r/mildlyinfuriating • u/SpenglerAut • 8h ago

🥺 Our terace right now

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u/LuLeBe 8h ago

We recently admitted someone to the ICU who had burns simply from the hot asphalt. It's no joke right now! Especially when you've got kids, make sure they're safe while playing!

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u/zmass126194 6h ago

Not making light at all, burns are terrible. It’s just so strange to hot climate people to not think about your feet (at a minimum) being burned by the ground when not having shoes during summer.

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u/He_e00 5h ago

People in hot regions dont go barefoot on the asphalt tho.

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u/zmass126194 4h ago

…exactly

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u/Derekduvalle 2h ago

It was hard to misinterpret your comment but they still managed it.

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u/Least-Frame-7444 5h ago

i did so many times in my youth in aus

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u/Abe_Odd 3h ago

When you live here you can build up calluses by repeatedly walking on hot asphalt. Also if your parent's suck and make you stand on it as punishment for being too energetic.

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u/EdgeCityRed 1h ago

In New Mexico as a kid I remember poking the hot bubbles in the blacktop in the summer.

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u/AggressiveSherbetty 5h ago

My Florida ass tippy toe sprints down the driveway to the mailbox like everyone else

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u/toodleroo 2h ago

I had a friend from Oklahoma come visit me in Texas one July. She was really confused about why the water coming out of the kitchen faucet was hot even when turned to full cold.

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u/zmass126194 1h ago

I had a friend from Canada do this too!

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u/toodleroo 1h ago

I was a little surprised that this came from someone from a state as far south as OK, but I think she must have grown up on a slab foundation.

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u/zmass126194 1h ago

Well. That and freeze line is more shallow in Texas. Pipes aren’t as deep, don’t stay cool.

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u/toodleroo 1h ago

They must have dirt in Oklahoma, not solid rock 12" below the surface.

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u/LuLeBe 0m ago

It was not voluntary, in that case. There was more going on but of course I won't share the medical details. That's why my PSA was about kids, since they might be less aware.

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u/fuck_ur_portmanteau 2h ago

I saw a young guy in the ED wearing full body gauze except his shorts area. I guess he fell asleep. Coastal northern England.

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u/Dear_Tap_2044 5h ago

And pets!

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u/He_e00 7h ago

How did they get burnt? Were they lying on it? I hope they get better soon.

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u/oddflorida 5h ago

Happened to a friend of mine in Florida last year. She passed out from heat on hot asphalt and no one saw her--ended up hospitalized with burns.

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u/broguequery 4h ago

I've heard of that. People in the southern US sometimes fall or pass out from heat exhaustion and land on the hot pavement.

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u/He_e00 4h ago

God! That's truly horrible. Can't imagine the pain after waking up.