Brutally hot

It is now officially summer here in Farah, temperatures have not reached last years high of 157F/69C...but it is getting close. Last week it was up to 149F/63C, after that our thermometers are somewhat inaccurate!

Well, at least its a dry heat, eh?

HEH!!!

The heat here is a physical thing, it is like opening the oven after you have pre-heated it...that first pillow of hot dry air slapping you in the face.

Take that feeling and combine it with 20+ mph winds...winds that will hold a 240 pound (with armor and equipment) man up as he leans against the wind....

This wind is no cooling refreshing breeze at all...not only is it just as hot as everything else, it picks up the dust and sand and deposits them everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE...

The heat, wind and dust seem to be the most perfect natural moisture leaching system I have ever experienced, it just sucks the water from your body faster than you can drink it...and if you don't finish your bottle of water in a few minutes, it will become too hot to drink.

What do we do to combat the heat? First option, HIDE!!! Stay inside as much as humanly possible; second, drink, all the time, water and/or gatorad; third, well there is no third choice, if you have to go out...you just have to deal with it...
If you deal with it unwisely, the docs are always ready with an IV to replenish your fluids...sometimes you have to do that even when you do everything else you can...its just that hot.

And still, it is only June...the hot months are still ahead of us...

YIPES!!!