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Overheating

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Phoenix Fire Department rescues 4 hikers off city trails
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I sure do wish that more took advantage of the wealth of knowledge on HAZ - i.e. Chrome Domes, etc..... It gets expensive for we taxpayers 'rescuing' these uninitiated 'warriors'....
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Re: Overheating How it works . . .

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From Delancyplace.com

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Copyright 2016 by Mary Roach
Pages 127-130



Today's selection -- You have 2.4 million sweat glands
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Re: Overheating

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@Sredfield I just finished "Grunt" last week... a very informative book and I highly recommend it!
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Re: Overheating

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hikeaz wrote:It gets expensive for we taxpayers
Good to know what your priorities are. :roll:
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Re: Overheating

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Sredfield wrote:A human in extreme heat can sweat as much as two kilograms an hour, over a span of a few hours.
It's worth emphasizing that this is about twice the rate at which the water can be replaced by drinking.
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Re: Overheating

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chumley wrote:
hikeaz wrote:It gets expensive for we taxpayers
Good to know what your priorities are. :roll:
You stating that is akin to a "Senate Ethics Committee"..... :D
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