And no matter fast you take off your boot your still effed. By the time you feel it it's too late.Did you ever notice how that piece of hot slag would always find it's way inside your boots? I worked for a Conservation dept. on Long Island, most of my work was on rusted old scows and steel hulled tugs. The real fun starts when you try to cut that shit with an oxy torch. They issued us winter coveralls that were cotton with a nylon lining. Those things were spark magnets and they would go up right quick.
Yea, kept the water can very close.
Had a friend who wanted to try out my tig set up. He was wearing shorts and a t shirt. I told him bad idea, he did not listen. He did maybe thirty seconds of welding. The flash burn on his legs and arms were like a he spent a day at the beach. He listened better after that.