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ForgoTheConsequence

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26. Yes.

Fri Jun 18, 2021, 01:33 PM

Jun 2021

Why don't you ask the millions who live on or around the equator.

It was 110 here in Iowa yesterday and the corn sweat hasn't even started.

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Starlink dishes go into "thermal shutdown" once they hit 122 Fahrenheit [View all] ShazamIam Jun 2021 OP

Yep... BillyBobBrilliant Jun 2021 #1

more like ain't unreasonable consumer expectations grand...... getagrip_already Jun 2021 #2

+10 nt reACTIONary Jun 2021 #19

Further down the article, the AT&T's ugly politics of profit and government control ancianita Jun 2021 #3

It is possible to support those who want to lower your taxes and blm at the same time Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 #5

Possible. But not reality. You want AT&T's taxes lowered? Why is that? How has lowering taxes ancianita Jun 2021 #6

I dont and Im not sure from where you got the impression that I care about lowering their taxes Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 #11

Duly noted. ancianita Jun 2021 #24

Kick dalton99a Jun 2021 #4

"...transferring thermal energy via the plastic enclosure" NullTuples Jun 2021 #57

Why do people live in places that get to 120 degrees F? flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #7

Where should everyone move? ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #13

Where in the midwest zipplewrath Jun 2021 #15

I grew up between South Dakota/Northwest Iowa/Nebraska, still live here. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #16

North Dakota Weather Alert (warning XX X ) - My kind of weather guy keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #20

that was great... msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #62

To begin with, people could stop moving to AZ if at all possible flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #17

The PNW is also very expensive and full of Californians who drive up real-estate costs. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #18

120 degrees is very habitable? nt pnwmom Jun 2021 #23

Yes. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #26

120 is not 110. pnwmom Jun 2021 #28

I know what the heat index is, I live it every year. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #63

NYC Sgent Jun 2021 #74

Costs on the left coast are higher, OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2021 #49

And trying to air condition the outdoors Retrograde Jun 2021 #71

Do you REALLY not know that half the country has been under a weeks-long record heat wave hlthe2b Jun 2021 #21

Exactly. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #27

The fact that 102 is too hot doesn't make 120 okay. 120 is much more dangerous. nt pnwmom Jun 2021 #29

Honestly, the ignorance here is astounding. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #30

I didn't say they should move. But I agree out of staters should stop retiring to much of Arizona. pnwmom Jun 2021 #31

Then why did you agree with the poster and send a derisive comment echoing their sentiment to me? hlthe2b Jun 2021 #32

What derisive comment? The one where I said 120 wasn't 110? n/t pnwmom Jun 2021 #33

Ok, you be you. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #34

You're the one who keeps trying to make this personal. No one's denying the reality pnwmom Jun 2021 #36

It is NOT just Arizona affected. What part of that can you not understand???? hlthe2b Jun 2021 #38

Arizona is the EPICENTER. pnwmom Jun 2021 #42

It is nearly half the damned country!!!! Are you kidding me? How contemptuous can you be? hlthe2b Jun 2021 #43

You missed this "offensive" article from an AZ publication. pnwmom Jun 2021 #44

Again, IT IS NOT JUST PHOENIX. This is happening in half the damned country. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #45

I am not talking about current residents relocating. I said, repeatedly, that new people pnwmom Jun 2021 #47

I have friends who just retired to a new house in Arizona womanofthehills Jun 2021 #51

There are so many better places they could have gone. pnwmom Jun 2021 #53

You know there are places in Arizona that are high in elevation and not as hot, right? ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #64

Please don't be rude. I know there's a heatwave. flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #39

Look at what you posted. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #41

Thank You. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2021 #65

You think this is temporary? LOL NickB79 Jun 2021 #56

Knock it the hell off. I am a Coloradoan and here to stay. F anyone telling us to move hlthe2b Jun 2021 #66

Your denial won't help anyone NickB79 Jun 2021 #67

Your rudeness in your last post noted and has gotten no better with this one. You hlthe2b Jun 2021 #68

Again, you don't seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation NickB79 Jun 2021 #69

I friggin live here and you dare say I don't appreciate the seriousness. Take that hlthe2b Jun 2021 #70

MASS. EXTINCTION. EVENT. NickB79 Jun 2021 #72

No one here on DU (except perhaps YOU) fails to understand the long term future from climate change hlthe2b Jun 2021 #73

Phoenix is the proverbial slow boiling frog. tinrobot Jun 2021 #37

120 in PHX is, in fact, very uncommon Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #55

Perhaps, but Phoenix is still a lot hotter than it was. tinrobot Jun 2021 #59

Oh, I know, been here 13.5 years ... it's just worse and worse for sure Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #60

In 20 years this will be normal summer weather NickB79 Jun 2021 #58

I fail to see the problem here. sarisataka Jun 2021 #8

The problem isn't that his device shut down. tinrobot Jun 2021 #40

Wow, makes me think back years ago when we sold/leased case packers. At 122 degrees.... machoneman Jun 2021 #9

Similar Story ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #54

Can't people living in an unsustainable desert just point an air conditioner at their dish? FSogol Jun 2021 #10

how long is that garden hose? rurallib Jun 2021 #12

Liquid cooling with over clocked gaming rigs have long been a solution (nt) Pluvious Jun 2021 #14

My Garmin GPS sitting in the windshield's hot sun shuts itself off for several hours and overheats. keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #22

I think humans go into "thermal shutdown" at an even lower temperature. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #25

Sunning yourself during this heatwave? Maybe join a tanning club. haha DiamondShark Jun 2021 #75

Starlink is beta squiregeek Jun 2021 #35

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Jun 2021 #76

Left my iPhone6 in the car yesterday - the interior temp in the car when I got back was 42C GoneOffShore Jun 2021 #46

I just read a NYT article that showed that commute patterns in my city are back up to PatrickforB Jun 2021 #48

depressing.... Locrian Jun 2021 #50

Calling Louie Gohmert moreland01 Jun 2021 #52

I heard tree branches are also a big problem with this Blues Heron Jun 2021 #61