"If I had to work outside all day long like those guys, I’d pass out by noon."
-- Jeff Long, project manager of Ocala-based construction company Cullison-Wright Construction Corporation
During the summer months in Florida, sweltering heat keeps some Floridians in the cool air conditioning, sipping iced tea or lemonade.
But for those whose job it is to work with their hands — to build commercial buildings, lay shingles, landscape or farm land — they’re forced to take the heat head on, facing dehydration and potential injuries like heat stroke every day.
Read more at the Gainesville Sun.