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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5689309" data-attributes="member: 19675">I don't think its so much an issue of the heat itself- which may still be an OSHA violation, whether deemed wussy or not- but the disciplining of those who had to seek medical treatment.&nbsp; At least, that's where I have the biggest problem.That's the kind of managerial behavior that leads people to ignoring the signs their body is sending them, and that gets people killed.&nbsp; I personally almost became a statistic durin HS two-a-days in Tx.&nbsp; I had stopped sweating, despite it being 90+, and my being in full pads in full contact drills.Besides, you know as well as anyone that individual tolerances to temp vary from person to person, from region to region, and that while acclimation is possible*, it takes time.&nbsp; The article was unclear if these were new hires or vets.As for the heckling comments, you know we had 71 days of 100+ heat down here in D/FW, and Waxahatchie topped 100 days.&nbsp; Come winter, Chicagoans will be watching our cities become paralyzed by the first snowfall to exceed 1&quot;.&nbsp; And when summer returns, we'll be wondering how northerners keep dying of heat stroke at 88F.* I have personally lived- and nearly died of exposure- in climactic temperature extremes ranging from -50 to 118.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5689309, member: 19675"] I don't think its so much an issue of the heat itself- which may still be an OSHA violation, whether deemed wussy or not- but the disciplining of those who had to seek medical treatment. At least, that's where I have the biggest problem. That's the kind of managerial behavior that leads people to ignoring the signs their body is sending them, and that gets people killed. I personally almost became a statistic durin HS two-a-days in Tx. I had stopped sweating, despite it being 90+, and my being in full pads in full contact drills. Besides, you know as well as anyone that individual tolerances to temp vary from person to person, from region to region, and that while acclimation is possible*, it takes time. The article was unclear if these were new hires or vets. As for the heckling comments, you know we had 71 days of 100+ heat down here in D/FW, and Waxahatchie topped 100 days. Come winter, Chicagoans will be watching our cities become paralyzed by the first snowfall to exceed 1". And when summer returns, we'll be wondering how northerners keep dying of heat stroke at 88F. * I have personally lived- and nearly died of exposure- in climactic temperature extremes ranging from -50 to 118. [/QUOTE]

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