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Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Originally Posted by ABQ2015
Well, if it's not one thing, it's another! My retirement plans are to escape the summer heat in the Southwest by moving to the Northwest. While it is only in the 70's today in Central Oregon, there are about 35 wildfires in the entire region with smoke covering much of the skies and posing a health risk. The Forest Service Chief visited Portland and declared that wildfire season is "the new normal." I hope he is wrong!
The wildfires can create some significant HEAT!! (The heat. I can't take it anymore!!!!)
I trust he (NFS) is wrong (this yr is very BAD, especially in AK). But it IS good for my business! (I have a wildfire mitigation business (very part-time business on the 'we-tside' of cascades until there is a threat, gets people thinking...)).
The BIG bucks are in fighting the fires. I got called last night to drive semi-truck fire tanker on graveyard shift. Each shift worked will pay for 6 flights to my winter TX home! My 'retired' neighbor is delivering fire equip today ($90/ hr). another is felling trees... But... it IS August and Oct is coming, so they will very soon be 'retired' again! One of my kids has been a 'retired' wildland firefighter for 12 yrs. (working 2 months and getting 10 months 'off'). Even at age 25 it was apparent that the exposure to smoke and heat would reduce his quality of life (forever).
Retire early, retire often!
Ice-grippers or "crampons" (attach to shoes to elimate slippage on ice). If you're 90, I might give you a pass, but I hear the same complaints from people in their 20s when it snows an inch.
Ice-grippers or "crampons" (attach to shoes to elimate slippage on ice). If you're 90, I might give you a pass, but I hear the same complaints from people in their 20s when it snows an inch.
An elderly friend had those on her boots and came out of her doctor's office, caught them on the edge of the doormat mat in front of the exit door, went flying, and broke her leg. Winter up north is not always as safe as you think it is.
The BIG bucks are in fighting the fires. I got called last night to drive semi-truck fire tanker on graveyard shift. Each shift worked will pay for 6 flights to my winter TX home! My 'retired' neighbor is delivering fire equip today ($90/ hr). another is felling trees... But... it IS August and Oct is coming, so they will very soon be 'retired' again! One of my kids has been a 'retired' wildland firefighter for 12 yrs. (working 2 months and getting 10 months 'off'). Even at age 25 it was apparent that the exposure to smoke and heat would reduce his quality of life (forever).
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Yes, many of my friends and family worked summers during college for the U S Forest Service. My brother-in-law was a smokejumper for several years and continued working summers for a few years after he became a school teacher. No permanent health effects that I am aware of but they did not do it for 12 years - maybe a few permanent aches and pains from the parachute landings but no respiratory issues. The money was good for a college kid but I don't know anyone who made $90/hr in today's wages although there may have been some. But I'm sure my brother-in-law made some good overtime and perhaps some type of hazard pay.
I keep mine at 80, run it only 5 or 6 hours a day and not at all overnight. Coming in from outside when it's 100+ feels pretty darn nice. The front of my house is cooler than the back because of a humongous Mulberry tree that shades the entire house from one side to the garage. There are a couple of trees in the backyard but not close enough to shade the house and it gets warmer. Also I have a few big windows on that side so the sun is relentless, unless I leave the shades down and I love having all that light, so... I also have six ceiling fans in my house that run 24/7 these days. It all helps.
I keep mine at 83, but if I lived in a more humid climate I imagine I would lower the thermostat. I don't like too much contrast when going out or coming in.
I keep mine at 83, but if I lived in a more humid climate I imagine I would lower the thermostat. I don't like too much contrast when going out or coming in.
I use window ac's but one has a temperature setting. The other is in the other end of the house and has low cool and high cool, but with two it creates an air flow. The one in the living room, which also keeps the puter cool, of course, and me is set at 77 when its hot. It's still not cold cool, but its enough to keep it tolerable with the fan blowing on you. And the air its blowing is leaving the humidity outside behind.
I also have ceiling fans in all rooms, not the little ones but the ones you put in the center with long blades.
I use a gas heater in the winter and switch the fan for that setting, and it also helps distribute the heat better without blowing air around too low, which encourages cold leaks. The quakes we've been having (now shown to be from injection wells) have unsettled the front door and its not as solidly fit as it was but I'm not going to have someone make a new door jam.
Maybe not..................Aren't falls the leading cause of death in the elderly?
Hey mzfroggez, welcome back, I've missed you! See you still have your sense of humor, too, lol.
Are you in FL?
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I hope he is wrong!
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My 'retired' neighbor is delivering fire equip today ($90/ hr). another is felling trees... But... it IS August and Oct is coming, so they will very soon be 'retired' again! One of my kids has been a 'retired' wildland firefighter for 12 yrs. (working 2 months and getting 10 months 'off'). Even at age 25 it was apparent that the exposure to smoke and heat would reduce his quality of life (forever).
