Living in tin houses

Some of the labor camps that we lived in during those years that we worked in the fruit were metal houses. One such labor camp was close to Weedpatch California. The town of Weedpatch was about 40 miles from Bakersfield California. The afternoon temperature in July around Bakersfield California and be up the hundred and 120°. Can imagine trying to live in a metal house with the outside temperature 120°? It was like living in an oven. It had these advantages, you could clean it by hosing it down, it was durable, it was cheap and after all you only had fruit tramps living in it. We did not stay indoors during the heat of the day and the temperature in the desert drops drastically after dark.