No water scenario

[bigpaul]

(8 May 2013, 17:35)Jonas Wrote:

(8 May 2013, 13:50)Scythe13 Wrote:

(8 May 2013, 13:40)bigpaul Wrote:

(7 May 2013, 19:19)Jonas Wrote:

(7 May 2013, 18:39)bigpaul Wrote: i read somewhere that you need 2 litres(just under half a gallon for our American cousins) MINIMUM per person per day, thats just for drinking, not including for cooking or washing, and that was for someone who didnt move around too much and wasnt doing any heavy manual labour.

1/2 gallon or 2 liters of water in 80F or 26C is barely enough for an adult doing nothing but sitting in the shade watching the grass grow. If you're gardening, mowing the lawn, cutting trees, riding your bicycle or playing baseball, you need about 1/2 quart or 1/2 liter of water per hour.

YES, thats why i said "for someone who ISNT moving around much" DUH!!

He plans on mowing the lawn for an hour or more! Damn he's got a big lawn....I'm kidding.

I hire a lawn service now, but it takes about 3 hours on a riding mower to cut the grass and run a "weed-eater" around the border. During the Texas summer, if it's daylight it's 80+F (right now, at 11:27 local time it's 79F). I push fluids (Gatorade or "Sgt. George's sweet 'n sour ice tea") on the fellow doing the mowing, at least 16 oz/hour. If his complexion is overly red, I invite him into the house to cool down and pay him for the cool-down time. No lawn is worth heatstroke or a life.

Last year we had about a 3 week stretch of 100+F highs. I didn't get a number of deaths attributed to the hot spell, but it was not inconsiderable.

Oh, and BP, I understood your post. That's why I added the information on fluid consumption quantities for an active person in hot weather. I thought it might be helpful to someone since you didn't originally address it. JP

not that it gets that hot down here, but if it did i wouldnt be moving about much Jonas, do what work i could before it got to hot, then get in the shade, then resume work in the cool of the evening.

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there are lots of jobs we can do sitting in the shade, it isnt all about hacking down the overgrowth or chopping down trees!

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i have to say also, there isnt a blade of grass in our gardens, we dont DO lawns! all our available space is taken up with growing plants!