Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The Heat Is Nobodies Friend


Today I am taking a moment for a PSA about living in Arizona.
 

Everyone knows that summer months in the Valley get hot, we have been hitting in the 108-112 degrees lately and it isn't even the hottest part of the summer. I have lived in Arizona more than half my life so I can deal with the heat, though these hot days do make me wish I was back in Seattle. But every so often you do something where you don’t think and the heat burns you literally.

Today I got a flat tire and while I was changing it I laid the tire wrench down on the ground and when I picked it up I got a nasty surprise. It was 110 degrees today and a solid black metal tire wrench sucks up heat quite quickly. Here is what a tire wrench burn looks on my left hand.

Not satisfied with one burn when I was sliding the jack under my Tahoe I set my right hand on the ground. This is what a burn on my fingers and right hand look like. Four fingers and the upper part of my palm were all burned, the dark red spots are blisters making this one a second degree burn (four blisters on three fingers). This from setting my hand on the pavement for a matter of seconds. The heat dried my skin so quickly it wasn’t funny, though really none of this was funny... at least not yet until the burns heal.

3 comments:

  1. Good Lord. I keep a pair of gloves in my trunk just for tire changes, but it's for a wussy reason: to keep my hands clean. You guys in AZ need them to avoid injury.

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    1. gloves hell!! I'd use freakin OVEN MITTS!!!
      hope you heal quickly!!

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  2. Been there man! Hope it's a quick recovery! At least we are getting a little relief now with the rain.

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