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kestrel91316

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31. I have experienced a single day of 119F, and several days in a row of 116F.

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 02:00 PM

Jan 2013

That kind of heat is scary and dangerous. You find yourself praying that the power doesn't fail. And it's likely to, as the power lines sag in the heat.

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Temperatures off the charts as Australia turns deep purple (More colors have to be added to maps) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 OP

That's 129f ! dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #1

Yep Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 #2

105 is miserable. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #3

My father was in North Africa WW2 mid 1943 dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #4

They were studs! UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #7

I drove through Death Valley one summer, didn't use air conditioning, and had my left arm.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #14

Sounds similar to Vietnam pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #21

indeed justabob Jan 2013 #12

I would take 110 dry Arizona heat Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #29

Tell me about it. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #35

I have experienced a single day of 119F, and several days in a row of 116F. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31

That would really suck. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #34

We DID lose power during that 116F heat wave. When it came back on a few hours later, kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #36

Wow. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #37

Geography realism101 Jan 2013 #5

new to DU Jan 4, 2013. Duppers Jan 2013 #8

Because of what I said in my post. realism101 Jan 2013 #9

The second item in your list will lead you to the real problem. AllyCat Jan 2013 #16

Let me hazard a guess here....you don't think global warming is actually happening? nt. OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #10

The geography is a constant. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2013 #13

A 3.3 degree temperature change (and rising) in just this year alone? AllyCat Jan 2013 #15

Rush Limbaugh agrees and says the Republicans have a plan for Australia Berlum Jan 2013 #17

There's a fraction too much fiction. TheMadMonk Jan 2013 #18

Good thing they have whole underground villages in Coober Pedy. reformist2 Jan 2013 #6

this will be our way of life thatis untill th sea levels rise and flood it leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #19

The responses to this post are interesting. fasttense Jan 2013 #11

I wonder how hot and dry the United States will be summer 2013 UCmeNdc Jan 2013 #20

But, it's a dry heat. n/t SpankMe Jan 2013 #22

you must be from nor cal shanti Jan 2013 #33

50C is 122F. ananda Jan 2013 #23

Holy cow! City Lights Jan 2013 #24

And when August comes, and it's OUR turn Speck Tater Jan 2013 #25

Thank god for photoshop, we will be able to take care of that little problem in no time. n/t 2on2u Jan 2013 #26

I'm about to go to Australia Mdterp01 Jan 2013 #27

Good think that is in Celsius liberal N proud Jan 2013 #28

I have several Facebook friends (fellow translators) in Australia Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #30

That's hotter than Death Valley. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #32