Just trying to get a general idea here of how hot it may be on DB's ship... does anyone know that kind of thing?

joe told me it gets up to like 125* on the flight deck

NO WAY!!! Are you serious?

Yep. with the surface of the flight deck and the heat itself and the jets, it gets waaaay hot.

Oh man, and my DB is a pilot.... that must be hot as hell.

yep. my brother works on the flight deck and said it gets up around 130.

Yeh my DB tells me the heat is terrible out there. He gets so many headaches its unreal. I wonder sometimes if its due to all that heat.

on the ship it gets so hot that the ship sweats. DH says its like being in a tin can sometimes.

Oh MAN, what can I send to help them???

:lol Dh just sent an email the other day complaining about the heat. I sent him one of those spray bottle fans last year and he didn't use it once (probably because he's lazy and it got lost in his stuff), but that might be a good idea. :shrug

It gets extremely hot, especially this time of the year.. DH spent 6 months in Bahrain, and half the time didn't have A/C on the ship... one of the first care packages I sent had a portable battery operated fan for his rack in it...

Where can you find those fans?

Oh MAN, what can I send to help them???
battery operated fan and LOTS OF BATTERIES lol.. maybe one of those neck wrap things that he can use. powdered gatorade for rehydrating its a must.

or maybe one of those mini fans that plug in, I sent one a few deployments back for his rack ( he was lucky and near a plug) and it was very helpful..

Where can you find those fans?

Walmart's sporting goods section is where I got the one I sent.. it took C or D batteries, so I sent TONS of them too. And some industrial velcro to mount it.. ;) You can get that at Lowe's/Home Depot..


The model I got had an extra light on it too.. just incase he didn't feel like running the light in his rack...

I am on the look out for a cordless rechargeable battery clip fan for my DB's rack because it is extremely hot and my DB works in Reactor which is usually 95 degrees as it is so once they hit the gulf it will be miserable....

My hubs is in reactor as well, and yes the plant gets unbearable. It just sucks out in the gulf no matter which way you turn it. I sent him a plug in fan for his rack as soon as they hit the gulf.

It suuuuuucks.

send baby wipes! they can use them to wipe the sweat off!

DB said it is in the triple digits. About 98 in the early morning and then up to 120 or so. Yuck!

John was there last summer. He said it was between 130 and 140. I understand he spent a lot of time sleeping in his shop because it had AC that had to run all the time because of the stuff that was in there.

Geez, I hope DB is still alive.... :scared

wow I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of that stuff...My poor DB is going to roast!

Yikes, that is HOT! I really hope the gummy candies I sent DB for his birthday don't melt :wowsers

When I was there back in 96 and 98, we were patrolling the gulf between may and august/sept, it was not uncommon for it to be 115 on deck at 6am. I was actually one of the people responsible for keeping up with the heat/humidity index and decreasing stay times in the plant as far as watches and the like. There were some days that we couldn't safely allow watchstanders to remain in the plant for longer than 20 or 30 minutes without coming up for a break. They hated it, but it was a safety issue. There are safeguards in place to help be sure people don't wind up with heat stress or heat stroke. It's when they choose to ignore the stay times that they get themselves in trouble :no