#2 Son Needs Warm Thoughts

[Pappy]

#2 son is a tower dog. (Installs, climbs, maintains, and repairs cell phone towers.)

Early Saturday morn their crew left left SUNNY, WARM central Texas headed for the Pittsburg area. He has cold weather gear but I don't know how much that helps when you are 150-200 feet up.

They expect to be there 2-2 1/2 months but the company is going to fly them back and forth for Thanksgiving, the company Christmas party, and Christmas.

[germdoc]

#2 son is a tower dog. (Installs, climbs, maintains, and repairs cell phone towers.)

Early Saturday morn their crew left left SUNNY, WARM central Texas headed for the Pittsburg area. He has cold weather gear but I don't know how much that helps when you are 150-200 feet up.

They expect to be there 2-2 1/2 months but the company is going to fly them back and forth for Thanksgiving, the company Christmas party, and Christmas.

As someone who lives in the great north, and can see it snowing RIGHT NOW from my window, he also needs warm clothes and long underwear. I watched construction workers put up a new building outside my office last winter when it was 10-20 below. I don't know how they did it--made me shiver just to watch them!

Best luck and warm thoughts!

[Ed62]

Being from the south, he might not know this. Dressing in a few layers will keep you warmer.

Ed

[BobSch]

I remember working outside for the local baby bell. Froze my fanny off more than once, and I wasn't even climbing poles. I wish your son the best.

[dbhost]

I'll put the tea kettle on for him... Hate going up north this time of year. Better to be far north though than say DFW area. MUCH rather be in snow than ice storms...

[cabinetman]

You can bet he won't be just standing around.
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[shoottx]

Extend our best wishes. Working outside in the North until you are acclimated to the weather is miserable. And I think it takes twice as long to do anything.

I'll put the tea kettle on for him... Hate going up north this time of year. Better to be far north though than say DFW area. MUCH rather be in snow than ice storms...

NOT so! The terrible weather in the DFW area currently 66 - 21% humidity 5 mph gusts, with a low over night of 41, high tomorrow of 72. While DFW is not the Banana Belt like San Marcos it is a whole lot better than Houston area. While it might be a touch colder, we don't have the humidity of Houston area.

I grew up in Northern Illinois, spent time in South Dakota, and New Jersey

I will not be moving north again.

[Bruce Cohen]

Don,

Believe it or not, silk underwear works the best in cold climates. And it doesn't add bulk. I believe that LL Bean aries them or try EMS (Eastern Mountain Sports). I know they have them. They're a bit pricey, but they sure do keep your butt warm.

I used to wear them when I hunted, and in the NY mountains, where it does get cold as a well diggers butt, they work. You can get socks and glove liners too.

Bruce

[Greg in Maryland]

..... the Pittsburgh area.

You do know that he is going to have to root for the Steelers now?

Greg

[Ed62]

Working outside in the North until you are acclimated to the weather is miserable.

When you can't feel anything anymore, you're acclimated. Then it is no longer miserable.

I wish him the best in staying warm.

Ed

[LinuxRandal]

Warm, but more importantly, SAFE thoughts.

[Pappy]

Last year they worked out of the Baltimore area. Had days they couldn't go up the towers because, as the temp rose, the icecicles would break off and fall. Way too dangerous. They went up a few days that it never got warm enough to melt the ice.

[BobSch]

Last year they worked out of the Baltimore area. Had days they couldn't go up the towers because, as the temp rose, the icecicles would break off and fall. Way too dangerous. They went up a few days that it never got warm enough to melt the ice.

Ironic, isn't it. The colder, the safer.

[Daryl]

I am a couple hours down the river from Pittsburgh, so I suppose he is experiencing the same 34 degree temps. snow showers and gusty winds we are having.

[germdoc]

He may come back without his Southern drawl. I hear it freezes up and falls off when it's so cold up there. Happened to me...