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MM, yeah the heat was unbelievable. I remember first moving out there (in the middle of July [img]eek.gif[/img] ) waiting for it to cool down in the evening. It never did! It stays unbearably hot, day and night, from June through September and never lets up. Then in November it turns Ice - friggin' - cold. It's a fun place to visit but six years was enough.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And some hotels have sprinklers to water people outside. I had to move between hotels to avoid the heat........Quote:
Originally posted by madadman:
MM, yeah the heat was unbelievable. I remember first moving out there (in the middle of July [img]eek.gif[/img] ) waiting for it to cool down in the evening. It never did! It stays unbearably hot, day and night, from June through September and never lets up. Then in November it turns Ice - friggin' - cold. It's a fun place to visit but six years was enough.
I know that heat too well (Former Phoenix resident for 8 years) I'd finally had enough in 2001 when we hit the 90's in Feb [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
I knew it was gonna be another loooooong year of my ass baking in the sun.
MM4 I asked as I became disabled working ramp in '94 . The Airline was handling the 757's wrong
and put us in harm's way. I had less than 10 feet of cord beteen me and the nose gear. I was hit and it cost my leg. I had looked behind the jet for all of a second to make sure it was clear
for the pilot to crank #2 (As we were instructed)
well, in that second I was hit during the pushback, it took two of us before they finally put their guys on the tugs. If AZ wasn't a 'right to work state' I'd have been able to sue for criminal negligence. (They had been warned by NTSB and OSHA to change and didn't)
It's happened to about 30 nation wide with different airlines. (Most didn't live)
I was 90 seconds from bleedout myself.
hi there you guys!! am i the only fla person to check in so far? holiday here today of course [img]wink.gif[/img] and depending on how bad we get hit later might not go tomorrow but i wouldn't count on that
Nice to see you haven't floated away Mort..
Sounded like you guys all needed an Ark. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Hi Mort! Glad to see you're safe and sound! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Man, that is horrible. Really sorry about it.Quote:
Originally posted by DARTH POOH:
I know that heat too well (Former Phoenix resident for 8 years) I'd finally had enough in 2001 when we hit the 90's in Feb [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
I knew it was gonna be another loooooong year of my ass baking in the sun.
MM4 I asked as I became disabled working ramp in '94 . The Airline was handling the 757's wrong
and put us in harm's way. I had less than 10 feet of cord beteen me and the nose gear. I was hit and it cost my leg. I had looked behind the jet for all of a second to make sure it was clear
for the pilot to crank #2 (As we were instructed)
well, in that second I was hit during the pushback, it took two of us before they finally put their guys on the tugs. If AZ wasn't a 'right to work state' I'd have been able to sue for criminal negligence. (They had been warned by NTSB and OSHA to change and didn't)
It's happened to about 30 nation wide with different airlines. (Most didn't live)
I was 90 seconds from bleedout myself.
I had an employee who lost a finger while working on the loader. I myself almost had an accident some years ago whe pushing back a B767. They put a pin on the stearing wheel that wasn't safe. During a turn, the pin broke and smashed the window of the push back tractor. Almost hit me.
Damn, DP! That's just unbelievable! Especially when OSHA and NTSB can back up their negligence. That's just wrong. [img]mad.gif[/img]
ok for now, that bitch is supposed to come in after us later in the day... and damn have you guys seen the path ivan is on... oh how i love fla [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]
DP, did you keep working after the dissability ?