Back in my YOOT I was working a large turbine overhaul at Mohave power station in Laughlin (1,060,000 hp).
All the relatives and buddies of the bosses were on night shift, new guys were on day shift.
It got so hot we had to carry our tools in a bucket of water to keep from blistering out hands, and the water had to be replaced about every half hour or it would get too hot to touch.
We were drinking about two gallons of a water per shift and took a break every hour.
That's the hottest I've ever been.
A couple years later they had a steam pipe rupture and killed six workers.
They tore it down several years ago and sold the equipment to a company in south Africa.
