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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Rastus on July 22, 2018, 08:12:04 AM
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Sure is hot out here....was in Arkansas yesterday and saw 102.
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It hit 118F here yesterday at around 3:30 PM. The house stayed at 78F. The pool water is right around 94F.
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Your pool was hotter then our high.
Ps look in too shade cloth for it, you can cut your temps, by several degrees, with out going too a chiller
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Getting even hotter today.
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14% humidity....makes that 119 survivable...
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14% humidity....makes that 119 survivable...
Make it 120F.... Actually the 79F INSIDE makes it survivable. ;D
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after 35years of shooting USPSA/IPSC/3 gun, I finally broke down and added a beach umbrella to the gun cart (soft sided cooler was first thing added after the ATV gun racks....it was brutally hot at Ruskin for the July match
Michael... if you happen to read this, Ben is not in very good health
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We're enjoying mid-80s here for part of the week at least. ;D
I almost needed an umbrella at Rockcastle. Their temporary shade tents got destroyed in the very violent storm that passed through the night before we shot. Fortunately there was almost constant cloud cover that morning. That and I lathered with so much sun screen my legs are still white enough to do a camera white balance on.
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Alf... a two day Area 6 match at Frostproof in July is memorable, but so was the first Ga State Match I shot at the Flint River Club just outside of Americus... on the range built for the Secret Service when Jimmy was President... a red clay pit with no air, and a tremendous heat sink 8)
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We're getting a break from the heat for the next few days. We're only going to 88 today...it was 68 early this morning.
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just a follow up on the beach umbrella... extremely hot today at the Ruskin match... the umbrella was a tremendous asset to keep you out of the direct sunlight... I freeze a couple of 1/2 liter bottles solid and chill 4 others in the soft side cooler... drinking a sip of cold water fairly frequently really helps me with the match heat....only needed 2 liters for the 3 hour match.... I fore see an 18v Ridgid cooling fan in my future... it can be used during tropical storm season also
a tip to determine if you are dehydrated.... pinch your fingernail until it turns white, release, and the see how long it takes for the capillary refill to return color to the nail...longer than a couple of seconds, and you might want to drink some fluids....
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a tip to determine if you are dehydrated.... pinch your fingernail until it turns white, release, and the see how long it takes for the capillary refill to return color to the nail...longer than a couple of seconds, and you might want to drink some fluids....
Good tip.
I have in the car a 5v little fan and a 3Ah battery. It's always hooked to a charger so it's ready to use any time. I have mainly used it to cool the guns when practicing. I may look at a more robust fan for upcoming matches.
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one of the guys on the squad had a Ridgid contractor style portable fan... I have a couple of Ridgid 18v batteries and a charger... August is typically our hottest month, but if Sept doesn't start to cool off, I think a trip to Home Depot is likely