106 degrees in GA
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- blueskiesalways
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106 degrees in GA
Got a kid in Ranger School. It's 106 degrees in GA right now. I bet life is sucking pretty bad for him. His brother went through in the winter. I bet there will be some interesting arguments as to who had it worse!
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
Shot a 3-Gun match yesterday. Hydration is key, and minimizing activity when possible.
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124 MI(LRSD) 90-91 (Desert Storm)
Repeal the 16th, enforce the 10th.
ΜΩΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." Gen. James Mattis
Panem Et Circenses
My safe space
Re: 106 degrees in GA
Blueskiesalways, I was thinking the same thing, then got to checking something on weather.com
The current temperature in Qandahar, Afghanistan is 106, with the next 10 days ranging from that up to 111. At least the son's don't have to worry about IED's over here!
The current temperature in Qandahar, Afghanistan is 106, with the next 10 days ranging from that up to 111. At least the son's don't have to worry about IED's over here!
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- rangertough
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
AtlDan wrote:Blueskiesalways, I was thinking the same thing, then got to checking something on weather.com
The current temperature in Qandahar, Afghanistan is 106, with the next 10 days ranging from that up to 111. At least the son's don't have to worry about IED's over here!
Was outside of Khandahar last year at this time. We maxed out at 135 degrees. Dismounted IED patrols are awesome when you have to worry more about the heat than the bad guys.
I thought we were going to explode.
Tough
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
it's been about 110 in here Northern Afghanistan for a couple weeks.
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Gun Safety Tip #6. When unholstering your weapon it's customary to say "Excuse me while I whip this out "
Re: 106 degrees in GA
I saw that on a ball game yesterday. The temperature inside the Braves dugout was 111 dgrees. Field temp was 106. Knuckleball pitchers love this kind of weather.
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
A lot in my area are out of electricity and will be for maybe a week or so. Not too bad once you acclimate, but sucks until then!
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
At temps like that even the bad guys are too lazy to do much.rangertough wrote:AtlDan wrote:Blueskiesalways, I was thinking the same thing, then got to checking something on weather.com
The current temperature in Qandahar, Afghanistan is 106, with the next 10 days ranging from that up to 111. At least the son's don't have to worry about IED's over here!
Was outside of Khandahar last year at this time. We maxed out at 135 degrees. Dismounted IED patrols are awesome when you have to worry more about the heat than the bad guys.
I thought we were going to explode.
Tough
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Re: 106 degrees in GA
That may have been why the locals were looking at us like we were nuts.CatFish Driver wrote:At temps like that even the bad guys are too lazy to do much.rangertough wrote:AtlDan wrote:Blueskiesalways, I was thinking the same thing, then got to checking something on weather.com
The current temperature in Qandahar, Afghanistan is 106, with the next 10 days ranging from that up to 111. At least the son's don't have to worry about IED's over here!
Was outside of Khandahar last year at this time. We maxed out at 135 degrees. Dismounted IED patrols are awesome when you have to worry more about the heat than the bad guys.
I thought we were going to explode.
Tough
Tough
Rangertough
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
C CO/HHC 2/75 '93-97, Bragg '97-'99, HHC/C CO/A CO 2/75 99'-'01 RS 8-94.
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
C CO/HHC 2/75 '93-97, Bragg '97-'99, HHC/C CO/A CO 2/75 99'-'01 RS 8-94.
Re: 106 degrees in GA
Natural History & Geography of Afghanistan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Afghanistan
Yea, it gets hot there. Interesting reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Afghanistan
Yea, it gets hot there. Interesting reading.
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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. -Albert Einstein
RVN 70/71
75th RRA Life Member
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. -Albert Einstein
Re: 106 degrees in GA
I never consider it warm til temp reaches 105.
Makes me think to cool off one needs to do a HALO with only a chute as Bubba did.
Makes me think to cool off one needs to do a HALO with only a chute as Bubba did.
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I cooked with C- 4
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4/325 82d DIV 68-69
2nd Bde HHC (LRRP), 4 ID
K Co (Rgr), 75th Inf (Abn), 4 ID
69-70
I cooked with C- 4