WorldWide Drilling Resource

12 SEPTEMBER 2015 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® While You are Drilling for Water - Remember to Drink Plenty of it! Drilling a well can be hard, hot work! When we are busy drilling a well, there are so many things on our minds we often forget to stay hy- drated by drinking enough water and other fluids to replenish the fluids we are losing. Most of us do not realize we are becoming dehydrated until it is too late. During the day we often lose more fluids than we take in, and most of us do not realize this is happening until it gets near a crit- ical level. Some of the signs of dehydration besides being thirsty are: dizziness, cramps, fever, vomiting, and confusion. It can even lead to death. If you begin to sense any of these conditions, stop, take a break, go to a “cool” area, and consume cool or cold fluids, slowly and in moderation. Do not drink alcohol or caffeinated drinks. Water and “sport” drinks (Gatorade, POWERADE ® , etc.) are designed to replenish some of the compounds lost, such as salts (sodium) and carbohydrates. If you sweat or perspire more than you take in, you may experience a loss of electrolytes causing “cramping” which can be severe. At this point, stopping work is a “must” to keep from further harming your body. If you are in a management or supervisory position of your company, make a point to meet with your workers about staying hydrated by drinking plenty of clear fluids, taking regular breaks, and also being aware of their coworkers’ conditions as the temperatures rise. On a related matter, proper clothing for staying cool is also important. Light-colored clothing that “breathes” and long sleeves often help in direct sunlight. Head protection (hard hat or wide-brimmed hats) also help to keep your head cool. Tom Tom Kwader may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Nothing is more important than your health and safety. I Need a Camera to Inspect the Wells in the Cactus Dome... by Ray Roerick Sales Manager, Well-Vu, Inc. Okay, I’ll bite...“Sure, and how many feet of cable?” I ask as I am quickly typing in “Cactus Dome” on Google search. The findings were...interesting. Cactus Dome was the crater of a nuclear explosion from a test in the 1950s. The aerial photos show the dome next to a similar size crater nearby, the Lacrosse test. Between 1946 and 1962, the U.S. military conducted 105 atmospheric nuclear tests over the "Pacific Proving Grounds," a euphemism for the Marshall Islands and several other nearby South Pacific atolls. There were 43 weapons exploded over Enewetak. Among these was Ivy Mike, a world- first hydrogen bomb, 500 times bigger than Hiroshima’s Little Boy. In the late 1970s, in an effort to clean up the radioactive debris left by those explosions, the U.S. government dug up 111,000 cubic yards of soil from the Bikini and Rongelap atolls and deposited it on Runit Island. Its resting place would be in a 350-foot-wide crater that had been created two decades earlier by an 18-kiloton nuclear test code-named Cactus. Covering up the giant radioactive pit cost the government nearly a quarter of a billion dollars and took three years to complete. The result was an enormous, foot-and-a-half-thick, 100,000-square-foot dome consisting of 358 gigantic concrete panels. He tells me, “We're trying to measure the radiation that seeps out of the dome and into the ocean. We've already found the radiation in the water is less than drinking water standards in the U.S. There is one well in the dome, and we're going to drill more in the near future. We'll be looking for obstructions and gaps between the concrete dome and the debris underneath. Will your camera work for this?” “Yes,” was my response, and now it is on the way to the Marshall Islands. Ray Ray Roerick may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Congratulat ions to : Linda Wi l l i s I rvi n’s Wel l Dri l l ing , Victoria , VA Winner for August! Time for a Little Fun! August Puzzle Solution: Rauch Mfg. RLC Bit Service Can you identify which ads in this issue these two photos came from? Win a prize! Send your completed puzzle to: WWDR PO Box 660, Bonifay, FL 32425 or fax to: 850-547-0329 _______________ _______________ Environmental Monitoring by Thomas Kwader, Ph.D., P.G.