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Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heat wave hits US West
apnews.com ^ | June 14, 2021 | BOB CHRISTIE

Posted on 06/14/2021 9:38:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year extends across the U.S. West.

A high pressure system is expected to push temperatures above 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius) this week in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Health officials advised people to be mindful of hot asphalt, sidewalks and even desert sand.

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1 posted on 06/14/2021 9:38:25 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

The idiots rioting and looting may not know hot stuff can hurt them.


2 posted on 06/14/2021 9:41:57 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Better warn ‘em, ‘cause nobody there knows it’s hot./s


3 posted on 06/14/2021 9:42:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

An alert? I learned that asphalt and desert sand got really hot during a heatwave when I was a small child. Who wouldn’t know this?


4 posted on 06/14/2021 9:48:12 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Reminder to self: Wear shoes.


5 posted on 06/14/2021 9:49:54 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

Lived in AZ most of my life. Thank heavens for the Asspress.


6 posted on 06/14/2021 9:50:06 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So, in other words, Doctors ‘advise against’ sitting on extremely hot asphalt roads, especially whilst one is bare-a*sed or barefooted.


7 posted on 06/14/2021 9:50:30 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Not only that, but eggs you fry on pavement can contain lots of cholesterol.


8 posted on 06/14/2021 9:50:35 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Inyo-Mono
I learned that asphalt and desert sand got really hot during a heatwave when I was a small child.

lol--yup--anyone who does not know it yet finds out in less than a second--no "experts" needed!
9 posted on 06/14/2021 9:50:50 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Can’t resist—too rich. Yep, the ASININE PRESS knows we are stupid. The AP is nothing more than a propaganda arm of the left, here they are merely repeating idiocy.


10 posted on 06/14/2021 9:55:16 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I remember my first time visiting Laughlin, NV in July 1990. It was 115 degrees and we had to walk about 100 yards from the parking lot to the restaurant. Damn near thought I was going to die before we got inside because the heat radiating off the asphalt was worse than the heat from the sun.


11 posted on 06/14/2021 9:56:04 PM PDT by Qui is
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Bridge may ice before road”
“Keep hands and feet clear from a running lawn mower”
“Do not stick your tongue into a light fixture”


12 posted on 06/14/2021 9:59:05 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

dont lay down on the road if it is over 100 degrees. good advice. also dont put your poodle in the microwave.


13 posted on 06/14/2021 9:59:05 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Qui is
A weakened person could collapse,
That’s because the people who are hurt often are unable to get up off the superheated pavement because they collapsed from dehydration, heat stroke or another medical condition or because they are intoxicated.

14 posted on 06/14/2021 10:02:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Seriously, tho, in addition, people need to be mindful of their pets’ paws, too
Taking them out on paved surfaces earlier than 9-10 PM is gonna be torture on them.


15 posted on 06/14/2021 10:09:27 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: lee martell
Spare your dogs, please


16 posted on 06/14/2021 10:11:58 PM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Salamander

That sign gives me paws, I mean pause!


17 posted on 06/14/2021 10:14:29 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Berlin_Freeper

walk on the straight and narrow white line.


18 posted on 06/14/2021 10:16:53 PM PDT by algore
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To: Berlin_Freeper

My son has been working in this last week. Pushing 90 with high humidity

Usually on a roller but had to run a power broom Friday with no ac

My nephew and I are the the only who didn’t work with 250 degree asphalt


19 posted on 06/14/2021 10:31:18 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I lived in Pecos, Texas as a youth. I liked walking around barefooted on the the little grass in our yards. I damn sure knew to not walk on the asphalt after a one time experience of just a few seconds. It is hot as hell.

I do not understand the purpose of this short thread. If it is hot do not step on it. It hurts.

ps

The desert there was a paradise for a young hunter. I went to the farm of two square miles that my granddad managed. Of those two square miles were about 30% that were not suitable for farming. Quail and Dove and vermin, Jack Rabbits etc. Rattlesnakes also. I left them alone if they left me alone, thus I killed very few though many encounters with such. The portion of the farm that could not be cultivated and were thus left natural was my paradise as a youth. Not many 13 year old kids walk across the desert for miles with a single shot 20 gauge shotgun and a canteen of water and a straw hat. That hat is important in the desert.

I became educated in the extreme I miss the simplicity of the desert.

Terlingua, Texas 20 years ago would have been nice. The summer there is hell. October to Mid May or early June is perfect. Unfortunately it has become desirable thus is no longer desirable to me. Normal people are there now. It makes it no longer desirable.


20 posted on 06/14/2021 10:33:32 PM PDT by cpdiii (PH)
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