hot weather feature YAY!

Rafael Reyes passes Brian Perez a jug of water while they take a break from putting seemless tile on the roof of a building in the construction site on South King Street across from the Bloom. The Dietz Construction Group stocks water and gatorade for their workers and requires that if the heat index is over 100 degrees, workers take a break every hour to keep hydrated.

So from now on, I'm going to try to at least post my favorite photo of every week. I was told to get a hot jobs feature, people working out in the 100 degree heat index, for the web. First, I was given bad directions to find people paving. Then I thought I'd check out my favorite construction site. The owner already knows me from a business feature we did a couple of months ago, so I was greeted with a smile. He talked my ear off, too, but I didn't mind. Then, when their county inspector came by, who was about my age, the owner told us that we should go out on a date. He definitely embarrassed both of us. After my face was sufficiently red, I left the air conditioned trailer to get this photo.

These guys were up on the roof for awhile. I needed to get their names for the cutline, so I waited until they came down from the roof. Good thing I waited, or I wouldn't have gotten this photo.