[TowerTalk] Flying critters

[K0DAN]

If you suspect a bee sting (or snake bite, spider bite, etc.) allergy (for 
you or your friends & loved ones) you should get your doctor to evaluate and 
write a script for an "Epi-Pen", and have one or more along always. People 
with extreme sting allergies (and we might not know we have them) can go 
into shock and die rather quickly, the Epi Pen (an intra-muscular 
ephinephrine {andrenaline} injection) can buy time and keep the victim 
breathing while EMS can be summoned to transport to hospital.

As we get older, our allergy threshholds get more unpredictable...caveat 
emptor!

73

Dan
K0DAN

EPI-PEN:
http://www.epipen.com/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Flying critters


>
>
> On 8/16/2010 4:49 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In a message dated 8/15/2010 11:44:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>>
>>>   Once I was doing repair on a coax switch about 70' up on  the tower. 
>>> As
>> I
>> was taking the cover off the enclosure I heard a very  loud "rattle" 
>> within
>> the box.  I remember thinking that it sounded  like a rattlesnake, but 
>> how
>> could a snake climb a tower?
>>
>>>    As I took the cover off the box I was engulfed by a swarm of wasps. 
>>> It
>> seems they had decided to build a large nest inside.  The rattle  was 
>> them
>> flying into the metal box.
>>
>>>   I immediately aborted  my repair and carefully began to descend the
>> tower.
>>
>>>   By the  time I got to the ground, the little buggers had "gotten" me 6
>> times.
>>
>>>   Lessons learned:
>>>   -Seal all  enclosures to prevent insects from entering.
>> -Wear long pants and  sleeves...even in hot weather.
>> -Its better to have switches ground mounted  than up the tower. (even for
>> stacks).
>> -Always have 2 halyards on the  belt.  Always be strapped-in.
>>
>>      And always have a container of Adolph's Meat  Tenderizer on hand. 
>> There
>> are enzymes in it that'll take the sting out of a  wasp, etc. bite. And 
>> it
>> works in less than a minute. Highly recommended.
> Man, does that stuff work!  years ago I developed a relergic reaction to
> a number of stings and bites.
> The Doc's instructions, carry a package of Adolph's Meat Tenderizer and
> apply immediately. The difference between
> Immediately and even one minute was substantial. If I went in the house
> and applied the stuff to a black fly bite on the wrist,
> my wrist would become as large or larger than my hand.  At one minute it
> would look like a bad sting. Applied immediately
> there would only be a tiny red spot at the actual bite with no residual
> itching.  The same applied to bee stings.
>
> I had to take allergy shots for a couple of years and the allergy went
> away.  Allergies are strange, they can come on, last for a time, and go
> away. Things that bothered as a kid may not bother as an adult things
> that never bothered may suddenly do so.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve    K7LXC
>> TOWER TECH
>>
>>
>>
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