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25 ways to keep your cool during a heat wave & beyond

Welcome to the dog days of summer with what appears to be a bumper crop of “Excessive Heat Warnings” this year. In just this last week, I got to enjoy a nice balmy 105° in St Louis as I was heading home, Vermont hit 97°, and Norton Dam Kansas managed to take the title from […]

Filed Under: Working Outside Tagged With: Heat, Safety Sunday July 1, 2012 By SLS

Working Safely – In the Heat

Well here, we are in July & it’s not only the Southern states lately that are baking in the sun. From DC up to New York, & even here in Alabama many contractors and others found out that a dry heat can quite simply kick your butt. Unlike a high humidity day where the sweat […]

Filed Under: Safety Third? Tagged With: Heat, Roofing July 8, 2010 By SLS

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