I've experienced 120+ heat in California, summer of 1977. It went on for weeks. But those temps are a regular occurrence in Death Valley.
I've experienced 120+ heat in California, summer of 1977. It went on for weeks. But those temps are a regular occurrence in Death Valley.
What's the big deal? I used to live in Phoenix and saw plenty of days over 120*. Hell, I'd blacksmith in anything under 112.
Why are Australians such panty-waists?
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Why did I think this thread was going to be about:
Now THAT is Australia Purple Hot!
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
the temps are NEW for the aussies & they fear a spread of the big purple spot
the same way africa worries about a much hotter + broader + wider sahara???
Nobody ever promised them a stable climate. And if they did, they lied. Al Gore
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