Ouch

[sarahcb1208]

Ouch, originally uploaded by Snap 2 Scrap.

It officially has become too fucking hot in Kansas. The official temp was 106 yesterday. The truck registered 109. After I feed the brats, I'm going to see what the truck is saying today.

The thing is that that doesn't even take into account the humidity. Heat index was near 115-120 yesterday, depending on the area. It was EVEN WORSE for folks like Josh who are stuck in those non-A/C metal trashcans. All the mail carriers have, minus those with the new vans, is a little dinky fan that's loud as hell.

Comments

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness! I hope he's okay! That would be horrific.

[sarahcb1208]

He's okay. He's got plenty of water, and people on the route are bringing him water bottles.

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Phew! Good deal. Still! Poor guy! I live in the country and our mail carriers are in their own cars. At least they can use air conditioning that way.

[sarahcb1208]

Ahh, you've got the rural carriers. The ones here have the choice and most of them seem to use the LLVs (the white trucks) because they get the gas paid ;)

Today is really sucktastic, since he's carrying the route (meaning WALKING) :(

[writingvixen.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness. I'll be sending you guys cool thoughts. It's 90 here with a heat index of 102 and I'm melting. I can't imagine what you're dealing with.

[sarahcb1208]

Thanks :)
We're supposed to have a single-day cool down Thursday :)

[daizyhugz.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to see that he's keeping gallons of water with him. I know that's what was supposedly recommended to the carriers I got heat stroke and heat exhaustion reports on. He does have stuff with salt and sugar - maybe some gatorade to drink from time to time to replace all the other junk he's losing with the water he's sweating out? I also want to know when Kansas got swapped with Nevada. Can I do that with PA in the winter??? *hugz* to you and my best to Josh. I do worry about him when the mail carrier thing comes to mind. :(

[sarahcb1208]

He has a huge thermos full of frozen water, and then he brings 2 or 3 water bottles, and one or two of the 6-pack gatorades (that he remixes each night, replacing the bottles every other week, because they get nasty ;)). His dad trained him well, ;)