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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: heat
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Date: 3 Jul 90 21:09:08 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

GW> We finely had a few nice days here in seattle, that means over 70 for 2
GW> days in a row.the other day it hit 83 and I thought I was going to die.
GW> my body just doesn't regulate the heat well. By 3 am I was still to 
GW> hot, but by 5 I was to cold. I gues I just shouldn't sit in the sun to
GW> long. anyone have a good solution for the heat.?

        Wear light colored clothing.  Wear a hat.  Drink lots of
liquids.  Then the best is to use a cold wet towel every thirty
minutes applied to the top of the head and the back of the neck.
The head radiates the most heat and this will help cool you off.

        When I lived in Florida I would take a hankerchef dipped
in ice water and put it under my baseball type cap.  Changed it
every half hour.  Worked really great even when it hit 100
degrees.
                                -=joe=-

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