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![]() We also plan to send all our images from inside a cooled building, not from our cars as we usually do.Īnd if we really feel bad, we promise to simply call it quits. We're keeping chilled, damp towels in a cooler in our cars and about two to three times as much water and Gatorade as we would have normally.Ī separate cooler with plastic ice packs holds our cameras when we're not shooting. In extreme heat, we will limit ourselves to 30– to 40-minute windows of shooting before breaking to cool down. I will be more cautious going forward until this heat wave passes and have developed a plan with my fellow photographer, Ross Franklin. ![]() I spent two days inside and my blood pressure Friday was down to 128/72. Unfortunately that meant they took it through my hands, which wasn’t pleasant. But not without first experiencing more heat-related fallout: they couldn’t draw blood from either arm because I was still slightly dehydrated. I had precautionary blood work done the next day to make sure all is normal. I opted to see my doctor on Wednesday and was told I was suffering from heat exhaustion. The nurse wanted to send me in an ambulance to the emergency room because they thought I was going to have a heart attack. After telling me that, it shot up to 200/120. My blood pressure was clocked at 178/120. ![]() When I got checked, they told me I was a mess.
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