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[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by derwil

While at the 12U in Montgomery, a call out came from the 16U in Chattanooga looking for umpires for 1-2 days. I'm pretty sure they were looking for live bodies at that point and would have taken just about anyone. I didn't go so not sure why there was a need but if they were desperate there could have been some yahoos sent there.............

One of the guys in my crew was at the 16U in TN, and my understanding was that it was HOT. I suspect they may have lost umpires to heat exhaustion.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

One of the guys in my crew was at the 16U in TN, and my understanding was that it was HOT. I suspect they may have lost umpires to heat exhaustion.

Correct. Two of my friends were there and they said EMT's and IV's were common. Temps 98 - 102 each day.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

One of the guys in my crew was at the 16U in TN, and my understanding was that it was HOT. I suspect they may have lost umpires to heat exhaustion.

174 teams....hot and humid....several umpires did go down from what I heard.

A side note - the PU for the championship game was one of ours from AZ...very proud of her!

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Andy

174 teams....hot and humid....several umpires did go down from what I heard.

A side note - the PU for the championship game was one of ours from AZ...very proud of her!

We had a tourney here a few weeks ago. Temps were in the upper 90s, lower 100s. I'd heard that at least 10 umpires went down from heat on the first day.

[LIUmp]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

We had a tourney here a few weeks ago. Temps were in the upper 90s, lower 100s. I'd heard that at least 10 umpires went down from heat on the first day.

Temps on the "coolest day" was 97. Out of the 8 days, 6 were over 100 and two days were 106 and 108 with high humidity. The heat index on the first day was 128 or something. It was dangerous. The temps you guys experienced was similar to what Cary had 2 weeks ago.

First day we had 14 umps go to Duke University Med. Center for heat illnesses.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by LIBlueASA

Temps on the "coolest day" was 97. Out of the 8 days, 6 were over 100 and two days were 106 and 108 with high humidity. The heat index on the first day was 128 or something. It was dangerous. The temps you guys experienced was similar to what Cary had 2 weeks ago.

First day we had 14 umps go to Duke University Med. Center for heat illnesses.

Which is why I ended up getting a call from one of the UICs, asking if I could help out on Saturday. Unfortunately, I was in Wisconsin attending my grandmother's funeral, or I would have certainly helped out as much as possible.

The whole time, I was thinking and worrying about you guys (and ladies) who were calling the tournament. I knew how hot it was, and my fears of umpires falling out were proven correct. Thankfully, no one had serious complications that the medical facilities couldn't handle.