Talking About Heat - That’s Near & Dear To Me

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Talking About Heat -  That’s Near & Dear To Me

NOT!!!!!!!   What is the matter with people?  Sure, it looks like a nice day to go out, go fishing, go sailing, or do many more activities, but you forget one thing. It’s HOT out there, and I know first hand. After a week of not sleeping well, soaked bedding, hothouse effect in the bedroom (fans don’t help), and feeling done in, I have noticed strange occurrences on my outings.

People drinking coffee, no sunscreen lotion anywhere, playing sports on the tarmac, chasing dogs, drinking beer, no sun hats, wearing long pants and boots.  Well, are you crazy?  It’s over 25 degrees Celsius out there. Your body is starting to shrivel up. Your pores are showing their tongues. Your skin is receding into a wrinkled mess. And that’s only part of my observation. Where are your hats, people; your hats that keep you cool and protect your scalp from heat stroke? Well, they sure were not visible at the exhibition this past week.

Sure, they had a cool booth, which sprayed down a nice mist, but 2 people in one hour? Hmmmm. Maybe the mist is offensive to the people’s bodies. And what about the foods you crazies were eating? French fries, salt, coffee, pizza, and more French fries, more salt. Oh, the inhumanity of it. The bodies are screaming for moisture and all they can do is consume diuretics and salt.

I’m not sure if this high heat goes and interferes with their brain function, but I believe it does. I was at the park yesterday, driving in an air-conditioned car, when I stepped out to view the park and its inhabitants. The woodland inhabitants where not to be seen, only the families going fishing with their dogs and children. Dogs panting, running into the water to cool off; children panting, crying from the heat; teenagers drinking pop, panting from the heat. I was panting so badly that sweat was pouring from my body in buckets. I’m sure I contributed to the water level of the lake. Eewww. I helped make an inland salt lake.

Well, my day at the park was cut short from all the heat. But before I headed home, I watched the crayfish enjoy a mud bath, dogs cooling off in the water, and people lazily move around the lake.

To top it off, I heard someone say, it’s a little cool for my comfort, should be a little warmer. ARE YOU CRAZY?!? What do you want, protoplasmic goo laying about the landscape, waiting for buzzards to clean up the mess? If you want it hot, go to the Gobi Desert and camp out there in temperatures over 100 degrees F.

For my liking, and for my body’s sake, I prefer to follow simple rules:

1. keep the temperature around 20 degrees C
2. drink lots of fluids
3. cover up the noggin
4. when you feel dizzy, COOL OFF right away
5. don’t sweat more than you intake
6. enjoy air-conditioning

Yes I have Heat Stroke!!!