It wasn't hot today

"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly) 01/20/2018 at 02:51 • Filed to: None

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It was slightly beyond that...

Curiously, I also found out my brakes don’t work quite as well at this heat index...

pip bip - choose Corrour > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/20/2018 at 03:00

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Who needs brakes

As long as You have air conditioning

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/20/2018 at 03:25

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Don’t worry. I was still cool about it...

Svend > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/20/2018 at 03:45

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WHAT!? 44.8c.

That’s insane.

Do you know that British and Irish people melt in that heat?

Why does anywhere need to be that hot? It doesn’t make sense.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Svend 01/20/2018 at 06:25

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There’s quite a number of young Europeans here (and the odd Brit) that would say they aren’t melting yet...

It is now nearly 10:30 at night and it’s still 34.6 degrees.

Ash78, voting early and often > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/20/2018 at 08:17

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The Western Desert lives and breathes at 45 degrees.

—Midnight Oil

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/20/2018 at 10:05

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We get occasional heat waves about that high here in South Texas during our summers. More typical is 38 with a few days of 40 but is does spike 44-45 here and there, especially west of town in the Sonoran desert. A few years ago I had a contract working outdoors for a week on a ranch in the middle of the nowhere about 35 km from the Mexican border. Lots of diggging holes and dragging steel frames around the dirt and sand. It got up to at least 43 each day with one day hitting 45. Believe it or not, if you prepare and have the right gear you get used to it pretty quickly. The main things are lots of water/sports drinks (obvious), covering all of your skin except your face (not as obvious) and getting outside early and warming up with the surroundings (this is clearly only possible if you have to work outside all day). It certainly wasn’t fun, but nobody melted or really got hurt beyond a few contact burns with steel beams that must be 70+ after baking in direct sun all day.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/20/2018 at 11:12

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That’s brutal hot.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 17:40

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Actually, the ‘Western Desert’ was cooler than that yesterday

http://reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDD60801/IDD60801.94461.shtml

...plus we don’t live in a desert. At the moment.