Back in the fall of 2000, I was walking around campus and started to feel a little dizzy. I stepped into the business building and sat down on a couch and drank from the water fountain. After I sat down I began sweating like crazy. I kept getting up to drink more water and sitting back down. After about 30 minutes, I felt better. I decided to skip the rest of my classes and go home.
Turns out the high that day was 112, all time record in Austin. After reading about the warning signs of heat stroke, it seems like I was in the very early stages of it.
These days, especially as I have become more active outdoors, I always carry a camelbak around filled with water. I refill it at any water fountain I come across. I keep a spare insulated camelbak in my car as well.
When the weather gets hot, you can never drink too much water.
