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This is like day 5 in a row now that it starts raining at 4am in Houston and doesn't stop until 2pm. I know they typically send most of the plant workers home when it rains.
How many professions are affected by the rain?
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Car washes, parking lot & road stripers, exterior painters and roofers to name a few.
Not sure what you are referring to when talking plant workers. I worked in a chemical and power plant for 37 years on the Houston Ship Channel. We worked through any weather and any storm. These type of plants run 24-7.
Professional job? Housing builders, if the lot is too saturated it can cause issues with setting a foundation.
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Flying/aviation.
Heavy rain often means convective weather is close ( thunderstorms ) to the airport and that can trigger a “ red alert “ which means airlines won’t let any employees out on the ramp due to lightening strike concerns.
I landed two days ago and we, along with many other aircraft, had to wait over one hour before we could park at a gate ( storm was over when we landed but airline had to get caught up given the domino affect ).
Aircraft refueling obviously stops as well for safety.
Massive delays caused by this type of weather.
Heavy rain often means convective weather is close ( thunderstorms ) to the airport and that can trigger a “ red alert “ which means airlines won’t let any employees out on the ramp due to lightening strike concerns.
I landed two days ago and we, along with many other aircraft, had to wait over one hour before we could park at a gate ( storm was over when we landed but airline had to get caught up given the domino affect ).
Aircraft refueling obviously stops as well for safety.
Massive delays caused by this type of weather.
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As a software engineer happier to be inside coding on a rainy day and more productive then when it’s nice outside and go for lots of walks!
Work in most all Weather but the rain and chilly weather is really rough on my hands, knees and back. Just aches bad.
Try to do indoor stuff when it's bad. Or even make a safety call on being outside in -50* with 50+mph winds... risk isn't worth it.
Hit 80* here Thursday, today supposed to get 1-3" of snow. Currently 34* and sideways ice cold rain. 22* with the wind.
Try to do indoor stuff when it's bad. Or even make a safety call on being outside in -50* with 50+mph winds... risk isn't worth it.
Hit 80* here Thursday, today supposed to get 1-3" of snow. Currently 34* and sideways ice cold rain. 22* with the wind.
As a kid roofing in Seattle, I would have starved if I didn't work in the rain. Few things suck more than working outside in 33f and rainy weather.
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Had a customer say I wasn't a real man a couple weeks ago because I pushed a firewood delivery out a day since it was pouring rain and 40s.
No roof on my processor so meant being outside all day and getting soaked.
Wasn't feeling like being soaked all day, seems like it takes days to warm back up after and really rough on the arthritis in my hand, knees, back, neck,
Ironically enough, I delivered later that week and it started raining as I dumped it.
He mentioned it was senseless he put gloves on since he certainly wasn't stacking it in the rain...
I see how it is, hmmm.
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..... lets add beer driver.
On average, my typical day saw.......
20% driving
60% working outside - gathering product around the beer truck. There were times I needed to roll up 20 bay doors
20% delivering inside the premise - then parking / storing the product somewhere like backroom or cooler -- then sometimes even shelving beer products, at the very largest retailers like chain grocery stores..... restaurants.....etc.
Plus, we have the Bottles Returns Law here. That sometimes requires me opening 3-4 more bay doors, just for the Empties...... which may be plastic container returns, bottles, cans and barrels. Lets also add that some of these full and empty products needed to be gathered or returned on the street-side of the beer trailer. Lots of cars, trucks and buses splashing us during rains.
I would sometimes come home 10 hours later and wring out my underwear.
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I’m a beach bum - week of rain
(May not stop me) …
(May not stop me) …
Hmm... sounds like the kind of customer that needs to get put on the "jerk customer" list so you can charge him an extra "fuel surcharge" fee next time.
In my past life I was police officer. As soon as drop of rain fell from the sky, the radio runs for car accidents would come in. People wonder why I drive slow and cautious. Respond to 1000 accidents and you will learn that people can't drive. You will also learn that most people lie as to cause of the accident.
Whenever it starts raining, everyone starts ordering pizza for delivery. Doesn't matter what time of day. I'd be out on a run, t-storm hits, I get back and there's like 6 orders to go on a Tuesday at like 230pm, which was terrible because there was usually only one driver on.
