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Phoenix, the hot place

CDONA said:
A little something about a boat launch, in Havasu.

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Racers survive wild speedboat crash at Lake Havasu

Spectators witnessed an astonishing, somersaulting speedboat hurtling through midair before crashing into Lake Havasu. Luckily the crew walked away with minor injuries. FOX 10's Nicole Krasean has more.
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yeah, when the front end starts to lift - always keep the throttle pegged. :rolleyes
 
will be going to Pheonix this weekend. Hope it is not too hot cause I'm not adjusted yet to hot weather as of yet. Although it's gonna be hot today but I will be working inside.
 
If anybody is interested in the mechanics of Monsoon, keep an eye on weather in Az, thru Tuesday.
We got a cutoff low dancing off Baja, for a week, and a tropical storm Alvin may show up.

Not "Official" monsoon which starts on a day of the calendar, without weather influence, needed.
We are looking @ most of Monday rain.
 
The heat is back, contest for time and day the first official temp of 110 for the season, is a contest with prize money. Sat listed @ 109, Sunday 114, Looking for Sat to go hotter for the win.

I did buy a "fishing shirt" used for Bone fishing in Florida, high humidity, SPF rated 50, meant to move sweat. on sale, for $17, I tried it. Work great in heat, with single digit humidity numbers.
Yesterday I bucket washed a couple, left them on the tailgate to drain/dry. It was taking forever to dry
they don't drain, it retains.
Temps to 104, breeze from the south @ 13, humidity 9%, I put a wet one on, WOW !
It felt like 40/50* on my skin, I just put on a swamp cooler.
Material hangs off, loose, doesn't cling like cotton, not that clammy.
Wore it dry, I was in and outside, it took close to 90 minutes to dry,
Roofers, if they only knew, , ,
I don't expect this much relief with double digit humidity.

Today, going to get my horse trough to lounge in, $20. off this weekend.

Stay Chilled
 

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Not Phoenix, but I was in Sedona over the weekend. It was crazy hot. Things melting to the cement etc. Beautiful area though.
 
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35 years ago: The hottest day ever in Phoenix when temps reached 122°

It may be hot today, but it won't be anything like the day we took this video -- back when we hit our all-time record on this day, 35 years ago at Sky Harbor Airport -- where flights were grounded for a while because it was too hot to fly!
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Dude Fire 35th anniversary: Payson community honors 6 fallen firefighters

June 26 marks 35 years since Arizona experienced one of the state's most destructive wildfires, killing six firefighters. It took 10 days to control the fire, and it led to sweeping reforms in safety systems and practices for wildland firefighters. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas reports.
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All time granddaddy of heat records, early findings about "heat domes"
and the fire that moved the bar upward.
 
I'd guess we have maybe a decade left before we start seeing some of the hottest inhabited places on earth becoming uninhabitable.
 
I was in Phoenix attending college in 1990 and felt that all time record high of 122°F. It was a bit warm.
 
About 11:30 am, Mingus got hit by lightening, all kinds of sirens going off in town, but nothing on the Mtn.
& 45 minutes later, no response.
Wind @ 24, 94*, 24% humidity.

Monsoon due today, rain, and sparks,
 

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It is a new park, been open just over a year, and has filled to 80%.
No sense of community, no laundry, no clubhouse, office is restricted, not quite the RV normal.
and, yes,
Monsoon season, local events are fewer, due to weather, heat minimizes tourist visits.
Clouds limit solar heating, gives that huge blue sky, some dramatic lighting/lightening,

The fire, without any response, has put itself out, somehow?
Last rain was June 1st, didn't get much here, yesterday, intermittent spitting, and it went out.
 
Last nite news reported a local HVAC guy passed, working on a house in Dewey.
Just over the hill from me, it has some elevation, but reported temps 150+ in the attic.
58 years, working for himself, new business.
Hittin' close to home, , ,
 
CDONA said:
Last nite news reported a local HVAC guy passed, working on a house in Dewey.
Just over the hill from me, it has some elevation, but reported temps 150+ in the attic.
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That's hard. When I had some wiring done in my attic, the fellow up there had a claustrophobic panic attack.

It's been just AMAZING weather here in So Cal, here it is July 31, and I think it's one of our first 90+ degree days.

But when it gets crazy hot, and I have workers here (for whatever reason, notably the gardeners), I just send them home.

They'll likely just move on to their next task, but, no, in high heat, sorry, not on my watch -- stuff can wait.

HVAC work like that needs to be done at 6am, to be honest.
 
Rigid makes a battery operated fan with misting.

If you're going to do that kind of work, invest in things like that to make it safe.
 
I washed windows during the summer in ABQ when I was home from college. Not as hot as Phoenix, but the windows on the buildings would be so hot you couldn’t wash them, soap and water would just evaporate before your eyes. The guy I worked with washed windows in Phoenix and said they worked from 2am to 10am. Fun gig, saw lots of crazy stuff on the streets below us.
 
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