I call it my wylie e. Coyote moment. I was fixing a glass shower door using a rubber mallet. Missed hitting the hinge assembly on the door and hit the glass with the metal shaft of the mallet. The whole door broke At once but since it was safety glass it just stayed there for a second or two. Just long enough for me to realize what was coming. It then broke all over the floor, scratched my legs up good.
I had a buddy who lived with his wife north of San Diego in a beautiful place named Rancho Bernardo who had a 1986 Mustang GT convertible. He asked if I would be willing to help him install a new convertible top on his car, so I agreed and flew out there to help him as I am an automotive restoration specialist experienced in many operations of that sort. After burning up my whole 1 week of vacation traveling to auto parts stores and Home Depot I thought we were ready to put the top through it’s paces with only 2 hours to spare before my flight left for Detroit. There must’ve been a screw intruding into the rear window well as he put the top down for the very first time. I watched in horror as the frame twisted and the back light shattered into hundreds of pieces as my buddy sat in the driver’s seat wondering what the hell just happened. I was mortified.
Did 17 months in an Arizona prison Yuma Az..Yet again Yuma has gained attention due to its high temperatures. This time, a daily newsletter, 24/7 Wall St., listed Yuma as the hottest city in the nation last week in their article, “America’s Hottest Cities.”
The criteria was simple: In which city do the hottest temperatures persist for the longest period of time? Yuma came out on top, with an average of 175 days a year reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit or above.
24/7 Wall St. based its conclusion off of the most recent historical temperature data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was also noted in the article that the hottest cities often report low humidity levels, with Yuma typically getting less than 20 days of rainfall annually.
“Due to climate change being in the direction of heat and dryness, there is a certain amount of simple interest in where the country is the hottest and why,” said Douglas McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief and CEO of 24/7 Wall St. “Humidity and dry heat feel different. It could be a hundred degrees where you are, could be 95 degrees someplace in Florida but the humidity in Florida is 90 percent. It’s a completely different experience.”