Heat Stroke
We had an urgent shoot for one of our clients today so as usual I volunteered to go. The location had to be a beach and since we didn’t have time to be picky we ended up going to the public beach on Marina crescent since it’s practically the cleanest of all public beaches on the coastal area in Kuwait.
The shoot started at 10 am, the weather was strikingly hot as usual, temperature was around 46 degrees so the whole outdoor shooting experience was extremely uncomfortable. Around noon I started having nausea and getting dizzy then I started seeing black spots and the spots were getting bigger. I told the photographer that i wasn’t feeling too well and that I was going to faint so they quickly sat me on the ground under the umbrella and they got me orange juice.
Luckily the shoot was over by that time and they walked me back to the car. I could barely move, I was feeling very weak and overheated. I finally got to the car, turned the AC at full blast and waited 15 minutes to get my strength back before I could drive home and take a shower before I went back to the office. I’m definitely not going to anymore outdoor shoots this summer, I learnt my lesson.
Note: this is NAT not Mark
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25 Comments, add your own...
1. Haseeb | June 28th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
… I told the photographer that i was (NOT) feeling too well ..
God bless you Nat.
2. Haseeb | June 28th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
lol u fixed it while i was writting. so kool.
3. Nat | June 28th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Hehe yeah i did..Anyway thanx:)
4. Carlsb3rg | June 28th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
salamat MARK ;p kidding
5. Nat | June 28th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
hmmm i didnt write the note liar.
6. ananyah | June 28th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
ooh i hope ur ok
7. Guitarzzz | June 28th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
Nat you dont seem to post much! But salamat.
8. Pearls | June 28th, 2006 at 4:28 pm
I always feel like that in the sun even with short exposure it. Make sure you have a cool bottle of water next time. Salamaaaaat.
9. Pearls | June 28th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
exposure it=exposure to it
10. moe | June 28th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
well one of the shortcomings of humans not able to bear extreme weather.
11. fractal00 | June 28th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
salamt Nat … :) thank god nothing worse happened .. i thought working outside offices for long periods is forbidden in summer .. inno the temperature was 44 at 8:30 for god’s sake..
12. Marzouq | June 28th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Salaamat Nat! U shouldnt be outside in this heat! And you were out for over two hours!!!!
Dame girl go get some rest for the rest of the day! U shouldnt have went to work!
Always have a couple of cold bottles of water around!!!
13. Mark | June 28th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
I added the Note at the end so people dont think I wrote it and then think i am a pussy lol
14. KtheKuwaiti | June 28th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Mark wouldn’t have gotten a heat stroke .. Mark doesn’t go outdoors. :P
15. Dubai Sunshine | June 28th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
You should be careful….I hear the heat in Kuwait is even worse than in the UAE!
Here, it makes me sad to see construction workers slaving away at around lunchtime when the sun is at its peak. It’s simply inhumane!
Hope you feel better
16. tim | June 28th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Mark’s free doughnuts would’ve kept his blood sugar levels high enough not to faint ;-)
17. CyberRowdy | June 28th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
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18. SWOS | June 28th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Welcome 2 Q8
:P
19. holla | June 28th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
omg mark u fuckin pussy ;)
20. Moey | June 30th, 2006 at 12:38 am
Nat: take it easy, it happens normally during summer. wear a hat next time
21. Nat | July 1st, 2006 at 8:45 am
Heh the problem is i did wear a hat, glasses, was holding my cool bottle of water the whole time and i still got a heat stroke. Oh well hot weather is not really my thing.
22. The Legi | July 1st, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Nat, are you a photographer?
Do you have links to your work on any sites by any chance?
23. Nat | July 2nd, 2006 at 9:02 am
Hmmm no Legi I’m a graphic designer.
I’m into photography as a hobby though. I have some old pictures posted of my flicker account.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pokerface
24. chikapappi | July 2nd, 2006 at 3:46 pm
Salamat ya Nat… It is unbelievably hot during night, shlon during morning!!!
25. Nat | July 2nd, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Thanx chikapappi:) Tell me about it! The heat is intolerable.
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