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2020-08-17 -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

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-17 09:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Blistering heat roasts West with widespread storms, tropics active heading into heart of hurricane season

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-17 09:45|| 2020-08-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-08-17 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Long Hot Summer in more ways than one.

Posted by York Harding 2020-08-17 14:39|| 2020-08-17 14:39|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-08-17 15:25|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-08-17 16:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Reminds me of a Johnny Carson monologue..."how hot was it?"

Posted by Clem 2020-08-17 18:27|| 2020-08-17 18:27|| Front Page Top

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