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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Death Valley hits 130F - which could be the hottest official temperature recorded on Earth for 107 years - as record heatwave sweeping country continues - leaving 54M sweltering in 100F conditions |
| 2020-08-17 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Reminds me of a Johnny Carson monologue..."how hot was it?" |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-17 18:27 |
| #5 Ohhhh, oooohhh, SteveS, we had one of them last night, in north Texas! Temperature dropped 30 degrees in an hour, 60 mph winds demolished a four-year old (Rubbermaid) shed, knocked out the power for six hours, and it is 95 degrees right now, down from 105 yesterday. Eat your heart out, California! I had power at 3:30 this morning. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-08-17 16:10 |
| #4 previous record was 134 degrees, also in Death Valley, which was recorded on July 10, 1913 So it was hotter in 1913 and *this* is somehow a record? The Beeb today said we beat the previous record (not counting the actual record record) which was seven years ago by a half a degree. So yeah, we're doomed. Don't get me started on "A rare summer thunderstorm..." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-08-17 15:25 |
| #3 Long Hot Summer in more ways than one. |
| Posted by: York Harding 2020-08-17 14:39 |
| #2 "Hottest official temperature recorded on Earth for 107 years" So it's been hotter in the past? Thanks goodness for Global Cooling. ;-) |
| Posted by: Barbara 2020-08-17 11:14 |
| #1 Blistering heat roasts West with widespread storms, tropics active heading into heart of hurricane season |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-17 09:45 |