear long sleeves, and put on SPF one million sun screen--even under your shirt.

 

[ARtraveler]

Lucky me. I think I will stay here for the summer. :yes::yes:
I like those "real hot" 75 degree days we have been enjoying lately. :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

We're hitting our first decent Hot Spell this season right now... :shocked:
90 degrees, with humidity trying to beat that number! :yikes: :gaah:

 

[Jeriatric]

But, it's a dry heat..........

Details for Wednesday, July 23

Sunny. Hot. Heat index near 125F.

 

[Bob Denman]

Yeah...
Just like a

 

[jScotD]

you can cut the atmosphere with a knife here right now

Paducah has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinct seasons... so says wikipedia

really? :banghead:

It's nasty here right now.. the big poodle guys wanted to go out the front door. so I let them.. they ran to the garage and were waiting for me to come back from the garage fridge with beer in hand in a short instant.. they are now flaked out on the cool floor.. I might join them

 

[Bob Denman]

Joining them seems like the wisest choice... :thumbup:

 

[bodymanpainter]

Forecast for the next 45 plus days.

* TEMPERATURES will range from
112 TO 118+ DEGREES ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE VERY WARM...IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S.

★PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER LEAVE KIDS OR PETS UNATTENDED IN CARS.

DRINK MORE WATER THAN USUAL AND AVOID ALCOHOL...SUGAR...AND CAFFEINE.

WHEN OUTDOORS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT TO

KEEP YOUR HEAD AND BODY COOLER.

TAKE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS.

PUBLIC PLACES WITH AIR CONDITIONING INCLUDE LIBRARIES...COMMUNITY CENTERS...GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS...MALLS...AND SPECIAL REFUGE STATIONS.


★RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS.

●EARLY SYMPTOMS INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS HEADACHE...THIRST...AND MUSCLE CRAMPS.

●SERIOUS SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WEAKNESS...SKIN THAT IS COOL TO THE TOUCH...FAST BUT WEAK PULSE...NAUSEA...AND FAINTING.

●SEVERE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE HOT AND RED DRY SKIN...FAST AND STRONG PULSE...

SWEATING THAT HAS STOPPED...AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS. UNTREATED HEAT

ILLNESS CAN LEAD TO FATAL HEAT STROKE.

STAY COOL...STAY HYDRATED...STAY INFORMED.



:doorag:

That sounds like my kind of weather, love the dry heat!
Wish I could move there, may be someday.
Toby

 

[Bob Denman]

I gather that Florida gives you too much experience with a DAMP heat... :shocked:

Does the question become, "Would you rather sit fully-clothed in a sauna, or just stick your head in a pizza oven?"

 

[jScotD]

now that's funny

:clap::clap::clap:

music for you.. here's your Cupie Doll