Posted on 07/08/2024 11:23:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and holding the East in its hot and humid grip.
An excessive heat warning — the National Weather Service's highest alert — was in effect for about 36 million people, or about 10% of the population, said NWS meteorologist Bryan Jackson. Dozens of locations in the West and Pacific Northwest tied or broke previous heat records.
That was certainly the case over the weekend: Many areas in Northern California surpassed 110 degrees (43.3 C), with the city of Redding topping out at a record 119 (48.3 C). Phoenix set a new daily record Sunday for the warmest low temperature: it never got below 92 F (33.3 C).
A high temperature of 128 F (53.3 C) was recorded Sunday at Death Valley National Park in eastern California, where a visitor died from heat exposure and another person was hospitalized, officials said.
The two visitors were part of a group of six motorcyclists riding through the Badwater Basin area amid scorching weather, the park said in a statement.
The person who died was not identified. The other motorcyclist was transported to a hospital in Las Vegas for “severe heat illness,” the statement said.
The other four members of the party were treated at the scene.
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I’ll be driving through there next week... will have to make sure the AC is up to snuff...
...but it’s “dry” heat.
You’re not supposed to ride motorcycles under water either.
I felt that effect riding in Phoenix during the summer. My greatest fear was getting in an accident and being grilled on the hot asphalt.
My ZX11 would be a fantastic ride in the CA spring or fall.
Summer not so much.
Death Valley, no way.
2 key words in story ,Death Valley
I knew a man who traveled through Death Valley in the 1920s when there was only a dirt road going through it and there were graves on the side of the road.
weather you’d better make use of them.
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How hot do you think they are?
Then add in forecasted record high temps, in the hottest place on earth.
Why would anyone want to do this?
Maybe at night, but during the day under these conditions? Insane.
120F at Las Vegas set a new all-time record (all time being relative of course). I saw 129F for DV on yesterday’s roundup. As you may know, 134F in July 1913 was the record for DV, that has been questioned for exposure and 131F in recent years is now listed as “official” max for Death Valley.
I read a story where a mountain bike rider got dehydrated and heat stroke due to only having water to drink. He still had a bunch of water but his electrolytes were way too low. Luckily he was with a buddy that rode out and got help.
An air-cooled bike would probably seize up................
Test drivers?.
Iowa lawmakers passed a new legislation that means children can get a driver’s license at the age of 14 and a half.
I was going to ride my 93FXR to work today, but it’s over 90. My car has A/C.
“In the second article you have to use your imagination to visualize what a satellite looks like when it is “scrambling”
So they didn’t use a drone.
Above a certain temp the wind makes it feel hotter.
The biker essentially air fried himself
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