For anyone doing hot-fueling - please also consider where you are doing it...

Last time anyone hot-fueled whlie I was flying, they parked their aircraft 15 to 20ft away from me ; since they were over 200ft away from their fire extinguisher my caller decided to walk over to them to suggest that they might want to keep their extinguisher a little closer to them while refueling, "just in case". Nice thought on his part, except .... since they parked directly upwind from me, very close by, and running for a long time while fueling, I'm now totally choking in their exhaust fumes ; my eyes are watering so much that I can hardly see my own aircraft in order to keep flying it... I daren't move backwards out of the way since I know another guy who just landed has parked his aircraft right behind me and I might step on it if I move, so instead I start yelling at these guys to move their refueling ... but since their engine is still running and making loads of noise they can't hear a thing I'm yelling... and since my caller left my side I can't ask him to help me out...

... all of which could have been avoided with just a little consideration of where to do the refueling.