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TexasBushwhacker

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13. Yes, I posted about this also here

Reply to NowsTheTime (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 01:47 PM

Jun 2023

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218021308

To add insult to injury, Texas is the only state in the US that doesn't require employers to carry workers' comp insurance. So if you are hospitalized with heat stroke while you were on the job, you have to SUE your employer to pay for your time lost from work and your medical bills, any permanent disability and pain and suffering.

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50% humidity...100 degrees and climbing in North Texas... [View all] LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 OP

Sounds like Iraq, or maybe southern India. Haggard Celine Jun 2023 #1

No water, BigMin28 Jun 2023 #2

100 and a heat index of 123 in Houston at 3 pm TexasBushwhacker Jun 2023 #3

Brutal LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #4

The other day it was 81 with 77% humidity. The heat index was 102 yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #10

That's brutal. Ptah Jun 2023 #5

I'd take a little 15% humidity-desert air right about now! LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #6

LOL that's the truth. Either hibernate or head up to Flagstaff yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #11

It get uncomfortable here in Fl, but your situation is just ridiculous. Fla Dem Jun 2023 #7

.......yes and we have this too... NowsTheTime Jun 2023 #8

But...but... LudwigPastorius Jun 2023 #9

that is just evil. The Lege who passed it and the governor who signed it yellowdogintexas Jun 2023 #12

Yes, I posted about this also here TexasBushwhacker Jun 2023 #13