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Overheating
Posted: Jul 25 2016 8:32 pm
by hikeaz
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'....
Re: Overheating How it works . . .
Posted: Jul 27 2016 6:32 am
by Sredfield
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
http://www.delanceyplace.com/
Re: Overheating
Posted: Jul 27 2016 6:46 am
by CannondaleKid
@Sredfield I just finished "Grunt" last week... a very informative book and I highly recommend it!
Re: Overheating
Posted: Jul 27 2016 7:48 am
by chumley
hikeaz wrote:It gets expensive for we taxpayers
Good to know what your priorities are. :roll:
Re: Overheating
Posted: Jul 27 2016 8:21 am
by big_load
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.
Re: Overheating
Posted: Jul 27 2016 9:08 am
by hikeaz
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".....
