Wednesday, Sep 03, 2008 at 07:47
I know what its like to suffer from Dehydration, totally different
situation, than being stranded in the Outback, I was working on a
Roof on the
Gold Coast, this place was the size of four Football
Fields, we had to help Install a very large Airconditioning Plant, my job
was to prepair the Roof for the Frame Work and replace the Roof
Sheeting and new Flashing, we started at 5-30am in the middle of
Summer, I thought I would be ok with Two 2-litre Bottles of
Water,
it was hot as buggery,the other Contractors and Cranes ect came
from
Brisbane, so as soon as they had finished there part of the
job, they left for home, in the early part of the day I drank most of
the
water I had with me, the sweat was just pouring out of me,
there was no shade, it was like being on a large sheet of Al Foil,
now I had drank 4 litres of
water and did'nt even feel the urge to
Urinate, the sweating had stopped, I was going flat out trying to
get the roof finished, before a predicted storm, I finished the job
around 4-30pm, as I was taking my Tools & Gear off the roof, my
legs went from under me,had the worst Head Ache you could ever
have, and I started Dry Reaching, I phoned my wife, because I
could'nt drive the Work Truck, I was put on Drip, and did'nt
get out of Hospital for Two Days, I would hate to get into that
situation being stranded in the Bush or Desert.
Cheers
Daza
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