Originally Posted by
Jerry L
Two years ago while touring from the southeast to the northeast (similar weather), I was in North Carolina and I developed kidney stones which resulted in a ride in an ambulance to the hospital. Passed the stone(s) the next day. The emergency room doctor told me that it was probably a result of lack of fluids. I thought I was drinking plenty. He told me to double whatever I thought was plenty.
I work outside for a living, mostly in the Carolinas, our safety and health department figures that we need to be drinking around 3 gallons of water per man per day under current conditions. We do try to mitigate the conditions by working at nights in the supposedly cooler part of the day.
Aaron
