I see on the National Weather Service report from Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley, (elevation 80 ft.) that after peaking at 126 degrees at 4:55 PM, hovering there for ten minutes, the temp dropped back down to 124... 118 here yesterday, only 114 today...
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mc5aw
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I was in Vegas a few years back, and made it through a week of low triple digit temps. 108* was the highest it got, and it took some adjusting to. 120s? I'm not so sure.
Silver Dollar
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Temperatures that high are like in Saudi. You can dehydrate in a matter of minutes and look like a raisin.
51plymouth
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We are cool here today at 110.
Harrison
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It is supposed to get hot in summer. It seems to happen every year. You sort of expect deserts to be hotter than other places.
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A scorching 70 degrees here right now.
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Memphiscbrider
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A blistering 69 right now in memphrica, tn
We have friends that moved to Sun City last year. This is the first full summer for them. We need to cal them and see how well they are doing in this heat. It's a balmy 70 degrees here in IL this morning.
Here too, it's an unbearable 72 here in central Florida.
What are you doing up at 4 A.M.??
For the last couple of days it's been a little cooler here. I went out around noon to shoot at the Rod & Gun Club (covered range). It was quite comfortable, around 85º outside. Shot a bunch out of a couple of 45s.
kamloops67
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it was 40 centigrade here (about 104) drywalling the top floor of our reno it must have been 50! mud was drying as we laid it down. tough to keep a wet edge painting too!
Delos
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It will be nice again - during the next Ice Age
Death Valley will be nice again - during the next Ice Age.
Back during the last Ice Age, Death Valley had a nice lake and a forest of trees. Naturally lots of animals.
To get a look at the animals of the Ice Age period one must look at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum.
La Brea Tar Pits | Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits/timeline
Unfortunately these museum people usually picture the scenery wrong. Notice the opening scene has typical dry brush brown colored hills typical of modern Los Angeles. Any Mastodon (elephant cousin) would starve to death on that. They need to wrap their trunks around tall green grass in order to feed.
(So how did Native Americans survive saber tooth cats and dire wolves? Bone digs show that Native Americans were here 14,000 years ago).
Death Valley National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
About 2 thirds of the way down, just before the heading "Biology", it says:
The large lake that covered much of Death Valley's floor, which geologists call Lake Manly, started to dry up 10,500 years ago. Saltpans and playas were created as ice age glaciers retreated, thus drastically reducing the lakes' water source. Only faint shorelines are left.
Death Valley will be nice again - during the next Ice Age.
Back during the last Ice Age, Death Valley had a nice lake and a forest of trees. Naturally lots of animals.
To get a look at the animals of the Ice Age period one must look at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum.
La Brea Tar Pits | Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
http://www.tarpits.org/la-brea-tar-pits/timeline
Unfortunately these museum people usually picture the scenery wrong. Notice the opening scene has typical dry brush brown colored hills typical of modern Los Angeles. Any Mastodon (elephant cousin) would starve to death on that. They need to wrap their trunks around tall green grass in order to feed.
(So how did Native Americans survive saber tooth cats and dire wolves? Bone digs show that Native Americans were here 14,000 years ago).
Death Valley National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
About 2 thirds of the way down, just before the heading "Biology", it says:
The large lake that covered much of Death Valley's floor, which geologists call Lake Manly, started to dry up 10,500 years ago. Saltpans and playas were created as ice age glaciers retreated, thus drastically reducing the lakes' water source. Only faint shorelines are left.
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Come on up to maine where we have humidity :-D 95 = 130 :-D haha Only place north of the belt where it can be 80* with a breeze and you will still sweat like a pig sitting in a chair doing nothing lol
