Posted on 06/14/2021 9:38:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year extends across the U.S. West.
A high pressure system is expected to push temperatures above 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius) this week in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Health officials advised people to be mindful of hot asphalt, sidewalks and even desert sand.
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Hard hats required
I do not understand the purpose of this short thread. If it is hot do not step on it. It hurts.This is just one hospital which averaged a person a day in the hot months last year...
Dr. Kevin Foster said 104 people were admitted in June, July and August 2020 with serious burn injuries due to contact with scorching surfaces. Seven people died.
I have seen concrete sidewalks buckled up due to heat expansion. I’ve seen motorcycle kickstands sink into hot asphalt and bikes fall over. (Yes, mine, years ago - called learning the hard way)
Well, it is a desert, after all.
“Pushing 90 with high humidity”
Obviously you are not in AZ or NV.
Humidity in southern AZ is aroun 10%.
I see idiots walking their dogs on veritable hotplates every summer.
I tell them to put their own hand on the pavement to see how they like it.
What I really want to do is mash their stupid faces onto the burning blacktop.
Important safety tip...
How do you get to adulthood and not know this: Asphalt is hot during the summer, be careful...
There is a typo on that sign.
Info brought to you by power companies...so you can stay at home and use air conditioning.
Alert. Living is dangerous. OK...go back to normal, out of mind, out of site mode.
I don’t remember such warnings when I was young. Public schools side effect?
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“When fueling your gas grill, use liquified propane, not shell super-unleaded.”
A safety message from the government of North Korea.
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My one experience with “dry heat” was in Anaheim about 15 years ago. 95 degrees and 10% humidity. I understand it’s still dangerous (dehydration is a bitch), but it WAS a damn sight more comfortable.
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Reminds me of the ‘helpful’ warning visible from the driver’s seat, on the removable sunroof panel of my car (manual transmission), that cautioned not to remove the panel while the car was in motion. They made it sound like the driver shouldn’t remove the sun roof while driving in rush hour traffic or something.
Used to be a saying something along the lines of... “madder than a sunburned sidewinder on a southern fried asphalt parking lot...”
or something to that effect
Ain’t nothing better than sliding down a shiny metal sliding board on a hot summer day and feeling your ass fry you move towards the ground.
“What I really want to do is mash their stupid faces onto the burning blacktop.”
I walked pads right off a dog once on a hiking Trail and it wasn’t that hard. But when we got back to the car I noticed all her pads were pink... we had literally walk the pants off of her by the time we got home, about an hour later the pads had replenished themselves with a secretion and they were pinkish and the next day after the secretion had cured the pads were restored.
Now this was a dog that we routinely walked daily for least an hour or two per day, weather permitting. So it’s not like the feet weren’t toughened.
That said I don’t think I would ever walk a dog on a hot road
We used to put our rafts in at Lajitas and run Santa Elena Canyon getting out at Rio Grande Village. Drive back to Lajitas pick up the other vehicle then stop at the La Kiva for a quick shower, drinks and dinner. Haven’t made that run in over 30 year’s. It’s all changed now. Put in a lot of wells over around Pecos and Monahans.
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