It went up to 97 degrees yesterday and the highest temperature was reached at 5 PM - when we started work. There is no air conditioning in the main portion of the warehouse where we work and it was a very difficult day. We started out in the 4th level of a stowing area - the worst place to be during a hot spell as the warm air rises to the highest point. It didn't take management too long to figure out they made a mistake in placing us there to start our shift, so we were moved down to the main level. We were both totally drenched in sweat by that time.
After a short time performing our normal stowing duties, we were moved to an area in the incoming section of the warehouse. There, we spent several hours preparing thousands of Verizon 4G-LTE Sim Cards in plastic sleeves for further processing through the system. That wasn't too bad except for the fact we had to stand in the same location to do the work. If you've ever spent several hours standing in the same place you probably have had the same upper back aches that we experienced. More new muscles to train. We finished the shift back in stowing, and the heat and humidity in the building was almost unbearable at times. It is supposed to be even warmer and still humid today, so we aren't looking forward to doing it all again. There are also some severe thunderstorm warnings for today which is normal following a long spell of hot and humid weather. Just keep the tornadoes away!
As I write this entry, there is already a change in the weather. It appears that a storm is forming so I will go outside to put away our chairs and move our grill under the front of the fifth wheel out of the weather. Our awning is already up so we won't worry about that. I noticed that the temperature already has moved from 93 to 88 in just about 20 minutes time. The sky is darkening and the thunder is arriving, so we'll call it a day for now as I check for any other adjustments we need to make before the storm arrives...
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